KNVA
Encyclopedia
KNVA is the CW-affiliated television station
for Austin, Texas
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter in the West Austin Antenna Farm
north of West Lake Hills
. Owned by 54 Broadcasting, the station is operated by the LIN TV Corporation through a local marketing agreement
(LMA). This makes KNVA sister to NBC
affiliate KXAN-TV
and MyNetworkTV
affiliate KBVO
along with its Class A
repeater KBVO-CA
. All four stations share studios on West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard between the Clarksville section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin
campus. Syndicated
programming on KNVA includes: Scrubs
, Friends
, Everybody Loves Raymond
, and Tyra Banks
.
article and Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) records, 54 Broadcasting applied for the license to the channel in 1989 and was to have the KCFP calls but it could not economically start up a channel until signing a LMA with LIN TV some five years later. KNVA was launched on August 31, 1994 as a 24-hour feed of KXAN's live weather network and Doppler weather radar
. It became an independent station
for a short time before affiliating with The WB as a charter station the following year. During this time, the station was branded "KNVA 54" and carried off-network sitcoms, dramas, and cartoons.
In 2001, the station was rebranded "Austin's WB 54" before finally settling on "Austin's WB". On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN
announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS
(the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros.
unit of Time Warner
. On February 22, News Corporation
announced that it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW.
At first, those moves put KNVA's future in doubt, as UPN affiliate KCWX
was announced as the affiliate of The CW network. That station is considered part of the San Antonio
market
, and had been supplying the Austin area with UPN programming. Viewers were left speculating that KNVA's only options would be to take up MyNetworkTV or revert to independent status. But in a surprise move on April 18, LIN TV announced that KNVA would join The CW. KCWX now no longer serves Austin and CW programming on that station began to be blocked out by Time Warner Cable
effective October 1, 2006. KCWX's syndicated programming continued to be shown on Time Warner Cable until April 3, 2007 when the system officially dropped the station from its Austin channel lineup.
Over a week later on April 26, 2006, it was announced that KNVA would also carry MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation. To date, KNVA was one of two stations in the country carrying both The CW and MyNetworkTV (the other being KWKB
in Iowa City, Iowa
, which would also drop MyNetworkTV and become a sole CW affiliate in September 2011). On August 1, a video posted to the KNVA/KXAN shared website revealed this station would be officially known as "The CW Austin" and the secondary affiliation would be known as "MyNetworkTV on The CW Austin". On October 21, 2009, sister station KBVO picked up the MyNetworkTV affiliation for Austin leaving KNVA with The CW affiliation. That station had been serving as a semi-satellite of KXAN. Although Vaughan Media took over the possession of the KNVA license on July 27, 2009, the licensee name still reads 54 Broadcasting, Inc. That entity was co-owned by KEYE-TV
news anchor Ron Oliveira, who sold off his share of the station as part of the acquisition by Vaughan Media. LIN TV continues to hold a small (4.5 percent) stake in the station.
. It had been simulcasting its programming on the translators since its launch. However with the start-up of UPN, KXAN and KNVA opted to create a secondary simulcast feed for KNVA's programming. It ended up replacing The WB's prime time schedule with that of UPN. The network of translators was referred to as the "Hill Country Paramount Network" or "HPN" and was in service from 1995 to 1998. In that year, Austin low-power station K13VC (operated by KTBC
) picked up the UPN affiliation in a move designed to give the network greater cable coverage, at least in the city of Austin, as well as slightly stronger over-the-air reception than the translators provided. From around 2002 to 2008, the translator network was used to simulcast the programming of Telefutura
affiliate KBVO-CA that is also owned-and-operated by LIN TV. In Fall 2008, Telefutura programming on KBVO-CA was discontinued with it and the repeaters becoming re-broadcasters of KNVA. This lasted until October 21, 2009 when the MyNetworkTV affiliation moved to KBVO, a former semi-satellite of KXAN-TV which then became a separate station. At this point, KBVO-CA became a re-broadcaster of full-power KBVO; KBVO-CA more recently flash-cut to digital and replaced its -CA suffix with a -CD suffix which reflects its current status as a Class A digital station. The following translators, once part of the Hill Country Paramount Network, still simulcast KNVA.
Digital channels>
Channel
Programming
54.1 / 49.1
Main KNVA programming
54.2 / 49.2
theCoolTV
KNVA began airing theCoolTV in September 2010 after parent LIN reached a deal to add the network to 11 of its 17 markets.
area. All six Class-A translators are owned and operated by KXAN, INC and LIN-TV. These Class-A translators are not owned and operated by 54 Broadcasting, INC of witch LIN-TV has a Local Marking Agreement with 54 Broadcasting, INC.
KXAN Austin News at 9 (9 to 9:30 p.m.)
Weeknights
Weekends
KNVA features additional news personnel from KXAN. See that article for a complete listing.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter in the West Austin Antenna Farm
West Austin Antenna Farm
West Austin Antenna Farm is an antenna farm on the west side of Austin, Texas near Loop 360 and Westlake Drive. It is used by stations such as KTBC and KXAN-TV....
north of West Lake Hills
West Lake Hills, Texas
West Lake Hills is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,116 at the 2000 census, and 3,021 in the 2005 census estimate. The city of West lake Hills is a relatively wealthy suburb of Austin, located on the west side of Austin on the edge of the Hill Country...
. Owned by 54 Broadcasting, the station is operated by the LIN TV Corporation through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA). This makes KNVA sister to NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate KXAN-TV
KXAN-TV
KXAN-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Austin, Texas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter in the West Austin Antenna Farm north of West Lake Hills. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KBVO and...
and MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate KBVO
KBVO
KBVO is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Austin, Texas that is licensed to Llano. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter eight miles southeast of the city near the intersection of TX 71 and Llano County Road 307...
along with its Class A
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
repeater KBVO-CA
KBVO-CA
KBVO-CD is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Austin, Texas and is a repeater of KBVO. It is owned and operated by LIN TV, and sister station to KXAN-TV and KNVA...
. All four stations share studios on West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard between the Clarksville section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
campus. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on KNVA includes: Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, and Tyra Banks
The Tyra Banks Show
The Tyra Banks Show, also known as and shortened to Tyra or The Tyra Show, is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks. The last new episode aired on Friday, May 28, 2010.-2005-2009: Syndication:...
.
History
According to an Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-Statesman
The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises. The Newspaper places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region....
article and Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) records, 54 Broadcasting applied for the license to the channel in 1989 and was to have the KCFP calls but it could not economically start up a channel until signing a LMA with LIN TV some five years later. KNVA was launched on August 31, 1994 as a 24-hour feed of KXAN's live weather network and Doppler weather radar
Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
. It became an independent station
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
for a short time before affiliating with The WB as a charter station the following year. During this time, the station was branded "KNVA 54" and carried off-network sitcoms, dramas, and cartoons.
In 2001, the station was rebranded "Austin's WB 54" before finally settling on "Austin's WB". On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
(the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
unit of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
. On February 22, News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
announced that it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW.
At first, those moves put KNVA's future in doubt, as UPN affiliate KCWX
KCWX
KCWX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting on PSIP virtual channel 2 over their digital channel 5. The station is licensed to Fredricksburg, with the transmitter located in Albert, north of San Antonio...
was announced as the affiliate of The CW network. That station is considered part of the San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
, and had been supplying the Austin area with UPN programming. Viewers were left speculating that KNVA's only options would be to take up MyNetworkTV or revert to independent status. But in a surprise move on April 18, LIN TV announced that KNVA would join The CW. KCWX now no longer serves Austin and CW programming on that station began to be blocked out by Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
effective October 1, 2006. KCWX's syndicated programming continued to be shown on Time Warner Cable until April 3, 2007 when the system officially dropped the station from its Austin channel lineup.
Over a week later on April 26, 2006, it was announced that KNVA would also carry MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation. To date, KNVA was one of two stations in the country carrying both The CW and MyNetworkTV (the other being KWKB
KWKB
KWKB is a television station that broadcasts on digital channel 25 and is the CW affiliate for Eastern Iowa. KWKB is licensed to Iowa City, but its studios and transmitter are located north of West Branch. KWKB serves the greater Eastern Iowa area including Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and...
in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...
, which would also drop MyNetworkTV and become a sole CW affiliate in September 2011). On August 1, a video posted to the KNVA/KXAN shared website revealed this station would be officially known as "The CW Austin" and the secondary affiliation would be known as "MyNetworkTV on The CW Austin". On October 21, 2009, sister station KBVO picked up the MyNetworkTV affiliation for Austin leaving KNVA with The CW affiliation. That station had been serving as a semi-satellite of KXAN. Although Vaughan Media took over the possession of the KNVA license on July 27, 2009, the licensee name still reads 54 Broadcasting, Inc. That entity was co-owned by KEYE-TV
KEYE-TV
KEYE-TV, digital channel 43 , is the CBS affiliate in Austin, Texas. It is owned by the Four Points Media Group, LLC Sinclair Broadcasting Group has announced a purchase of the the Four Points stations, and has begun operating KEYE-TV through a local service agreement in anticipation of FCC...
news anchor Ron Oliveira, who sold off his share of the station as part of the acquisition by Vaughan Media. LIN TV continues to hold a small (4.5 percent) stake in the station.
Hill Country Paramount Network
KXAN controls a number of low-powered broadcast translator stations around Central TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. It had been simulcasting its programming on the translators since its launch. However with the start-up of UPN, KXAN and KNVA opted to create a secondary simulcast feed for KNVA's programming. It ended up replacing The WB's prime time schedule with that of UPN. The network of translators was referred to as the "Hill Country Paramount Network" or "HPN" and was in service from 1995 to 1998. In that year, Austin low-power station K13VC (operated by KTBC
KTBC
KTBC, channel 7, is the Fox owned-and-operated television station in Austin, Texas. Studios are located in downtown Austin at the corner of 10th and Brazos Streets , and its transmitter is located in the city....
) picked up the UPN affiliation in a move designed to give the network greater cable coverage, at least in the city of Austin, as well as slightly stronger over-the-air reception than the translators provided. From around 2002 to 2008, the translator network was used to simulcast the programming of Telefutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
affiliate KBVO-CA that is also owned-and-operated by LIN TV. In Fall 2008, Telefutura programming on KBVO-CA was discontinued with it and the repeaters becoming re-broadcasters of KNVA. This lasted until October 21, 2009 when the MyNetworkTV affiliation moved to KBVO, a former semi-satellite of KXAN-TV which then became a separate station. At this point, KBVO-CA became a re-broadcaster of full-power KBVO; KBVO-CA more recently flash-cut to digital and replaced its -CA suffix with a -CD suffix which reflects its current status as a Class A digital station. The following translators, once part of the Hill Country Paramount Network, still simulcast KNVA.
Digital television
TheCoolTV
THECOOLTV is a United States over-the-air digital subchannel launched in March 2009. The network's current program schedule consists of an all-music video lineup that can be customized to meet an affiliate's preference, along with the three hours per week of E/I programming as required by the...
KNVA began airing theCoolTV in September 2010 after parent LIN reached a deal to add the network to 11 of its 17 markets.
Translators
KNVA is rebroadcast on six Class-A translators located around Austin, TexasAustin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
area. All six Class-A translators are owned and operated by KXAN, INC and LIN-TV. These Class-A translators are not owned and operated by 54 Broadcasting, INC of witch LIN-TV has a Local Marking Agreement with 54 Broadcasting, INC.
- KHPB-CA Channel 45 BastropBastrop, Texas-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
- KHPG-CA Channel 31 GiddingsGiddings, TexasGiddings is the county seat of Lee County, Texas, United States situated on the intersection of U.S. Highways 77 and 290, east of Austin. Its population was 5,105 at the 2000 census. The city's motto is "Giddings Texas: Experience Hometown Hospitality"....
- KHPL-CA Channel 40 La GrangeLa Grange, TexasLa Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas, near the Colorado River. The population was 4,478 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimated population was 4,645. But a 2010 census estimated that the city had a population of 4,923...
- KHPM-CA Channel 40 San MarcosSan Marcos, TexasSan Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
- KHPX-CA Channel 28 GeorgetownGeorgetown, TexasGeorgetown is a city and also the county seat of Williamson County, Texas, United States with a population of 47,400 at the 2010 census. Southwestern University, founded in 1840, is the oldest university in Texas and is located in Georgetown, about 1/2 mile east of the historic square...
- KHPZ-CA Channel 15 Round RockRound Rock, TexasRound Rock is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the metropolitan area. The 2010 census places the population at 99,887....
Newscasts
KNVA airs hourly weather updates throughout the day produced by KXAN. At one point, it also aired a weeknight newscast at 5:30 that was also produced by KXAN but this was dropped. On September 28, 2009, that station began producing a nightly 9 o'clock broadcast on KNVA to compete with KTBC.KXAN Austin News at 9 (9 to 9:30 p.m.)
Weeknights
- Anchor:
- Shannon Wolfson
- Weather:
- Jim Spencer
- Sports:
- Roger Wallace
Weekends
- Anchor:
- David Scott
- Weather:
- Natalie Stoll
- Sports:
- Brian Sanders
KNVA features additional news personnel from KXAN. See that article for a complete listing.