KNVA

KNVA

Austin, Texas United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 54
Branding	The CW Austin
Programming
Affiliations	54.1: The CW for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Vaughan Media (54 Broadcasting, Inc.)
Operator	Nexstar Media Group
Sister stations	KXAN-TV, KBVO / KBVO-CD
History
Founded	October 13, 1989 (1989-10-13)
First air date	August 31, 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-08-31)
Former call signs	KCFP (CP, 1989–1994)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 54 (UHF, 1994–2009) Digital: 49 (UHF, until 2019)
Former affiliations	Local weather (1994–1995) Independent (1995) The WB (1995–2006) MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning	"Nueva"; original owner intended station to be a Univision affiliate
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	144
ERP	500 kW
HAAT	390.7 m (1,282 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°19′34″N 97°47′59″W / 30.32611°N 97.79972°W / 30.32611; -97.79972
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kxan.com/the-cw-austin

KNVA (channel 54) is a television station in Austin, Texas, United States, serving as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. It is owned by Vaughan Media and operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by The CW's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, making it sister to NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36) and Llano-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KBVO (channel 14). 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); KNVA's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm on Mount Larson (near Loop 360 and Westlake Drive, north of West Lake Hills).