KVAT-LD

KVAT-LD
Garfleld / Austin, Texas
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF)
Subchannels	17.1 Mexicanal 17.2 Retro Television Network
Owner	Mako Communications, LLC
Founded	2006
Former callsigns	K17GH 2004-2005 K63AY 1978-2004 (it is unknown whether or not this station signed on under these calls) KVAT-LP (2005-2010)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 17 (2004-2010)
Former affiliations	LAT TV (2006-2008) Silent (2008-2011?)
Transmitter power	60 kW
Website	www.kvat17.com

KVAT-LD is a low-power television station licensed to Garfield, Texas (Austin market), broadcasting digitally on channel 17. The station is owned by Mako Communications, LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas.

The station was originally an affiliate of LAT TV, a Houston-based Spanish-language television network that launched in May 2006; however, the network folded 2 years later.

In December 2010, the station's call letters changed from KVAT-LP to KVAT-LD. The station also has a construction permit to relocate to channel 14.

The station currently airs 2 subchannels: Mexicanal on 17.1 and Retro Television Network on 17.2.

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Broadcast television in the Austin/Hill Country region

Local stations	KTBC (7.1 Fox) • KQUX-CA 11 (IND) • KBVO/KBVO-CD (14.1/51.1 MNTV) • KVAT-LD (17.1 Mexicanal, 17.2 RTV) • KLRU (18.1 PBS, 18.2 Create, 18.3 KLRU Q, 18.4 V-me) • KVUE (24.1 ABC, 24.2 Estrella TV, 24.3 Weather radar) • K29HW-D (29.1 IND / Bloomberg / Fuse) • KXAN (36.1 NBC) • KXLK-CA 40 (HSN) • KEYE (42.1 CBS, 42.2 TMD) • KNVA (54.1 The CW, 54.2 theCoolTV)

Spanish language	KADF-LP 20 (AZA) • KTFO-CD (31.1 TFU, 31.2 UNI/KAKW) • KGBS-CA 32 (Tr3́s) • KTXU-LP 47 (Spanish Religious) • KAKW (62.1 UNI, 62.2 TFU/KTFO-CD)

San Antonio area, licensed within the greater Austin area	KCWX (2.1 MNTV, 2.2 This TV) • KNIC (17.1 TFU)

Outlying areas	KCEN (6.1 NBC, Temple)

Cable channels	METV • YNN Austin

Defunct stations	K13VC (UPN / IND)

Texas Broadcast television areas by city: Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio • Eagle Pass • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • Presidio • Rio Grande Valley • San Angelo • San Antonio • Sherman/Ada, OK • Texarkana/Shreveport, LA • Tyler/Longview (East Texas) • Victoria • Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) • Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK

Other Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Texas

Multimedios Television	K24FW 24 (Lubbock) • K26KJ 40.1 (El Paso) • KHLM 43.1 (Houston) • K45HW 45 (San Angelo) • XHNAT 45.1 (Laredo) • K51JF 51 (San Antonio) • K54JS 54 (Corpus Christi) • K69IT 69 (Midland)

Other stations	KZFW 6 (Religious, Royse City / Dallas) • KTSM-TV 9.2 (Estrella TV, El Paso) • KFDA 10.4 (LATV, Amarillo) • KLMV-LP 15.1 (Religious, Laredo) • KVAW 16 (Tr3́s, Eagle Pass) • KVAT-LD 17.1 (17.1 Mexicanal, Garfield / Austin) • KODF 26.1 (Mega TV, Britton / DFW) • KLDO 27.3 (LATV, Laredo) • KUGB-CA 28.1 (Uniglobe, Houston) • KYVV 28 (VasalloVision, Del Rio) • KMPX 29 (Estrella TV, Decatur / DFW) • KAMM 30 (Tr3́s, Amarillo) - K31GL 31.2 (Genesis, DeSoto / DFW) • KAZD 55.4 (LATV, DFW) • KVFW 38 (Religious, Fort Worth) • KZHO 38 (Religious, Houston) • KATA 50 (Tr3́s, Mesquite / DFW) • KTBU 55.1 (Mega TV, Conroe / Houston) • KZJL 61 (Estrella TV, Houston)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas Also see: Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Azteca América, religious and other Spanish language stations in Texas