Llano/Austin, Texas United States |
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Branding | KBVO-TV (general) KXAN News (during rebroadcast of KXAN-TV newscast) |
Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 14 () |
Translators | KBVO-CD 31 (UHF) Austin |
Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
First air date | September 6, 1991 |
Call letters' meaning | BeVO (name of UT Austin mascot) |
Sister station(s) |
KXAN-TV KNVA |
Former callsigns | KLNO (September–October 1991) KXAM-TV (1991–2009) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1991–2009) |
Former affiliations | NBC (as semi-satellite of KXAN, 1991–2009) |
Transmitter power | 660 kW |
Height | 249 m |
Facility ID | 35909 |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°40′36.5″N 98°34′6.8″W / 30.676806°N 98.568556°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www |
KBVO, virtual channel 14 (UHF digital channel 27), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Austin, Texas, United States that is licensed to Llano. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36); Nexstar also operates CW affiliate KNVA (channel 54) under a local marketing agreement with owner Vaughan Media.
Master control and most operations of KBVO are shared with KXAN and KNVA at studios located on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between the Clarksville section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin campus. KBVO's transmitter is located eight miles (13 km) southeast of Llano near the intersection of TX 71 and Llano County Road 307. KXAN operates a bureau for KBVO based in Llano.
The station's signal is relayed on Class A repeater in Austin, KBVO-CD (channel 31), from a transmitter in the West Austin Antenna Farm north of West Lake Hills. The station is available on Charter Communications digital channel 1525, Grande Communications channel 18 (SD) and channel 818 (HD), AT&T U-verse channels 7 (SD) and 1007 (HD), DirecTV channel 51, and Dish Network channels 51 and 8260.