KXVA

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KXVA
KXVA logo
Abilene, Texas
Branding Fox Abilene
Channels Analog: 15 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Sage Broadcasting Corporation
First air date January 9, 2001
Call letters’ meaning XV = Roman numeral 15
Abilene
Transmitter Power 3947 kW
Height 298.1 m
Facility ID 62293
Transmitter Coordinates 32°16′31.9″N, 99°35′25.4″W
Website www.myfoxabilene.com

KXVA is a full-service television station in Abilene, Texas, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of the Fox network. It has no companion digital channel. Founded June 15, 2000, the station is owned by Sage Broadcasting Corporation of San Angelo, Texas.

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[edit] History

On June 15, 2000, the FCC granted an original construction permit to Sage Broadcasting Company to build a full-service station to serve the Abilene/Sweetwater television market. It would be the market's fourth full-service station. The station was built quickly, with a planned launch in September or October 2000, but inclement weather caused delays in constructing the tower [1]. On January 9, 2001, several months later than expected, KXVA began broadcasting Fox programming under Program Test Authority. The station obtained its initial broadcast license on February 13, 2002, more than one year after applying for the license.

[edit] Programming

KXVA has been a Fox station since sign-on, taking over the affiliation from Sage Broadcasting's KIDZ-LP and repeaters. Its schedule is a mix of network and syndicated programming. As the Fox affiliate, KXVA is Abilene's television home for the Dallas Cowboys NFL football team, airing up to 14 of the team's 16 regular season games. The station airs no local or network news, opting instead for a block of syndicated programming after network prime time programming ends.

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [2], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KXVA will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

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Broadcast television in the Abilene / Sweetwater market (Nielsen DMA #164)

K07UF 7 (Ind) - KRBC 9 (NBC) - KTXS 12 (ABC, The CW on DT2) - KXVA 15 (FOX) - KPCB 17 (GLC) - KTAB 32 (CBS) - KTES-LP 40 (TMD) - KIDZ-LP 42 (MNTV) - KPTC-LP 58 (TBN)

Broadcast television available on cable only:
KERA 13 (PBS)
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Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KDFW 4 (Dallas) - KIDY 6 (San Angelo) - KTBC 7 (Austin) - KCIT 14 (Amarillo) - KFOX 14 (El Paso) - KXVA 15 (Abilene) - KJTL 18 (Wichita Falls) - KVCT 19 (Victoria) - KPEJ 24 (Odessa) - KRIV 26 (Houston) - KABB 29 (San Antonio) - KJTV 34 / 32 (Lubbock) - KUQI 38 (Corpus Christi) - KXOF-CA 39 (Laredo) - KWKT 44 / KYLE 28 (Waco / Bryan) - KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) - KUIL 64 (Beaumont)
*XHRIO is licensed in Matamoros, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers on the US side of the Rio Grande.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas