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austin's tv history

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captex

nov 1952 ktbc 7 sign on cbs 1994 knva 54 signs on wb
1962 klrn 9 sign on and 1995 kbvo 42 fox to
started serving keye 42 cbs
austin from san ktbc 7 cbs to fox
antonio pbs 2000 kbej 2 sign on upn
1965 khfi 42 sign on nbc serving san antonio/
1971 kvue 24 sign on abc austin
1973 khfi 42 changed to ktvv 36 2005 kakw 62 moved and sign on
1978 klru 18 sign on pbs/ klrn 9 uni
pbs serves san antonio only 2006 knva 54 cw and mytv
1983 kbvo 42 returns ind kbej 2 cw and drops austin
1987 kbvo 42 fox

this is the best of my recollection. suggestions/ comments are always welcome. thanks captex
 
Why don't you assemble a website like http://houstonradiohistory.blogspot.com/ or mine at www.knus99.com/tvlist.html and research all the details for the Austin market? UT has a decent collection of Broadcasting Yearbooks, and you can find all the exact dates, ownership and other info in those. There's sometimes an accuracy problem with those here and there, but perhaps the Statesman or other local rags have their archives online, and you can search for individual stations that way. Your main library will likely have newspaper clipping files grouped by subject, so that would save you a lot of time if the archives are not online.
 
KTBC/7 was a mix of CBS, NBC, and ABC from 1952 untill 1968. Same thing with KHFI/42 1965-68. A lot of the programming was time shifted, often running days or weeks after the original network airdates. Plenty of kinescopes of shows that were done live or on videotape. Filmed shows got shipped in on 16mm.

KHFI got exclusive NBC affiliation in 1968. KTBC continued as a primary CBS, secondary ABC until KVUE signed on in September, 1971.
 
thanks mike shannon914 and mediafrog, i didn't know the indepth histories of the austin stations that well and the dallas tv site. both of your's indepth information is great. thanks captex.
 
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