KVEO
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| KVEO | |
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| Brownsville/Harlingen/McAllen, Texas | |
| Branding | NBC 23 (general) News Center 23 (news) |
| Channels | Analog: 23 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC NBC Weather Plus (DT2) GSN (DT3) |
| Owner | Communications Corporation of America (Comcorp of Texas License Corporation) |
| First air date | December 1981[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | KVEO comes from "que veo", Spanish for "what I'm watching" |
| Transmitter Power | 2570 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 445 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 12523 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kveo.com |
KVEO is the NBC affiliate for Brownsville, Texas, and serves the entire surrounding metropolitan area, known as the Rio Grande Valley.
It broadcasts with an analog signal on UHF channel 23 and with a digital signal on UHF channel 24. It airs on Time Warner Cable systems as cable 8 in standard definition and 860 in high definition. It is operated out of its studio in Brownsville, located on US Highway 77. The station also offers NBC Weather Plus on a digital subchannel.
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[edit] History
KVEO signed on as the Rio Grande Valley's NBC affiliate in 1981. Before then, the area had been one of the few in the country without an NBC affiliate; the area's original NBC affiliate, Weslaco's KRGV-TV, had become a full-time ABC affiliate in 1976.Between 1976-1981 KGBT-TV was a secondary NBC affiliate which carried some NBC Programming since they were a primary CBS affiliate.
[edit] News Center 23
During the early days of KVEO did have a news department, under the moniker News Center 23. The newscasts were canceled and news department was folded back in the mid-1980s after KVEO had been on the air for a few years. On October 1, 2007, News Center 23 relaunched in High Definition at 5 p.m.. Currently, News Center 23 is the only local news in the Rio Grande Valley in HD.
- News Center 23 at 5 - Monday through Friday at 5 p.m.
- News Center 23 at 6 - Monday through Friday at 6 p.m.
- News Center 23 at 10 - Monday through Friday at 10 p.m.
[edit] News Center 23 News Team
[edit] Anchors
- Drew Hadwal (News Director)
- Cyndi Garcia
[edit] Reporters
- Matt Fernandez
- Michelle Macias
- Kenny Lopez
[edit] Storm Center 23 Weather
- Caitilin Espinosa
[edit] Sports
- Jason Notoras
[edit] Weather segment
Even before KVEO restarted its news operation, KVEO provided a weather segment at 6PM and 10PM weekday evenings with meteorologist Jason McCleave of WeatherVision. KVEO also broadcasts the local forecast sponsored by Ford during the Today Show, following Al Roker's national weather segment. A similar weather segment airs Saturday and Sunday nights during the 10PM time slot since NewsCenter 23 has no weekend telecasts.
KVEO now offers NBC Weather Plus & GSN on 23-2 and 23-3.
Time Warner Cable recently added KVEO's Weather Plus on channel 861 just after KVEO HD on channel 860.
[edit] Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 23.1 / 24.1 | Main KVEO programming; NBC HD |
| 23.2 / 24.2 | KVEO NBC Weather Plus |
| 23.3 / 24.3 | GSN |
KVEO's News Center 23 is broadcast in 1080i.
Like many other HD channels on the local Time Warner Cable system, KVEO-DT can be picked up on basic cable by connecting the cable directly into an HDTV with a built-in ATSC tuner, channel 129.1
[edit] External links
- KVEO web site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVEO
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVEO-TV
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says December 19, while the Television and Cable Factbook says December 18.
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