KBVO
Encyclopedia
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 (13 km) southeast of the city near the intersection of TX 71
and Llano County
Road 307. KBVO can also be seen on a Class A
repeater in Austin, KBVO-CD channel 51, from a transmitter in the West Austin Antenna Farm
north of West Lake Hills
. The station is offered on AT&T Uverse channels 7 (SD
) and 1007 (HD
), Time Warner Cable
digital channel 1525, DirecTV
channel 51, and Grande Communications
channel 18 SD and channel 818 HD. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to CW affiliate KNVA
and NBC
affiliate KXAN-TV
.
Although master control and most operations of KBVO are based at studios on West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard between the Clarksville section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin
campus, there is a bureau in Llano.
Although KXAN (then known as KTVV) increased its broadcasting power in 1973, the analog signal on UHF channel 36 was marginal in some parts of the Hill Country
(such as Fredericksburg
). UHF signals usually do not travel very far in rugged terrain. As a result, on September 6, 1991, LIN TV signed on KLNO on UHF channel 14 as a semi-satellite of KXAN to improve the station's reach. The station changed its calls to KXAM-TV after about a month on-air, and to the current KBVO in 2009. Those call letters, named after the University of Texas' mascot "Bevo
", were formerly used on channel 42 (now KEYE-TV
), and is shared with sister station and repeater KBVO-CA. It is the only full-power television station ever built and signed-on by LIN TV (then the broadcasting division of its original parent LIN Broadcasting).
On October 21, 2009, LIN relaunched KBVO as a separate station, moving MyNetworkTV programming from KNVA, which had shown MyNetworkTV programming after CW programming and, in the month prior to KBVO's relaunch, a KXAN-produced 9 p.m. newscast. To date, KNVA was one of two stations in the United States
(not counting a handful of stations that carry The CW and MyNetworkTV on separate subchannels) to carry The CW and MyNetworkTV (the other, KWKB
in Iowa City, Iowa
, is now the only station which carries the full schedules of both netlets/programming services).
programming on KBVO includes: My Name Is Earl
, The Cosby Show
, America's Funniest Home Videos
, Jerry Springer
, and Seinfeld
. It also shows San Antonio Spurs
basketball, Texas Rangers
baseball, Houston Texans
pre-season football, Southland Conference
sports, Big 12 Conference
college basketball, and University of Texas at Austin sports programming (including Longhorn Sports Center Weekly). Tuesday through Saturday mornings, KBVO re-airs KXAN's 10 p.m. newscast from the previous night.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station
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...
that is licensed to Llano
Llano, Texas
-History:Llano County was established in compliance with a February 1, 1856, state legislative act. The Llano River location was chosen in an election held on June 14, 1856, under a live oak on the south bank of the river, near the present site of Roy Inks Bridge in Llano...
. 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 27 from a transmitter eight miles (13 km) southeast of the city near the intersection of TX 71
State Highway 71 (Texas)
State Highway 71 or SH 71 is a Texas state highway that runs . The northern terminus is at US 87 and US 377 south of Brady and its southern terminus is at SH 35 near Blessing. This highway is designated the "10th Mountain Division Highway" from SH 95 to Interstate 35.Through Austin, SH 71 is known...
and Llano County
Llano County, Texas
Llano County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 19, 301. Its county seat is Llano, and the county is named for the Llano River....
Road 307. KBVO can also be seen on a 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 in Austin, KBVO-CD channel 51, 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...
. The station is offered on AT&T Uverse channels 7 (SD
Standard-definition television
Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...
) and 1007 (HD
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...
), 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...
digital channel 1525, DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
channel 51, and Grande Communications
Grande Communications
Grande Communications is a United States telecommunications firm, based in San Marcos, Texas, that uses a fiber optic network for broadband services. In 1999, the company was established when the largest single round of venture capital funding in Texas was raised, in turn starting the first-ever...
channel 18 SD and channel 818 HD. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to CW affiliate KNVA
KNVA
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...
and 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...
.
Although master control and most operations of KBVO are based at 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, there is a bureau in Llano.
History
Texas Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country is a vernacular term applied to a region of Central Texas featuring tall rugged hills consisting of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite. It also includes the Llano Uplift and the second largest granite monadnock in the United States, Enchanted Rock, which is located...
(such as Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg is the seat of Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census estimate, the city had a population of 10, 530...
). UHF signals usually do not travel very far in rugged terrain. As a result, on September 6, 1991, LIN TV signed on KLNO on UHF channel 14 as a semi-satellite of KXAN to improve the station's reach. The station changed its calls to KXAM-TV after about a month on-air, and to the current KBVO in 2009. Those call letters, named after the University of Texas' mascot "Bevo
Bevo (mascot)
Bevo is the name of the mascot of the sports teams at the University of Texas at Austin, a Texas longhorn steer with burnt orange coloring. The shape of the Longhorn's head and horns gives rise to the school's hand symbol and saying, Hook 'em Horns...
", were formerly used on channel 42 (now 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...
), and is shared with sister station and repeater KBVO-CA. It is the only full-power television station ever built and signed-on by LIN TV (then the broadcasting division of its original parent LIN Broadcasting).
On October 21, 2009, LIN relaunched KBVO as a separate station, moving MyNetworkTV programming from KNVA, which had shown MyNetworkTV programming after CW programming and, in the month prior to KBVO's relaunch, a KXAN-produced 9 p.m. newscast. To date, KNVA was one of two stations in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(not counting a handful of stations that carry The CW and MyNetworkTV on separate subchannels) to carry The CW and MyNetworkTV (the other, 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...
, is now the only station which carries the full schedules of both netlets/programming services).
Programming
SyndicatedTelevision 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 KBVO includes: My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
, The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...
, America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
, Jerry Springer
The Jerry Springer Show
The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries...
, and Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
. It also shows San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
basketball, Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
baseball, Houston Texans
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
pre-season football, Southland Conference
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
sports, Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
college basketball, and University of Texas at Austin sports programming (including Longhorn Sports Center Weekly). Tuesday through Saturday mornings, KBVO re-airs KXAN's 10 p.m. newscast from the previous night.