KAVU-TV
Encyclopedia
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.
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.
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Victoria, Texas
Victoria, Texas
Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...
. Serving the entire Victoria metropolitan area as an ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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network affiliate, this station is owned and operated by Saga Broadcasting, as part of a group of six television stations serving the Victoria market.
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 NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
network affiliate, but then joined ABC as a secondary affiliate from 1989 to 1994, after the previous affiliate, KVCT
KVCT
KVCT is a television station in Victoria, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 11 as a Fox affiliate.KVCT is part of a combo of six Victoria-area television stations owned by Saga Communications, anchored by KAVU-TV. As a result, it broadcasts a KAVU-produced 9 p.m...
(now a Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
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
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, and Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
affiliates via low-power stations and/or digital subchannels.
News operation
Station slogans
- Your Community Leader in the Crossroads (1990s–1999)
- Your Hometown News (1999–present)
News team
Anchors- Emily Collins - weeknights at 5 and 9 p.m. (on KVCT)
- Shawna Currie - weekday mornings Newscenter 25 Sunrise
- Sally Mamdooh - Saturdays at 6, Sundays 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Jonathan McCall - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Rissa Shaw - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
Weather team
- Bill Alexander - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, 9 (on KVCT) and 10 p.m.
- Trey Meynig - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.
Sports team
- Don Brubaker - sports director; weeknights at 6, 9 (on KVCT) and 10 p.m.
- Travis Clark - sports director; Saturdays at 6, Sundays 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.
Reporters
- Steve Broussard - general assignment reporter
- Marithza Calderon - general assignment reporter
- Kurt Johnson - general assignment reporter
- Briana Conner - general assignment reporter
News personnel
Directors- Mark Grahmann - weeknights
- Regina Cantu - weekday mornings Newscenter 25 Sunrise
- Gabriel Lerma - weekend evenings