KBVO

For the station that previously used the callsign, see KEYE-TV.

KBVO
CityLlano, Texas
Channels
BrandingKBVO
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KXAN-TV, KNVA
History
First air date
September 6, 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-09-06)
Former call signs
  • KLNO (September–October 1991)
  • KXAM-TV (1991–2009)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1991–2009)
NBC (as semi-satellite of KXAN, 1991–2009)
Call sign meaning
Bevo (name of UT Austin mascot)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35909
ERP660 kW
HAAT249 m (817 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°40′36″N 98°33′59″W / 30.67667°N 98.56639°W / 30.67667; -98.56639 (KBVO)
Translator(s)KBVO-CD 31 (UHF) Austin
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kxan.com/kbvo
KBVO-CD
ATSC 3.0 station
  • Austin, Texas
Channels
Programming
Affiliationssee § KBVO-CD ATSC 3.0 lighthouse
History
First air date
November 17, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-11-17)
Former call signs
  • K49CY (1989–1995)
  • KBVO-LP (1995–2002)
  • KBVO-CA (2002–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 49 (UHF, 1989–2002), 45 (UHF, 2002–2004), 51 (UHF, 2004–2009)
  • Virtual: 51 (2009–2019), 14 (2019–2020)
  • NBC (as a KXAN repeater; 1989–1995)
  • UPN (1995–1998)
  • The WB (as a KNVA repeater; 1998–2002)
  • Telefutura (2002–January 2009)
  • The CW (as a KNVA repeater; January–October 2009)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35918
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT339.5 m (1,114 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°19′34″N 97°47′59″W / 30.32611°N 97.79972°W / 30.32611; -97.79972
Links
Public license information

KBVO (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Llano, Texas, United States, serving the Austin area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36); Nexstar also provides certain services to KNVA (channel 54), a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW, under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Vaughan Media. The three stations share studios on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and San Gabriel Street (between the Old West Austin section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin campus); KBVO's transmitter is located near the intersection of TX 71 and Llano County Road 307 in unincorporated Llano County (8 miles (13 km) southeast of Llano).

KBVO-CD (channel 31) in Austin operates as a low-power, Class A ATSC 3.0 lighthouse of KXAN-TV, KNVA, and KEYE-TV; this station's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm on Mount Larson (near Loop 360 and Westlake Drive, north of West Lake Hills).

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBVO-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.