KAVU-TV

KAVU-TV
Victoria, Texas
United States
Branding ABC 25
Newscenter 25
Slogan Your Hometown News
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
Virtual: 25 (PSIP)
Subchannels 25.1 ABC
25.2 CBS
25.3 NBC
25.4 25 Now
Affiliations ABC (secondary from 1989–1994)
Owner Saga Communications, Inc.
(Saga Broadcasting, LLC)
First air date July 1, 1982
Sister station(s) KVCT
Former channel number(s) Analog:
25 (UHF, 1982–2009)
Former affiliations NBC (1982–1994)
Transmitter power 900 kW
Height 312 m
Facility ID 73101
Transmitter coordinates 28°50′42″N 97°7′33″W / 28.84500°N 97.12583°W / 28.84500; -97.12583
Website Official site

KAVU-TV, known locally as ABC 25, is a full-service television station in Victoria, Texas. Serving the entire Victoria metropolitan area as an ABC network affiliate, this station is owned and operated by Saga Broadcasting, as part of a group of six television stations serving the Victoria market. KAVU maintains studios located on North Navarro Street in Victoria and its transmitter is located in Lolita.

History

KAVU was founded on December 7, 1981, but did not take to the air until July 1, 1982. At the time, it began as an NBC network affiliate, but then joined ABC as a secondary affiliate from 1989 to 1994, after the previous affiliate, KVCT (now a Fox affiliate), dropped the ABC affiliation to become a religious station.

In 1994, KAVU became solely an ABC affiliate. Today, KAVU and KVCT operate as sister stations, and also operate the market's NBC, CBS, Univision, and Telemundo affiliates via low-power stations and/or digital subchannels.

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