KBVO

KBVO and KBVO-CD
Channels for KBVO
Channels for KBVO-CD
BrandingKBVO
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KXAN-TV, KNVA
History
First air date
  • KBVO: September 6, 1991 (1991-09-06)
  • KBVO-CD: November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17)
Former call signs
  • KBVO:
    • KLNO (September–October 1991)
    • KXAM-TV (1991–2009)
  • KBVO-CD:
    • K49CY (1989–1995)
    • KBVO-LP (1995–2002)
    • KBVO-CA (2002–2009)
Former channel number
  • KBVO: Analog: 14 (UHF, 1991–2009)
  • KBVO-CD:
    • Analog: 49 (UHF, 1989–2002), 45 (UHF, 2002–2004), 51 (UHF, 2004–2009)
    • Virtual: 51 (2009–2019), 14 (2019–2020)
  • KBVO: NBC (as semi-satellite of KXAN, 1991–2009)
  • KBVO-CD:
    • NBC (as a KXAN repeater; 1989–1995)
    • UPN (1995–1998)
    • The WB (as a KNVA repeater; 1998–2002)
    • Telefutura (2002–January 2009)
    • The CW (as a KNVA repeater; January–October 2009)
Call sign meaning
Bevo (name of UT Austin mascot)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • KBVO: 35909
  • KBVO-CD: 35918
Class
  • KBVO-CD: CD
ERP
  • KBVO: 660 kW
  • KBVO-CD: 15 kW
HAAT
  • KBVO: 249 m (817 ft)
  • KBVO-CD: 339.5 m (1,114 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kxan.com/kbvo

KBVO (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Llano, Texas, United States, serving the Austin area as an independent station with a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KXAN-TV (channel 36); Nexstar also provides certain services to KNVA (channel 54), a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW, under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Vaughan Media. The three stations share studios on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and San Gabriel Street (between the Old West Austin section of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin campus); KBVO's transmitter is located near the intersection of TX 71 and Llano County Road 307 in unincorporated Llano County (8 miles (13 km) southeast of Llano).

KBVO-CD (channel 31) in Austin operates as a low-power, Class A ATSC 3.0 lighthouse of KXAN-TV, KNVA, and KEYE-TV; this station's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm on Mount Larson (near Loop 360 and Westlake Drive, north of West Lake Hills).