KNVA
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Austin, Texas United States |
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| Branding | The CW Austin (general) KXAN News (during KXAN-produced newscast) |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 54 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner |
Vaughan Media (54 Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
| First air date | August 31, 1994 |
| Call letters' meaning | Nueva (original owner intended station to be a Univision affiliate) |
| Sister station(s) |
KXAN-TV KBVO/KBVO-CD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 54 (UHF, 1994–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1994–1995) The WB (1995–2006) Secondary: UPN (1995-1998) MyNetworkTV (2006–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 396 m |
| Facility ID | 144 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′31″N 97°48′0.7″W / 30.32528°N 97.800194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | http://thecwaustin.com/ |
KNVA, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 49), is a CW-affiliated television station located in Austin, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Vaughan Media; Nexstar Media Group, which owns NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KBVO (channel 14), operates KNVA under a local marketing agreement. All three stations share studios on West Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between the Clarksville section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin campus, KNVA's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm north of West Lake Hills.
According to an Austin American-Statesman article and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) records, 54 Broadcasting applied for the license for the station in 1989; it was to have been assigned the call letters KCFP, but it could not economically start up the station until signing a local marketing agreement with LIN TV five years later in 1994. KNVA first signed on the air on August 31, 1994 as a 24-hour feed of KXAN's live weather network and Doppler weather radar. It became an independent station for a short time before affiliating with The WB as a charter station the following year on January 11, 1995. During this time, the station was branded as "KNVA 54" and carried off-network sitcoms, drama series and cartoons. In 2001, the station was rebranded "Austin's WB 54", before finally settling on "Austin's WB".
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