KEYE-TV
 
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Austin, Texas United States |
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| Branding | CBS Austin (general) CBS Austin News (newscast) Telemundo Austin (DT2) |
| Slogan |
Only KEYE-TV, Only CBS (general) On Your Side (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 43 (UHF) Virtual: 42 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (San Antonio Television, LLC) |
| First air date | December 4, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | The CBS EYE |
| Sister station(s) | WOAI-TV, KABB, KMYS, KVII, KBTV-TV, KFDM, KDBC, KFOX-TV, KGBT-TV |
| Former callsigns | KBVO-TV (1983–1995) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 42 (UHF, 1983–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Independent (1983–1986) Fox (1986–1995) DT2: RTN (2008–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 395 m |
| Facility ID | 33691 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′19.3″N 97°48′12.6″W / 30.322028°N 97.803500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | keyetv |
KEYE-TV, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 43), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Austin, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KEYE's studios are located on Metric Boulevard in North Austin (it is one of two area television stations whose studios are located in that section of town – ABC affiliate KVUE, channel 24, being the other), and its transmitter is located on Waymaker Way on the west side of Austin.
The UHF channel 42 allocation in Austin had originally been used by NBC affiliate KHFI-TV, when that station signed on in February 1965. That station moved to channel 36 in 1973 and is now KXAN-TV.
KEYE-TV signed on the air on channel 42 on December 4, 1983 as KBVO-TV; the call letters came from the University of Texas at Austin's mascot, Bevo. It was Austin's first independent station. The station was originally owned by Steve Beard, an Austin advertising executive, and a small group of investors. On October 6, 1986, the station became a charter affiliate of the upstart Fox network and began branding itself as "Fox 42" on-air in the late 1980s. In 1993, Beard sold KBVO to Granite Broadcasting for $54 million – a handsome return on his original investment.
In 1995, New World Communications purchased KTBC, which was included in a groupwide affiliation deal to switch most of New World's stations to Fox (which later purchased the New World holdings). On July 1, 1995, KTBC and KBVO swapped affiliations, with Fox moving to KTBC and the CBS affiliation going to KBVO, which changed its call letters to the current KEYE-TV the next day. The callsign refers to the iconic CBS Eye logo, as well as to The Eyes of Texas, one of several songs associated with the University of Texas. It branded itself as "K-EYE 42, Your Eye on Austin" until 1999, when the branding was shortened to simply "K-EYE" on account of the fact that it was now available to all Austin area cable subscribers on cable channel 5.
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