KRIV (TV)
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Houston, Texas United States |
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| Branding | Fox 26 Houston (general) Fox 26 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
You Miss a Little, You Miss a Lot (primary general) We Are Fox 26 (secondary general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 26 () |
| Affiliations |
.1: Fox (O&O) .2: Light TV |
| Owner |
Fox Television Stations (Fox Television Stations, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 15, 1971 |
| Call letters' meaning | Albert KRIVin (former executive of former parent company, Metromedia) |
| Sister station(s) | KTXH |
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| Former affiliations | Independent (1971–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 598 m |
| Facility ID | 22204 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′28″N 95°29′37″W / 29.57444°N 95.49361°WCoordinates: 29°34′28″N 95°29′37″W / 29.57444°N 95.49361°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KRIV, channel 26, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas, United States. KRIV is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, and operates as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station KTXH (channel 20). The two stations share studio facilities in the Uptown section of Houston, and KRIV's transmitter is located near Missouri City, Texas.
The station first signed on the air on August 15, 1971 as KVRL, operating as an independent station. It was the third UHF television station in Houston, after KHTV (channel 39, now KIAH) and KVVV-TV (channel 16, which lasted only for 18 months). Four years after signing on, in 1975, the station's call letters were changed to KDOG – a callsign chosen by former station general manager Leroy Gloger. Another former general manager, Jerry Marcus commented (upon his retirement) that he saw the calls appropriate during the station's formative years as, in his words, channel 26 was a "dogged station" ratings-wise. The station's slogan during this timeframe was "Where every dog has his day." During this period, the station aired English-language general entertainment programming including old cartoons, sitcoms, and classic movies during the daytime hours, along with Spanish-language programs including telenovelas, movies and serial drama series at night. For its first two decades on the air, channel 26 operated from studio facilities located at 3935 Westheimer Road in Houston's Highland Village section.
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