KXXV

KXXV

Waco, Texas
Branding	KXXV NewsChannel 25 KRHD ABC 40
Slogan	KXXV: Breaking News, Breaking Stories, Tracking Storms KRHD: Digging Deeper, Tracking Storms
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF)
Subchannels	25.1 ABC 25.2 Telemundo 25.3 25 Weather Now
Translators	KRHD-CD 40 Bryan/College Station
Affiliations	ABC (September 1985-present)
Owner	Drewry Communications Group (Centex Television Limited Partnership)
First air date	March 22, 1985
Call letters' meaning	XXV = Roman numeral 25
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 25 (UHF, 1985-2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (March-September 1985)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	561.4 m
Facility ID	9781
Website	www.kxxv.com/

KXXV (News Channel 25) is a full-power television station in Waco, Texas, serving Central Texas as an ABC affiliate. It is currently owned by the Drewry Communications Group (a family-owned company based in Oklahoma). A planned late 2008 sale of the Drewry stations to London Broadcasting fell through due to the late 2000s credit crisis. [1] London Broadcasting subsequently purchased local NBC affiliate KCEN-TV.

KXXV also operates a low-powered, Class-A, digital semi-satellite in Bryan, KRHD-CD channel 40. KRHD has a small newsroom with several reporters who provide stories for a daily 10pm newscast that is produced by KXXV.

In Waco/Killeen/Temple, KXXV broadcasts on cable channel 5, while in Bryan/College Station KRHD-CD broadcasts on cable channel 9.

Contents 1 History 2 Digital television 3 Newscasts 4 On-air staff 4.1 Current on-air staff 4.2 Notable reporters 5 News/station presentation 5.1 Newscast titles 5.2 Station slogans 6 References 7 External links

History

KXXV signed on for the first time on March 22, 1985 as an NBC affiliate; Waco was one of the last markets in the nation with full service from all three of the traditional broadcast networks. It switched to ABC that fall.

KRHD-CD's call letters are based on the name of Robert H. Drewry, an Oklahoma native and founder of the Drewry Communications Group.

Digital television

KXXV's broadcasts have been digital-only since February 17, 2009;^[1] the digital signal also offers Telemundo programming on 25.2 and local weather 24/7 on 25.3.

Newscasts

Monday-Friday

• Good Morning Texas Early Edition (5:30am-6am)
• Good Morning Texas (6-7am)
• The Texas Report (11-11:30am)
• News Channel 25 at 5:00 (5-5:30pm)
• News Channel 25 at 6:00 (6-6:30pm)
• News Channel 25 NightBeat (10-10:35pm)
• ABC 40 NightBeat (10-10:35pm)

Saturday

• The Texas Report (6-6:30pm)
• The Texas Report (10-10:30pm)

Sunday

• The Texas Report (5:30-6pm)
• The Texas Report (10-10:30pm)

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Bruce Gietzen (anchor)
• Ann Harder (anchor)
• Amanda Gomez (anchor/reporter)

Meteorologists

• Matt Hines (chief meteorologist)
• Tiffany Savona (morning meteorologist)
• Conley Isom (weekend meteorologist)

Sports

• Lee Small (sports director)
• Justin Paige (sports reporter/weekend sports anchor)

Notable reporters

• Brian Collins, best remembered as the sports anchor on Ball State's college news program fumbling highlights only to conclude with the catch phrase Boom goes the dynamite.^[2][3]
• E.D. Hill (1986-1987) KXXV-TV, Waco, TX - reporter/anchor, best known as Fox and Friends Morning Anchor 1998-2006
• Gus Johnson - Fox Television college and pro sports personality

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Eyewitness News 25 (1985-1995)
• News 25 (1995-2004)
• Nightbeat (10PM newscast; 1995-2009; still used on weekend newscasts)
• NewsChannel 25 (2004-present)
• The Texas Report (10PM newscast; 2009-present)

Station slogans

• TV-25, Let's All Be There! (March-September 1985; local version of NBC campaign)
• You`ll Love It on 25 (September 1985-1986; local version of ABC campaign)
• Eyewitness News 25, Count on the Team (1985-1995)
• Together on 25 (1986-1987; local version of ABC campaign)
• Something`s Happening on TV-25 (1987-1990; local version of ABC campaign)
• Coverage You Can Count On (1995-2002)
• Your First Choice for News (2002-2004)
• The NewsChannel for Central Texas (2004-2005)
• Breaking News, Breaking Stories, Tracking Storms (2005-present)

References

External links

• KXXV
• KRHD-CD
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KXXV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KRHD-CD
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KXXV-TV

Television stations in the Brazos Valley Waco/Temple/Killeen KCEN (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MyTX) • KWTX (10.1 CBS, 10.2 The CW) • KXXV (25.1 ABC, 25.2 TMD, 25.3 Weather Now) • KPLE 31 (TBN) • KDYW 34 (silent; to be Daystar) • KWKO 38 (Ind.) • KWKT (44.1 Fox/MNTV) • KNCT (46.1 PBS, 46.2 Pentagon, 46.3 Create) • KAKW (62.1 UNI) Bryan/College Station KYLE (28.1 Fox/MNTV) • KBTX (3.1 CBS, 3.2 The CW) • KAMU (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Weather, 12.3 PBS Kids) • KSCM 18 (A1) • KAGS (23.1 NBC) • KRHD (40.1 ABC) • K47ED 47 (TBN) Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television Houston: KUHT (8.1 PBS) Dallas: WFAA (8.1 ABC) • KERA (13.1 PBS) 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

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