KVAT-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations(see below)
Ownership
Owner
KGBS-CD
History
Former call signs
K63AY (until 2004)
K17GH (2004-2005)
KVAT-LP (2005-2010)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
63 (UHF, until 2004)
17 (UHF, 2004-2010)
LAT TV (2006-2008)
Mexicanal (2011-2013)
Soul of the South (2013-2015)
Azteca America (2015-2022)
Technical information
ClassLD
ERP15 kW

KVAT-LD, virtual channel 17 (UHF digital channel 35), is a low-powered television station serving Austin, Texas, United States that is licensed to Garfield. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings.[1]

History

The license was initially established in 1978 as translator K63AY by Pompey Mountain Broadcasting in Mullin. It was displaced to channel 17 as K17GH.

The station was originally an affiliate of LAT TV, a Houston-based Spanish-language television network that launched in May 2006; however, the network folded 2 years later in 2008.

In December 2010, the station's call letters changed from KVAT-LP to KVAT-LD.

In June 2013, KVAT-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;[2] the sale fell through in June 2016.[3] Mako Communications sold its stations, including KVAT-LD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.[4]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[1]
17.1 720p 16:9 KVAT-LD Visión Latina
17.2 480i LATV
17.3 SonLife
17.4 Novelisima
17.5 Ion Television
17.6 [Blank]
17.7 Scripps News
17.8 Oxygen
17.9 LX

References

  1. ^ a b Digital TV Market Listing for KVAT-LD
  2. ^ Seyler, Dave (June 24, 2013). "Anatomy of an LPTV deal extravaganza". Television Business Report. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "Notification of Non-consummation". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 8, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

External links


Broadcast television in the Texas Hill Country region, including Austin
Spanish-language television stations by affiliation in the state of Texas
INNOVATE Corp.
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