KAVU-TV
Victoria, Texas
City of license	Victoria
Branding	Newscenter 25
Channels	25 (UHF) analog, 15 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Saga Broadcasting
Founded	December 7, 1981
Former affiliations	NBC (1982-1994) ABC (secondary, 1989-1994)
Transmitter Power	1,298 kW Analog 0.34m kW Digital STA 900 kW Digital CP
Height	312 m (1023.6 ft.) Analog 46 m (150.9 ft.) Digital
Class	Full-Service TV Station (TV), Temporary Digital Permit (DS)
Facility ID	73101
Website	www.kavutv.com

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History

KAVU was founded on December 7, 1981 but did not take to the air until sometime in 1982. At the time, it began as an NBC network affiliate, but then joined ABC as a secondary affiliate from 1989 to 1994, after the previous affiliate, KVCT (now a Fox affiliate), dropped the ABC affliation to become a religious station. December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... KVCT is a television station in Victoria, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 19 as a Fox affiliate. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ...

In 1994 KAVU would become solely an ABC affiliate.

Today, KAVU and KVCT both operate as sister stations.

External Links

• Official site
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information about Television Station KAVU
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KAVU

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