{{Short description|Television station in Austin, Texas}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KNVA | logo = KNVA 2024.svg | logo_alt = The CW logo, an orange thick logo with the letters C and W connected, in the lower left. Above it, right-aligned, is the word Austin capitalized in a sans serif. | logo_size = 220px | branding = CW Austin | digital = 23 (UHF) | virtual = 54 | translators = ''see {{section link||Repeaters}}'' | affiliations = {{ubl|'''54.1:''' The CW|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | owner = Vaughan Media | licensee = 54 Broadcasting, Inc. | operator = Nexstar Media Group | location = Austin, Texas | country = United States | airdate = {{start date|1994|8|31}} | callsign_meaning = "Nueva" | sister_stations = KXAN-TV, KBVO / KBVO-CD, KVUE | former_callsigns = KCFP (CP, 1989–1994) | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 54 (UHF, 1994–2009)|'''Digital:''' 49 (UHF, until 2019)}} | former_affiliations = {{ubl|Local weather (1994–1995)|The WB (1995–2006)|MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2006–2009)}} | erp = 500 kW | haat = {{convert|390.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | class = | facility_id = 144 | coordinates = {{coord|30|19|34|N|97|47|59|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = FCC | website = {{URL|https://www.kxan.com/the-cw-austin}} }}
'''KNVA''' (channel 54) is a television station in Austin, Texas, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Vaughan Media and operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group, which holds an 81% stake in the network<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alex |date=March 4, 2026 |title=The CW Network To Broadcast Six Banana Ball Games During the 2026 Season |url=https://www.nexstar.tv/the-cw-network-to-broadcast-six-banana-ball-games-during-the-2026-season/ |access-date=March 10, 2026 |website=Nexstar Media Group, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> and locally owns NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36), ABC affiliate KVUE (channel 24), and KBVO (channel 14), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. KNVA, KXAN-TV, and KBVO share studios on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Austin. KNVA's transmitter is on Buckman Mountain Road north of West Lake Hills.
Channel 54 has been managed by KXAN-TV throughout its history. The construction permit was obtained in 1988 by a consortium including former KVUE anchor Ron Oliveira, which added other investors before the station began broadcasting on August 31, 1994. After airing a loop of local weather information for its first four months on the air, KNVA became a general-entertainment station and affiliate of The WB in January 1995. Oliveira anchored a KXAN-produced 5:30 p.m. newscast on the station between 1995 and 1997. He continued to own a stake in the license until 2009, when his shares were acquired by Vaughan.
KNVA became Austin's affiliate of The CW at the network's launch in 2006, also airing MyNetworkTV programs between 2006 and 2009. KXAN reintroduced local news to channel 54 in 2009 with a 9 p.m. newscast, since complemented by an extended morning newscast.
==History== ===Construction and early years=== On a petition from the Allandale Baptist Church of Texas, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated channel 54 to Austin on January 27, 1984.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Broadcasting|title=Allocations|page=72|date=February 27, 1984|id={{pq|963276997}} }}</ref> A group owned by the church, Capital City Community Interests Inc., applied for the channel on May 22. It proposed a family-oriented program lineup using fare from the American Christian Television System.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687502/|accessdate=March 4, 2021|title='Family' channel seeking license|first=Kirk|last=Ladendorf|work=Austin American-Statesman|pages=H1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687598/ H14]|date=July 1, 1984|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021134/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687502/family-channel-seeking-license/|url-status=live}} This article uses "Capitol"; all subsequent references use "Capital".</ref> Its application led to a stampede, and by the time the FCC had designated all of the applications for comparative hearing, there were nine different groups seeking the channel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687749/|accessdate=March 4, 2021|date=October 21, 1984|pages=L1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687919/ L16]|title=Women, minorities vie for station's license|first=Paul|last=Schnitt|work=Austin American-Statesman|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021206/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72687749/women-minorities-vie-for-stations/|url-status=live}}</ref> These included ATV Associates, Balcones Broadcasting (majority-owned by Houston attorney Billy B. "Paz" Goldberg and chaired by local news anchor Ronnell H. "Ron" Oliveira), Capital City Community Interests, Capitol Area Broadcasting, Channel 54, Ltd., DB Broadcasting, Isabel Chávez, Lake Country Telecasters Inc., and Television 54 Corp.<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-06-11-OCR-Page-0093.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=93|date=June 11, 1984|access-date=February 13, 2019|id={{pq|963237767}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-07-23-OCR-Page-0106.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=110|date=July 23, 1984|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> Lake Country dropped out of the proceeding on September 3, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-09-23-OCR-Page-0068.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=68|date=April 9, 1985|access-date=February 13, 2019|id={{pq|1014727438}}}}</ref>
FCC administrative law judge Joseph Chachkin rendered an initial decision favoring Balcones on July 10, 1986. The grant was conditional on Goldberg divesting his interests in KVEO-TV in Brownsville—where Oliveira had become an assistant general manager in early 1985<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688101/|accessdate=March 4, 2021|date=February 7, 1985|title=Channel 24 anchorman Oliveira resigns|first=Diane|last=Holloway|work=Austin American-Statesman|page=B1|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021144/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688101/channel-24-anchorman-oliveira-resigns/|url-status=live}}</ref> and which Goldberg was in the process of acquiring at the time Balcones filed its application—and KPEJ in Odessa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Washington Watch: Austin TV|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-07-14-OCR-Page-0067.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=69|date=July 14, 1986|access-date=February 13, 2019|id={{pq|1014730313}}}}</ref> In the meantime, Oliveira returned to KVUE (channel 24) in 1987.{{r|leaving}} The original decision was affirmed on October 30, 1987, when the FCC approved a settlement agreement between the seven applicants and granted Balcones's amended application for UHF channel 54.<ref>{{Cite news|page=124|title=For the Record|work=Broadcasting|id={{pq|1014721932}}|date=November 30, 1987}}</ref> The FCC upheld the grant in May 1988, after Frontier Southwest Broadcasting—which had held a construction permit to build a low-power TV station on channel 55—objected.<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-05-02-OCR-Page-0088.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=90|date=May 2, 1988|access-date=February 13, 2019|id={{pq|1014721932}} }}</ref> An economic downturn stalled progress on constructing channel 54. The permit, then known as KCFP, was transferred from Balcones Broadcasting to 54 Broadcasting in an application filed in 1990 and approved in 1992, bringing in several new investors including the Houston-based 21st Century Corporation.{{r|leaving}}<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-11-05-OCR-Page-0058.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|id={{pq|1014739254}}|via=American Radio History|page=70|date=November 5, 1990|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/92-OCR/BC-1992-04-20-OCR-Page-0056.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=56|date=April 20, 1992|access-date=February 13, 2019|id={{pq|1014747765}} }}</ref>
In 1994, 54 Broadcasting entered into a local marketing agreement with LIN TV Corporation—owner of NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36)—to provide sales and technical support to channel 54, now bearing the call sign KNVA. In July, Oliveira announced his departure from KVUE, effective in September, to manage the new station.<ref name="leaving">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688446/|first=David|last=Matustik|work=Austin American-Statesman|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688390/ A10]|date=July 12, 1994|title=Anchor Oliveira leaving to co-own new TV station|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021118/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688446/anchor-oliveira-leaving-to-co-own-new/|url-status=live}}</ref> To meet an FCC-imposed construction deadline, KNVA made its first test broadcast on August 31, 1994, before adopting a program format consisting of weather information from KXAN meteorologists.<ref name="aas-knvalaunch">{{cite news|title=Channel 54: This is only a test pattern - for now - Austin's new TV station, KNVA, is scheduled to hit the airwaves today|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688588/ B6]|date=August 31, 1994|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688547/|accessdate=March 4, 2021}}</ref>
===As a WB affiliate=== [[File:KXAN-TV at 908 W. MLK.jpg|thumb|alt=A two-story, 1960s-vintage building with KXAN signage and KBVO signage also visible|KNVA has operated from KXAN-TV's studios for its entire existence.]] The weather programming was never intended to be a full-time format. 54 Broadcasting stated its intention to bid for an affiliation with CBS, which had become available amid a major affiliation realignment in the Austin market, but was seen as well behind the established KBVO (channel 42) in what it could offer to the network.{{r|aas-knvalaunch}} In November 1994, it signed an affiliation agreement with the startup WB network, to debut in January 1995, and announced that it would have a full-time entertainment schedule and a cable channel position on January 9.<ref>{{cite news|title=Snyder returns to late-night as Letterman's CBS pick|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesmans|page=B10|date=November 11, 1994|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688651/|accessdate=March 4, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319031141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688651/snyder-returns-to-late-night-as/|url-status=live}}</ref> Outside of WB programming, KNVA featured family-oriented classic TV series, children's programs, movies, a limited amount of Spanish-language programming, and reruns of KXAN newscasts. The weather information, which had proven unexpectedly popular, aired in overnight hours.<ref name="aas-knvafamily">{{cite news|title=New TV station focuses on 'family entertainment'|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688937/ B4]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688884/|accessdate=March 4, 2021|date=January 9, 1995|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021209/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688884/new-tv-station-focuses-on-family/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Break in the Weather: Ten years after first applying for its license, Austin's weather station, KNVA-TV (Channel 54), prepares to expand its programming|first=Bruce|last=Hight|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688789/|page=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72688847/ D4]|date=November 20, 1994}}</ref>
A live newscast joined the KNVA lineup on October 16, 1995, with the debut of the ''5:30 Report'', produced by KXAN from a dedicated news set with Oliveira as co-anchor and using KXAN's reporting, weather, and sports staffs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oliveira: One voice, 2 stations|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=F1|date=September 29, 1995|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-oliveira-one/194398708/}}</ref> At the time, Oliveira also anchored the 6 p.m. news on KXAN.<ref>{{cite news|title=Starting tonight, 2 stations share 1 anchor|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|pages=B6, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-kxan-sees-bene/72689128/ B7]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-starting-tonig/72689142/|first=Diane|last=Holloway|date=October 16, 1995}}</ref> The newscast never found an audience in a crowded Austin news marketplace and was canceled in June 1997;<ref>{{Cite news |date=1997-06-05 |title=KNVA drops its local news at 5:30 p.m. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-knva-drops-its/194398917/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |work=Austin American-Statesman |page=E6|first=Diane|last=Holloway}}</ref> Oliveira remained an on-air presence until 1999, when he became minority owner chief operating officer at upstart Telemundo affiliate KTLM in McAllen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin losing veteran anchor|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|pages=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-anchor-leaving/194399066/ D2]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-austin-losing/194398978/|date=March 26, 1999}}</ref>
Outside of WB programming, highlights of KNVA's programming in the early 2000s included syndicated reruns of ''Friends'' as well as broadcasts of San Antonio Spurs basketball and Houston Astros baseball.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin, Texas|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|work=Mediaweek|date=April 10, 2000|pages=26–34|id={{pq|213615901}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Austin, Texas|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|work=Mediaweek|date=April 8, 2002|pages=12–16|id={{pq|213651155}} }}</ref>
===As a CW affiliate=== On January 24, 2006, The WB announced it would shut down and effectively merge with UPN to form The CW. The nearest UPN station was KBEJ in Fredericksburg, which was identified with the San Antonio market.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-01-25 |title=TV networks UPN and WB to merge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-tv-networks-up/194399771/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |work=Austin American-Statesman |pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-tv-fate-of-au/194399753/ C6]}}</ref> The merger left many stations, most notably UPN stations owned by Fox Television Stations, without programming. The next month, News Corporation announced the creation of its own secondary network, MyNetworkTV, to serve these stations and others that had not been selected for The CW.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2006 |title=News Corp. to launch new mini-network for UPN stations |work=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-22-fox-my-network_x.htm |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-date=September 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923100154/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-22-fox-my-network_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Though KBEJ obtained a CW affiliation and became KCWX,<ref>{{cite web|title=The CW Signs 30 New Affiliates|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cw-signs-30-more-affils-79433|first=Allison|last=Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=March 28, 2006|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123047/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cw-signs-30-more-affils-79433|url-status=live}}</ref> so too did KNVA, as part of a four-station agreement with LIN announced in April 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=CW Signs With LIN for Four More Affils|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cw-signs-lin-four-more-affils-79705|first=Allison|last=Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 18, 2006|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174328/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cw-signs-lin-four-more-affils-79705|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Austin's KNVA to become CW station|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=D2|date=April 21, 2006|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397641/|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397641/austins-knva-will-become-cw-network/|url-status=live}}</ref> LIN also affiliated KNVA and three other stations it owned with MyNetworkTV,<ref>{{cite web|title=My LIN TV: 4 More For New Fox Net|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/my-lin-tv-4-more-new-fox-net-79848|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 26, 2006|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061559/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/my-lin-tv-4-more-new-fox-net-79848|url-status=live}}</ref> making KNVA one of only a few dual affiliates. MyNetworkTV prime time programs aired from 9 to 11 p.m. on weeknights, immediately following CW prime time.<ref name="aas-knvasignswithcwmnt">{{cite news|title=KNVA signs on to carry 2 new mini-networks|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397860/ C6]|date=May 11, 2006|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397822/}}</ref> The station was branded as The CW Austin.<ref>{{cite news|title=They walk among us, bellies aglow with promos for CW|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73398027/ E3]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397950/|date=August 22, 2006|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021112/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73397950/they-walk-among-us-bellies-aglow-with/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new networks began programming on September 5 for MyNetworkTV and September 18 for The CW.<ref>{{cite news|title=At last, Couric gets down to business at CBS|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73398084/|pages=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73398140/ D6]|date=September 5, 2006|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021126/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73398084/at-last-couric-gets-down-to-business/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On July 27, 2009, as part of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the original majority shareholders, Thomas J. Vaughan of Decatur, Illinois, acquired the equity stakes of Oliveira, LS Communications, and Goldberg-Hirsch Ventures in 54 Broadcasting for $6 million. The remainder would continue to be owned by LIN.<ref>{{cite web|title=LIN's Austin CW Duop Gets New Owner|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/lins-austin-cw-duop-gets-new-owner/|website=TVNewsCheck|date=March 23, 2009}}</ref> MyNetworkTV programming moved off KNVA that fall when KXAM-TV, a semi-satellite of KXAN, was broken off as the new KBVO (channel 14).<ref>{{cite web|title=LIN Launches MyNet Station on KBVO Austin|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/lin-launches-mynet-station-kbvo-austin-41983|first=Michael|last=Malone|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=October 21, 2009|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061523/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/lin-launches-mynet-station-kbvo-austin-41983|url-status=live}}</ref> Twice within four years, KNVA got a new operator as a result of media mergers. LIN was acquired by Media General in 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=Acquisition by Media General Creates 2nd-Largest Local TV Owner|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/media-general-to-buy-lin-media-creating-large-tv-broadcaster/|first=David|last=Gelles|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 21, 2014|access-date=March 22, 2014|archive-date=March 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322052239/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/media-general-to-buy-lin-media-creating-large-tv-broadcaster/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="John Eggerton">{{cite web|title=FCC Okays Media General/LIN Merger|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/fcc-okays-media-generallin-merger/136356|first=John|last=Eggerton|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214001009/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/fcc-okays-media-generallin-merger/136356|url-status=live}}</ref> and Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Media General in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar-Media General: It's A Done Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91865/nexstarmedia-general-its-a-done-deal|website=TVNewsCheck|date=January 27, 2016|access-date=March 4, 2016|archive-date=October 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017183826/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91865/nexstarmedia-general-its-a-done-deal?nocookies|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Closes On Media General Purchase|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/100762/nexstar-closes-on-media-general-purchase|first=Harry A.|last=Jessell|website=TVNewsCheck|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813055941/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/100762/nexstar-closes-on-media-general-purchase|url-status=live}}</ref>
KNVA served as the flagship station for Austin FC in the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=The CW Austin, KXAN-TV, KBVO-TV and Austin FC Announce Historic First-Ever English Broadcast Partnership|publisher=Austin FC |url=https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/02/02/cw-austin-kxan-tv-kbvo-tv-and-austin-fc-announce-historic-first-ever-english|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202155831/https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/02/02/cw-austin-kxan-tv-kbvo-tv-and-austin-fc-announce-historic-first-ever-english|url-status=live}}</ref> This ended in 2022 after Major League Soccer signed a 10-year broadcasting deal with Apple Inc. to air MLS matches on MLS Season Pass.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Apple and MLS to present all MLS matches for 10 years, beginning in 2023 |url=https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2022/06/apple-and-mls-to-present-all-mls-matches-for-10-years-beginning-in-2023/ |access-date=June 18, 2022 |publisher=Apple Inc. |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617234415/https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2022/06/apple-and-mls-to-present-all-mls-matches-for-10-years-beginning-in-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Newscasts== {{further|KXAN-TV#News operation}} After the 1997 cancellation of the ''5:30 Report'', KXAN restored news to KNVA on September 21, 2009, with the debut of the half-hour ''KXAN News at 9:00 on The CW Austin''.<ref>{{cite news|title=KXAN launches 9pm newscast on The CW|url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2009/08/27/kxan_launches_9pm_newscast_on_the_cw.html?cxntfid=blogs_tv_blog|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=August 27, 2009|access-date=September 1, 2009|archive-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217050757/http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2009/08/27/kxan_launches_9pm_newscast_on_the_cw.html?cxntfid=blogs_tv_blog|url-status=live}}</ref> The half-hour program was extended to 45 minutes on weeknights in 2015, with the remainder of the hour taken up by ''{{Proper name|ATX Uncensored(ish)}}'', a satirical program hosted by Brian Gaar.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-09-27 |title=Austin-focused news satire debuts Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-austin-focused/194401255/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |work=Austin American-Statesman |page=D4|first=Gary|last=Dinges}}</ref> ''{{Proper name|ATX Uncensored(ish)}}'' was canceled in July 2016, with reruns airing<ref>{{cite news|title=The CW Austin cancels 'ATX Uncensored(ish)'|url=http://tvradio.blog.austin360.com/2016/07/01/the-cw-austin-cancels-atx-uncensoredish/|first=Gary|last=Dinges|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214101521/http://tvradio.blog.austin360.com/2016/07/01/the-cw-austin-cancels-atx-uncensoredish/|url-status=live}}</ref> until its replacement, ''KXAN Sports: More than the Score'', debuted in September. This was a panel analysis program focusing primarily on college and high school sports featuring the KXAN sports department staff, ''Austin American-Statesman'' sportswriters, and hosts from sports radio station KTXX-FM.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nightly sports show debuts on CW Austin affiliate KNVA|first=Gary|last=Dinges|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=D5|date=September 4, 2016|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-nightly-sports/194401516/}}</ref>
Morning news was added to the KXAN lineup on September 3, 2013, with the debut of ''KXAN News Today on The CW Austin'', running from 7 to 9 a.m. Airing against the national morning newscasts and local news on KTBC, the program featured entertainment news and updates on trending news stories from the KXAN website staff in addition to news headlines, weather forecasts and traffic reports.<ref>{{cite news|title=KXAN adding newscast on KNVA|first=Gary|last=Dinges|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=D1|date=September 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KXAN Debuts Morning Newscast on KNVA|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kxan-debuts-morning-newscast-on-knva/103624|first=Kevin|last=Eck|website=TVSpy|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061920/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kxan-debuts-morning-newscast-on-knva/103624|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KXAN expanding its morning newscast|url=http://www.kxan.com/about-us/kxan-expanding-its-morning-newscast|website=KXAN-TV|date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015042616/http://www.kxan.com/about-us/kxan-expanding-its-morning-newscast|archive-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> The morning news extension was retooled in 2018 into a version of KXAN's lifestyle program, ''Studio 512''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=New TV season brings changes to KXAN - Austin station ranks at or near No. 1 in most competitive time slots|first=Gary|last=Dinges|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=F1|date=September 9, 2018}}</ref> In 2021, KNVA relaunched a morning news program focused on weather and traffic information in the 7–9 a.m. time slot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=2021-05-17 |title=Austin CW Affiliate KNVA Makes News Push |url=https://www.nexttv.com/features/austin-cw-affiliate-knva-makes-news-push |access-date=2026-03-28 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en}}</ref>
==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== KNVA's transmitter is on Buckman Mountain Road north of West Lake Hills.{{r|FCC-LMS-144}} The station's signal is multiplexed: {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of KNVA<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KNVA|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KNVA#station|website=RabbitEars|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174735/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KNVA#station|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 54.1 | 1080i || KNVA-HD || The CW |- ! scope = "row" | 54.2 | rowspan="3" |480i || GRIT || Grit (4:3) |- ! scope = "row" | 54.3 | LAFF || Laff |- ! scope = "row" | 54.4 | CourtTV || Ion Mystery |- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;" ! scope = "row" | 14.1 | 1080i || MyNet || Independent with MyNetworkTV (KBVO-CD) |} {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}
KNVA shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009, as part of the FCC-mandated transition to digital television for full-power stations. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using virtual channel 54.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{cite web|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=March 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> As a part of the broadcast frequency repacking process following the 2016-2017 FCC incentive auction, KNVA relocated its digital signal to channel 23 on June 21, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=FCC TV spectrum Phase Assignment Table|url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|work=FCC Incentive Auction Television Transition Data Files|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160749/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since October 2020, the station is broadcast in ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) format on KBVO-CD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=2020-10-07 |title=Four Austin Stations Roll Out ATSC 3.0 |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/four-austin-stations-roll-out-atsc-3-0/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Repeaters=== KNVA is rebroadcast on five digital Class A low-power stations across Central Texas—all owned by Nexstar Media Group and utilizing call signs that reference their former alliance under the defunct Hill Country Paramount Network service—located in communities surrounding Austin: {| class="wikitable" |+Repeaters of KNVA ! City of license ! Call sign ! Channel<br>(virtual) ! Founded ! First airdate ! Public license<br>information |- || Georgetown || '''KHPX-CD''' || 29 (28) || December 9, 1993 || {{start date|1995|02|07}} || {{ubl|{{FCC station profile|KHPX-CD|TV|3=Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|35911|3=LMS}}}} |- || La Grange || '''KHPL-CD''' || 15 (40) || May 10, 1990 || {{start date|1992|06|04}} || {{ubl|{{FCC station profile|KHPL-CD|TV|3=Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|35913|3=LMS}}}} |- || Round Rock || '''KHPZ-CD''' || 25 (15) || March 14, 1994 || {{start date|1995|02|07}} || {{ubl|{{FCC station profile|KHPZ-CD|TV|3=Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|35923|3=LMS}}}} |- || San Marcos || '''KHPM-CD''' || 20 (40) || July 31, 1989 || {{start date|1991|04|08}} || {{ubl|{{FCC station profile|KHPM-CD|TV|3=Public file}}|{{FCC-LMS-Facility|35921|3=LMS}}}} |}
The five repeaters were put on the air in the early 1990s, initially as rebroadcasters of KXAN to improve reception in the Hill Country,{{r|Aust941230}} alongside two stations that were later deleted: KHPG-CA channel 31 in Giddings (closed in 2011<ref name=fcc-khpgclosed>{{cite web|title=Re: KHPG-CA (Facility ID No. 35916); KHPG-LD (Facility ID No. 167756)|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=35484|website=Consolidated Database System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|format=PDF|date=February 22, 2011|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=April 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408111106/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=35484|url-status=live}}</ref>) and KHPB-CD channel 45 in Bastrop (canceled in 2017). In 1995, these stations became a separate entity, the Hill Country Paramount Network (also known as HPN), which simulcast KNVA's programming but substituted UPN prime time and network shows for those of The WB. The main station for Austin viewers was K49CY (channel 49).<ref name="Aust941230">{{cite news|title='Star Trek: Voyager' to materialize on Austin screens|first=Diane|last=Holloway|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=B12|date=December 30, 1994|accessdate=June 4, 2021|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78970729/|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021203/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78970729/star-trek-voyager-to-materialize-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-08-27 |title=UPN stations debut 2 series this week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-upn-stations-d/194404533/ |access-date=2026-03-28 |work=Austin American-Statesman |page=Show World 9}}</ref>
In 1998, the Hill Country Paramount Network—without cable carriage—lost its network affiliation on six days' notice to K13VC "KVC", which was on Austin cable systems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77113082/|accessdate=June 4, 2021|title='Voyager' network changes channels|work=Austin American-Statesman|page=B2|first=Diane|last=Holloway|date=October 3, 1998|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319040955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77113082/voyager-network-changes-channels/|url-status=live}}</ref> The former HPN stations joined KBVO-CA in broadcasting Telefutura programming in 2002; Univision, owner of KAKW (channel 62), handled all programming functions for LIN during this period.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=TeleFutura — America's Newest TV Network — Speaks Español; Univision Communications Unveils Long-Awaited Viewing Choice For Nation's Fastest Growing TV Audience|date=January 14, 2002|publisher=Univision Communications|via=Business Wire|id={{pq|446445135}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|pages=9, 12, 14, 18|work=Mediaweek|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|date=March 13, 2006|title=Austin, Texas|id={{pq|213648411}} }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{URL|https://www.kxan.com/the-cw-austin|Official website}}
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