KXXV (channel 25) is a
television station
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in
Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the ...
, United States, serving
Central Texas
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as an affiliate of
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
. Owned by the
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...
, the station maintains studios on South New Road in Waco, and its transmitter is located near
Moody, Texas
Moody is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Moody is located at (31.307489, –97.360210).
According to the United States ...
.
KRHD-CD
KRHD-CD (channel 40) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bryan, Texas, United States, serving the Brazos Valley as an affiliate of ABC. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, and maintains a news bureau and advertising sale ...
(channel 40) in
Bryan operates as a
low-power,
Class A semi-satellite
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...
of KXXV, serving the
Brazos Valley
Brazos Valley ( ) is a region of the U.S. state of Texas comprising the following 7 counties in Central Texas: Brazos, Burleson, and Robertson (which collectively comprise the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area), and the neighboring cou ...
. As such, it
simulcast
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s all network and
syndicated programming as provided through KXXV but airs separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and
legal identifications, and has a different subchannel lineup. KXXV serves the western half of the Waco–
Temple
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–Bryan
market
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*Market economy
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*Märket, an ...
while KRHD-CD serves the eastern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for
ratings purposes. Although KRHD-CD maintains a
news bureau
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and advertising sales office on Briarcrest Road in Bryan,
master control
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and some internal operations are based at KXXV's studios.
History
KXXV signed on for the first time on March 22, 1985, as an
NBC
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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, which took 32 years. It switched to ABC at the end of the year, with NBC programming returning to
KCEN-TV
KCEN-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Temple, Texas, United States, serving Central Texas as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on North 3rd Street in downtown Temple, with a news bureau and ...
(channel 6). Central Texas Broadcasting sold KXXV to Shamrock Broadcasting in 1987.
Drewry Communications
The Drewry Communications Group was a media company based in Lawton, Oklahoma, wholly owned and operated by the Drewry family. The company was run by Robert Drewry (as the company's president), Bill Drewry (as its chief executive officer), an ...
purchased the station from Shamrock in 1994.
KXXV/KRHD added a secondary affiliation with
The WB
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on January 11, 2002, following the sale of the market's previous WB affiliate,
KAKW
KAKW-DT (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Killeen, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Austin area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside low-power, Class A UniMás ...
(channel 62), to
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
. KXXV/KRHD aired The WB's prime time lineup after ABC's late night programming, as well as two hours of
Kids' WB
Kids' WB (stylized as Kids' WB!) was an American children's programming service and brand of The WB that aired on the network from September 9, 1995, to September 16, 2006. The block moved to The CW (a result of the merger of Time Warner's The WB ...
programming on Sunday mornings.
In July 2002, KXXV/KRHD ceded the secondary WB affiliation to
Fox
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affiliate
KWKT
KWKT-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Waco, Texas, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for Central Texas. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Bryan-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KYLE-TV (channel 28). Both stations sh ...
(channel 44) and its Brazos Valley satellite
KYLE
Kyle or Kyles may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ireland
* Kyle, County Laois
* Kyle, County Wexford
Scotland
* Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...
(channel 28).
A planned late 2008 sale of the Drewry stations to London Broadcasting fell through due to the
late 2000s credit crisis; London Broadcasting subsequently purchased KCEN-TV. On August 10, 2015,
Raycom Media
Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Commun ...
announced that it would purchase Drewry Communications for $160 million.
The sale was completed on December 1.
Sale to Gray Television and resale to Scripps
On June 25, 2018,
Atlanta
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-based
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems, the company owns or operates 180 stations across the United St ...
, owner of
KWTX-TV
KWTX-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Waco, Texas, United States, serving Central Texas as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Belton-licensed CW affiliate KNCT (channel 46). Both stations share studios on ...
and its semi-satellite
KBTX-TV
KBTX-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed in Bryan, Texas, United States, serving the Brazos Valley as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on East 29th Street in Bryan, and its transmitter is ...
, announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KXXV and KRHD, and Gray's 93 television stations) under Gray's corporate umbrella. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion—in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom—required divestment of either KXXV/KRHD or KWTX due to FCC ownership regulations prohibiting common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market (as well as more than two stations in any market). Gray announced it would retain KWTX and KBTX, and sell KXXV and KRHD to an unrelated third party.
On August 20, it was announced that the
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...
would buy KXXV/KRHD and sister station
WTXL-TV
WTXL-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on Commerce Boulevard in Midway, Florida, and its transmitter is ...
in
Tallahassee, Florida
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, for $55 million.
The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.
Programming
Syndicated programs broadcast by KXXV include ''
Judge Judy
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'', ''
The Doctors'', ''
The Kelly Clarkson Show
''The Kelly Clarkson Show'' is an American daytime television variety talk show hosted by American singer Kelly Clarkson. It is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and features Clarkson interviewing celebrities and seg ...
'' and ''
Hot Bench
''Hot Bench'' is a nontraditional panel-based court show that made its debut in first-run syndication on September 15, 2014. The series is produced by ''Judge Judy''s Judge Judy Sheindlin, who also created the program and concept with executi ...
''.
As part of a tradition with other former Drewry stations, KXXV airs an annual
telethon
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Most telethons f ...
, benefiting the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in
Abilene.
KXXV carries any
Baylor Bears
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games through the
network's broadcast rights with NCAA Football.
News operation
KXXV currently broadcasts 29 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station maintains a news bureau in
Killeen to serve the western portion of the area, including
Fort Hood
Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters ...
. KRHD maintains a fully staffed bureau of reporters and photographers stationed in Bryan.
Notable alumni
*
Brian Collins, best remembered as the sports anchor on
Ball State's college news program fumbling highlights only to conclude with the
catch phrase
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"Boom goes the dynamite."
*
E. D. Hill
Edith Ann "E.D." Hill (''née'' Tarbox; born July 27, 1961), known professionally as E.D. Donahey during her second marriage, is an American journalist. She has been a news anchor and radio host and formerly worked for the Fox News Channel.
...
(1986–1987) – reporter/anchor, best known as ''
Fox & Friends
''Fox & Friends'' is an American daily morning news and talk program that airs on Fox News. It premiered on February 1, 1998, and is currently hosted by Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade on weekdays. Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Du ...
'' Morning Anchor 1998–2006
*
Gus Johnson –
Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
commentator
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
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:
In Waco, cable operator
Grande Communications
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carries both KXXV and
Dallas
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ABC affiliate
WFAA
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(channel 8). Only WFAA's local news and some syndicated programming can be seen on cable channel 8. During ABC network programming, a message appears informing viewers to tune to KXXV for network shows.
Analog-to-digital conversion
KXXV shut down its analog signal, over
UHF
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channel 25, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to
transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26.
Through the use of
PSIP
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, digital television receivers display the station's
virtual channel
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as its former UHF analog channel 25.
References
External links
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