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KVUE

KVUE is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by Belo Corporation. Its transmitter is located in West Lake Hills, just west of Downtown.

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History

It began broadcasting on UHF channel 24 on September 12, 1971[2] as a full-time ABC affiliate, inherited from KTBC-TV. KVUE along with NBC affiliate KXAN-TV are the only two stations to keep the same network affiliations, unaffected by the numerous network changes in 1995 and 2006.[citation needed]

KVUE was originally operated by Center Broadcasting Co. of Center, Texas (Tolbert Foster, owner) which sold the station to Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of The Detroit News, in 1978. It was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of The Detroit News. In 1999, Belo began establishing a Texas-based news network partnership with KHOU-TV in Houston, WFAA-TV in Dallas and KENS-TV in San Antonio upon the creation of a 24-hour cable news network called TXCN -- and when Belo was looking to add KVUE to that partnership later that year, it decided to swap KXTV-TV in Sacramento for KVUE with Gannett.[citation needed]

Before the KVUE of today existed, the calls were originally used on a now-defunct television station in Sacramento, California which broadcast on channel 40; that same channel today is used by Fox affiliate KTXL-TV.[citation needed]

News Operation

At a time when much of many local television stations focused mostly on crime, KVUE only reported on significant crime.[3]

On June 1, 2008, KVUE became the second news broadcast in Austin to go high definition following CBS affiliate KEYE-TV. They were the first to deploy true HD weather graphics and 16:9 aspect field video in the Austin market.

Personalities

Current On-Air Personnel

KVUE Anchors

KVUE Reporters

Belo Washington Bureau

Belo Mexico Bureau

KVUE Weather Team

KVUE Sports Team

KVUE Former On-Air Personnel

News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

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References

  1. ^ "Four Belo Stations Grab Estrella TV". Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 2009. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/232952-Four_Belo_Stations_Grab_Estrella_TV.php. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. ^ "About Us". KVUE. http://www.kvue.com/aboutkvue/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  3. ^ Frankel, Max (1997-06-15). "Live at 11: Death". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E0DA163FF936A25755C0A961958260. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

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ABC affiliates KVUE • WFAA • WHAS • WVEC
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Annual revenue: 600 million (USD) • Employees: 2,700 • Stock symbol: NYSE: BLC • Website: [1]

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