Waco/Temple/Killeen, Texas United States |
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Branding | News Channel 25 |
Slogan | Breaking News, Tracking Storms |
Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 25 () |
Subchannels | 25.1 ABC 25.2 Telemundo 25.3 25 Weather Now |
Translators | KRHD-CD 40 Bryan/College Station |
Affiliations | ABC (1985–present) |
Owner |
Raycom Media (KXXV License Subsidiary, LLC) |
First air date | March 22, 1985 |
Call letters' meaning | XXV = Roman numeral 25 |
Sister station(s) | KSCM-LP |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 25 (UHF, 1985–2009) |
Former affiliations | NBC (March–September 1985) |
Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
Height | 561.4 m (1,842 ft) |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 9781 |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°20′16″N 97°18′36″W / 31.33778°N 97.31000°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website |
KXXV: www.kxxv.com KRHD: www.abc40.com |
KXXV is an ABC-affiliated television station serving Central Texas, United States, including the cities of Waco, Temple and Killeen. Licensed to Waco, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 (or virtual channel 25 via ) from a transmitter located near Moody, Texas. Owned by Raycom Media, KXXV maintains studios on South New Road in Waco.
On cable, KXXV can be seen on Charter Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 5. There is a high definition feed offered on Spectrum digital channel 1200 and Grande channel 805.
KXXV also operates a low-powered, Class A, digital semi-satellite in Bryan, KRHD-CD channel 40.
KXXV signed on for the first time on March 22, 1985 as an NBC affiliate. The station was originally owned by Central Texas Broadcasting Company, Ltd. Waco was one of the last markets in the nation to gain full service from all three of the traditional broadcast networks. It switched to ABC that fall. Central Texas Broadcasting sold KXXV to Shamrock Broadcasting in 1987. Drewry Communications purchased the station from Shamrock in 1994.