KVIA-TV explained

KVIA-TV should not be confused with WVIA-TV.

Callsign:KVIA-TV
City:El Paso, Texas
Logo Alt:A white 7 in a white circle with red filled in. The ABC network logo, a black disk with lowercase letters a b c, overlaps it on the left side.
Image Upright:0.68
Image Alt:The CW network logo in black with "El Paso" and "Las Cruces" written above it on two lines in a sans serif.
Digital:17 (UHF)
Virtual:7
Translators:see
Owner:News-Press & Gazette Company
Licensee:NPG of Texas, L.P.
Location:El Paso, Texas–Las Cruces, New Mexico
Country:United States
Erp:263 kW
Haat:5770NaN0
Facility Id:49832
Licensing Authority:FCC

KVIA-TV (channel 7) is a television station in El Paso, Texas, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station maintains studios on Rio Bravo Street in northwest El Paso and a transmitter atop the Franklin Mountains within the El Paso city limits.

After an earlier permittee opted not to build, El Paso's third commercial television station began in 1956 as KILT on channel 13, the only television station built from the ground up by Gordon McLendon. It was co-owned with radio station KELP (920 AM) and became known as KELP-TV in 1957 when McLendon sold his El Paso broadcast holdings. The call sign changed to KVIA-TV in 1976 when Marsh Media acquired the station. To improve ratings, Marsh opted to duplicate the successful formula of its KVII-TV in Amarillo; in 1981, the station moved from channel 13 to channel 7 in a switch with local public station KCOS. News-Press & Gazette Company acquired KVIA-TV in 1995, marking its return to the television stations business.

History

Interest in channel 13—the originally authorized third commercial channel in El Paso—dated to the opening of television station applications after the end of the four-year freeze imposed by the Federal Communications Commission in 1952. El Paso radio station KEPO applied for a channel 13 construction permit in July 1952[1] and received it in October.[2] KEPO-TV would have been the third television station on air in El Paso after KROD-TV (channel 4, now KDBC-TV) and KTSM-TV (channel 9).[3] An antenna atop the Franklin Mountains was announced, as was affiliation with ABC (to match KEPO radio) and the ordering of equipment,[4] but KEPO management announced on December 23, 1953, that they had surrendered the permit and abandoned their television station plans. Station president Miller Robertson stated, "After a thorough analysis of the TV market here, and considering that two other TV stations already are in operation, we have definitely decided that a third TV station for El Paso is not feasible at this time."[5]

Construction

Within days of KEPO's announcement, another El Paso radio station immediately announced its interest in joining the television fray. KELP (920 AM) announced on January 2, 1954, that they would apply for channel 13.[6] For the Trinity Broadcasting Corporation, a company owned by broadcaster Gordon McLendon, it was the company's second proposed station, as the firm held a construction permit for the never-built KLIF-TV in Dallas.[7] Even though KELP was an English-language radio station, it was announced that the new TV station would broadcast entirely in Spanish,[8] which would have made KELP-TV the first Spanish-language television station in the United States.[9]

The FCC awarded Trinity the construction permit on March 18, 1954.[10] However, activity was slowed down when McLendon petitioned the FCC to switch his station to channel 7, which had been reserved for educational use, so as to gain a more competitive dial position; El Paso city schools and Texas Western College supported the proposal.[11] [12] This proposal was declined by the FCC in January 1955.[13]

Construction activity moved apace on the station, which changed call signs from KELP-TV to KOKE (in September 1954) and then KILT (in 1956), and KILT began broadcasting on September 1, 1956, as an English-language station. This made it the only television station built from the ground up by McLendon, whose only other startup venture was KLIF radio in Dallas.[14] Two months passed before the station affiliated with ABC in early November.[15]

Harris–Alexander and Walton ownership

In March 1957, McLendon sold KELP and KILT to KELP Television Corporation, whose owners—Joseph Harris and Norman Alexander—were the same as KXLY-AM-TV in Spokane, Washington, for $750,000.[16] On May 1, the new owners restored the KELP-TV call sign to channel 13 as part of their takeover.[17] (The KILT call letters were retained by McLendon and placed on a radio station in Houston that same month.[18]) KELP Television moved the transmitter from its original in-town site, with the studios at 4530 Delta, to the Franklin Mountains in 1960.[19]

After six months of negotiations, Harris and Alexander announced the sale of KELP radio and television to John B. Walton in September 1965.[20] Walton broke ground that May on a new studio complex in the Executive Park area for the KELP stations, which would contain new color equipment for the TV station.[21] The new facilities, opened in April 1967, included an outdoor studio complete with a swimming pool and fountain.[22] The facility was expanded again in 1973.[23]

During this time, Walton also expanded KELP-TV's reach. In 1966, he had bought KAVE-TV (channel 6) in Carlsbad, New Mexico,[24] which he originally ran as a satellite station of his KVKM-TV in Monahans, Texas. Three years later, when Walton sold KVKM-TV, KAVE-TV was converted to relaying KELP-TV, which it would do for the next 24 years.[25]

Marsh Media ownership

In March 1975, Marsh Media, a company owned by Stanley Marsh 3, sued Walton in Texas district court for breach of contract. In 1967, Walton had sold the Marsh family KVII-TV, the ABC affiliate in Amarillo, and the right of first refusal to purchase several other Walton stations. The Marsh family contended that, even though they had the right to be the lender of first choice, a transfer of stock to Helen B. Walton and the placement of Walton stock as collateral with a bank violated their contract.[26] In October, Marsh exercised its option to purchase KELP-TV and KAVE-TV from Walton for $3,075,000, separating KELP television from the radio station.[27] [28] Marsh took control in April 1976, and a new KVIA-TV call sign was adopted on April 9.[29]

Walton and Marsh each supported efforts to establish a public television station in El Paso, KCOS, on the originally assigned educational channel 7. KVIA-TV and KCOS shared a tower, and Marsh granted half-ownership in a new combined antenna to broadcast channels 7 and 13.[30] Delays had previously been experienced when channel 13 was sold, as the agreement had to be renegotiated.[31] The agreement also contained a clause by which, if both parties and the FCC agreed, KVIA and KCOS could swap channel designations, moving KCOS to channel 13 and KVIA-TV to channel 7. The FCC approved of this in June 1981,[32] and the change took effect on July 10. Reasons cited for the move included placing KVIA-TV between the other two network affiliates—as McLendon had sought to do in 1955—as well as aligning KVIA-TV with the various ABC owned-and-operated stations—and KVII-TV—that also broadcast on channel 7.[33]

Marsh Media also experimented with more local autonomy for KAVE-TV in Carlsbad. Marsh invested a reported $1 million to set up a local operation in the city to originate regional news coverage for southeastern New Mexico.[34] On September 2, 1982, KAVE-TV began airing its own evening newscast.[35] However, Marsh admitted that it had overestimated the regional economy when it conducted a round of layoffs at KAVE-TV the next year, reducing its full-time staff from 22 to 16.[36] That year, the station switched from broadcasting on Mountain Time to Central Time,[37] which at the time was used by the other southeastern New Mexico TV stations, KBIM-TV and KSWS-TV.[38] This had the effect of moving the Carlsbad newscasts to 5:30 and 9 p.m. However, Marsh folded the local operation in July 1984, with a company spokesman stating that it "did not prove to be economically feasible".[39] In 1987, the station changed its call sign to KVIO-TV; six years later, Marsh sold it to Pulitzer Broadcasting, then-owner of fellow ABC affiliate KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, which changed its call letters to KOCT and converted it into a satellite of KOAT.[40]

NPG ownership

Marsh Media announced the sale of KVIA-TV to the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, in August 1994. For NPG, it marked a return to television; the company had previously owned and sold an eight-station group.[41] [42] The $19.9 million transaction closed in January 1995.[43]

While KVIA briefly experienced personnel turmoil in 1999 upon the departure of general manager Art Olivas,[44] [45] it rebounded under his replacement, Kevin Lovell, a former weekend sports anchor in the early 1980s who returned to KVIA in 1995 and remained with the station until his 2022 retirement.[46]

In 2006, KVIA started a second digital subchannel to carry The CW.[47] Neither of the predecessor networks, UPN or The WB, had been seen over-the-air in the Sun City since 2002, when the local affiliate for both networks, KKWB, was sold and became Spanish-language KTFN.[48] Time Warner Cable did not broadcast the subchannel to its El Paso-area subscribers until April 2007.[49]

News operation

When Marsh purchased the then-KELP-TV, its local newscasts were in third place in the El Paso market.[50] The company sought to replicate the success it had in Amarillo, where KVII-TV had been turned around from a distant third into one of the nation's highest-rated ABC affiliates and commanded 65% of the local news audience.[51] Jim Pratt was sent from Amarillo to El Paso to lead an overhaul of the KVIA-TV news operation. The Pro News title and "happy talk" format used in Amarillo were brought to El Paso, creating what one El Paso Times columnist called a "volatile menudo" between out-of-town and local personnel.[52] Shortly after, morale hit a highly visible nadir, as channel 13's ratings gains did not match those of the ABC network. During a commercial break in the late newscast on December 31, 1977, Pratt and co-anchor Al Hinojos engaged in a fist fight over scriptwriting duties. When the newscast returned, Hinojos had left the set.[53] [54] Pratt resigned days later and was replaced by Hinojos.

Ratings began to improve in the late 1970s. By early 1979, the 6 p.m. newscast had inched up to second place and the 10 p.m. newscast into a tie for first.[55] While KDBC-TV remained the news leader in El Paso, the three stations engaged in fierce competition throughout the 1980s for viewers.[56] [57] [58] In 1988, KVIA-TV broke through and began a run as the number-one station in early and late evening news,[59] and five years later, KDBC-TV anchor Estela Casas left that station to become the new main female anchor on KVIA's newscasts, joining channel 7 mainstay Gary Warner.[60]

However, the 1990s would eventually belong to a revitalized KTSM-TV in the news ratings. In 1991, several employees defected to channel 9, where they reunited with Richard Pearson, a former KVIA general manager who departed to head up KTSM radio and television.[61] The two stations traded ratings wins for much of the decade,[62] [63] but by 1998, channel 9 had emerged as the clear leader in the market.[64]

The Casas–Warner tandem continued on the air until 2008, when Warner retired after a 34-year association with the station dating to 1974 (preceded by a year at KELP radio), only interrupted by a brief stint with CNN.[65] [66] By 2012, KVIA-TV had returned to being the news ratings leader in the market among English-language stations.[67]

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
7.1 KVIA DT ABC
7.2 CW The CW
7.3 ION Ion Television
7.4 16:9 QVC QVC
7.5 NEWSY Scripps News
7.6 DEFY Ion Plus[71]
7.7 GRIT Grit
7.8 UNIVUSA Visión Latina

Analog-to-digital conversion

KVIA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, at 12:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 17 to VHF channel 7 for post-transition operations.[72] Due to reports of reception issues with its signal, KVIA was granted permission by the Federal Communications Commission to operate a secondary signal on its former UHF digital channel 17 under special temporary authorization on July 23, 2009. Tests were conducted of signal strength from the VHF and UHF transmitters.[73] KVIA later filed a petition to the FCC to permanently operate its digital signal exclusively on UHF channel 17, which the commission approved in 2011.[74] [75] The license to operate on channel 17 was issued on October 10, 2014.[76]

Translators

KVIA-TV maintains three translators that rebroadcast its signal into communities in southern New Mexico.[77] The Alamogordo translator began broadcasting while the station was still KELP-TV; the Deming translator was built in the late 1970s, and the Las Cruces translator was added in 1986.[78]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: KEPO Asks Permit For Television Station. July 17, 1952. 1. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670826/kepo-asks-permit-for-television-station/. live.
  2. News: KEPO Receives Television Permit. October 24, 1952. 1. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670468/kepo-receives-television-permit/. live.
  3. News: 3 Channels Assigned To City. November 2, 1952. Television 1. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670510/3-channels-assigned-to-city/. live.
  4. News: Equipment Ordered For KEPO-TV. July 30, 1953. 3. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670575/equipment-ordered-for-kepo-tv/. live.
  5. News: KEPO Abandons Television Station. December 23, 1953. 11. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670619/kepo-abandons-television-station/. live.
  6. News: KELP Plans TV Station Here. January 2, 1954. 1. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112670742/kelp-plans-tv-station-here/. live.
  7. News: KELP Plans To Seek TV Permit. January 3, 1954. 9-C. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671236/kelp-plans-to-seek-tv-permit/. live.
  8. News: KELP Plans To Telecast In Spanish. January 11, 1954. 3. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053042/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671184/kelp-plans-to-telecast-in-spanish/. live.
  9. News: KELP Gets Permit For Spanish TV. March 19, 1954. 1. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053037/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671262/kelp-gets-permit-for-spanish-tv/. live.
  10. Web site: FCC History Cards for KVIA-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
  11. News: KELP-TV Asks Channel Change. May 12, 1954. 6. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671409/kelp-tv-asks-channel-change/. live.
  12. News: E. P. Station Asks TV Channel Change. June 23, 1954. 6. United Press. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671507/e-p-station-asks-tv-channel-change/. live.
  13. News: Channel Change For KELP Denied By FCC. January 28, 1955. 1. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053041/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112671549/channel-change-for-kelp-denied-by-fcc/. live.
  14. Book: Garay, Ronald. Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio. 978-0-313-26676-8. Greenwood Press. 1992. World Radio History. November 7, 2022. June 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622181749/https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Biography/Gordon-Mclendon-Garay.pdf. live.
  15. News: KILT (TV), ABC-TV Affiliate. Broadcasting. November 5, 1956. . 64. November 6, 2022. December 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206011019/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-11-05-BC.pdf. live.
  16. News: KELP, KILT-TV Sale Receives FCC Approval. . 64. Broadcasting. November 7, 2022. October 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028123443/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-03-25-BC.pdf. live.
  17. News: Radio Station Sold; Gets New Manager. May 3, 1957. 3. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053044/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112672547/radio-station-sold-gets-new-manager/. live.
  18. News: KLBS Will Become KILT Next Tuesday. Houston Chronicle. A8. May 11, 1957.
  19. News: New Transmitter Station. December 9, 1960. 32. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053043/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112673041/new-transmitter-station/. live.
  20. News: KELP Radio-TV Stations Sold. September 30, 1965. 1-B. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053042/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112673272/kelp-radio-tv-stations-sold/. live.
  21. News: Park Dedication Speaker Sees Promising Future For EP. June 30, 1966. 1-B. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050206/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112673436/park-dedication-speaker-sees-promising/. live.
  22. News: New Studios To Be Open To Public. April 15, 1967. 8-A. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053045/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112673496/new-studios-to-be-open-to-public/. live.
  23. News: KELP-TV Expands Studio Facilities. February 13, 1973. B-3. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107053047/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112673811/kelp-tv-expands-studio-facilities/. live.
  24. News: For $118,000: Carlsbad TV Station Sold. September 8, 1966. 1. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112675147/for-118000-carlsbad-tv-station-sold/. live.
  25. News: Sale To Grayson Gets FCC Okay. February 13, 1969. 10-A. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063634/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112675135/sale-to-grayson-gets-fcc-okay/. live.
  26. News: TV Station Buy Dispute In Court. April 1, 1975. 1-D. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063638/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674023/tv-station-buy-dispute-in-court/. live.
  27. News: KELP-TV purchased by Amarillo firm. October 28, 1975. B-5. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063634/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674063/kelp-tv-purchased-by-amarillo-firm/. live.
  28. News: . Changing Hands. Broadcasting. December 22, 1975. 26. November 7, 2022. March 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308024224/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1975/1975-12-22-BC.pdf. live.
  29. News: El Paso Television Station Bought By Marsh Media. April 14, 1976. 12. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050206/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674093/el-paso-television-station-bought-by/. live.
  30. News: PBS Transmitter Installed On Mountain. April 9, 1978. Sundial 19. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192332/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674320/pbs-transmitter-installed-on-mountain/. live.
  31. News: Public TV backers running out of time, money. December 20, 1976. A-1, A-3. Manny. Ontiveros. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674137/public-tv-backers-running-out-of-time/. live.
  32. News: Television stations will swap channels. June 20, 1981. B-6. El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192330/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674348/television-stations-will-swap-channels/. live.
  33. News: The Great Channel Change. July 10, 1981. Accent 9. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192332/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112676464/the-great-channel-change/. live.
  34. News: City's Own TV Station In The Works. April 16, 1982. 1. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192331/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674768/citys-own-tv-station-in-the-works/. live.
  35. News: On The Air. September 2, 1982. 3. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192329/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674827/on-the-air/. live.
  36. News: KAVE-TV Cuts Staff. July 8, 1983. 3. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192331/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674946/kave-tv-cuts-staff/. live.
  37. News: The New Fall Season On KAVE-TV Is Now On CENTRAL TIME!. September 25, 1983. 2. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192334/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112676242/the-new-fall-season-on-kave-tv-is-now/. live.
  38. News: KBIM Switching News Show Hours. August 7, 1986. Colleen. Rae. 3. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192334/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112697238/kbim-switching-news-show-hours/. live.
  39. News: KAVE-TV Pulling Out. July 3, 1984. 1. Jay. Klee. Carlsbad Current-Argus. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107192332/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674869/kave-tv-pulling-out/. live.
  40. News: KOAT Buys KVIO-TV In Carlsbad. May 29, 1993. B7. Rick. Nathanson. Albuquerque Journal. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107063635/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674704/koat-buys-kvio-tv-in-carlsbad/. live.
  41. News: Missouri company to buy Channel 7-KVIA. August 31, 1994. 1A. Gordon. Dickson. Diana. Washington Valdez. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107193052/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112697524/missouri-company-to-buy-channel-7-kvia/. live.
  42. News: Broadcast group buys KOLD-TV, 7 other stations. July 9, 1993. 8B. Roderick. Gary. Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. Newspapers.com. June 25, 2022. June 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625220120/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104403830/broadcast-group-buys-kold-tv-7-other/. live.
  43. News: Channel 7's new owner. January 24, 1995. 8D. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107193048/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112697659/channel-7s-new-owner/. live.
  44. News: General manager quits at 7-KVIA. May 27, 1999. 1B. Ramón. Rentería. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023609/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112698579/general-manager-quits-at-7-kvia/. live.
  45. News: KVIA: Station's new general manager is a familiar face beginning new era of great challenges. August 3, 1999. 1D, 4D. Ramón. Rentería. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023611/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112697802/kvia-stations-new-general-manager-is/. live.
  46. News: Kevin Lovell retiring after two decades as ABC-7 GM. Sara. Sanchez. El Paso Inc.. January 30, 2022. November 7, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023610/https://www.elpasoinc.com/news/local_news/kevin-lovell-retiring-after-two-decades-as-abc-7-gm/article_00fd1640-81ff-11ec-897f-67b7322fe1b5.html. live.
  47. News: The CW Adds Five Affils. March 7, 2006. Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 2014. May 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519204253/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/cw-adds-five-affils/79130. live.
  48. News: Format change slays 'Buffy': Favorite UPN shows vanish in KKWB switch. January 11, 2002. 2D. Maribel. Villalva. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112698053/format-change-slays-buffy-favorite/. live.
  49. Web site: KVIA. April 19, 2007. The CW Wait Over. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022003/http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=6394674 . September 27, 2007 .
  50. News: KVIA Pros Seek Top Ratings. January 16, 1977. Sundial 3. Ed. Kimble. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200916/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674172/kvia-pros-seek-top-ratings/. live.
  51. News: Millionaire pursues the ultimate in outrageous taste. October 30, 1977. 1B. John. Makeig. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674275/millionaire-pursues-the-ultimate-in/. live.
  52. News: Pro News alumni trade '70s TV journalism war stories. April 14, 1998. 1D. Ramón. Rentería. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200920/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112676043/pro-news-alumni-trade-70s-tv/. live.
  53. News: KVIA fist fight reported. January 5, 1978. D-6. El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200917/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112675697/kvia-fist-fight-reported/. live.
  54. News: KVIA Pro Newscasters Stop 'Happy Talk' During Break. January 5, 1978. 1A. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112675897/kvia-pro-newscasters-stop-happy-talk/. live.
  55. News: Local News Ratings A Matter Of Money. January 19, 1979. 1A, 10A. Ed. Kimble. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112674478/local-news-ratings-a-matter-of-money/. live.
  56. News: KDBC holds news lead. May 16, 1984. B-17. Don. Woodyard. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013614/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112709952/kdbc-holds-news-lead/. live.
  57. News: New ratings juggle positions among networks. June 22, 1985. 7-D. Phil. Ross. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013616/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112700178/new-ratings-juggle-positions-among/. live.
  58. News: Channel 4's 6 p.m. news is No. 1: Ratings companies find a 3-way battle for 10 p.m. audiences. January 14, 1986. 11-A. Diana. Washington. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 7, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112700050/channel-4s-6-pm-news-is-no-1/. live.
  59. News: Stations unveil new fall plans. September 7, 1992. D1. Robbie. Farley-Villalobos. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013614/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112716620/stations-unveil-new-fall-plans/. live.
  60. News: TV news anchor Casas switches to Channel 7. March 11, 1993. A1. Robbie. Farley-Villalobos. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112716457/tv-news-anchor-casas-switches-to/. live.
  61. News: More Channel 7 workers switch over to Pearson's 9. December 3, 1991. 1D. Lise. Nielsen. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013612/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112676458/more-channel-7-workers-switch-over-to/. live.
  62. News: TV stations share No. 1 newscasts: Channels 7 and 9 get most viewers. December 22, 1993. B-1, B-2. Deborah. Martin. El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013613/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112717675/tv-stations-share-no-1-newscasts/. live.
  63. News: KVIA, KTSM rate No. 1: Low response makes ratings ambiguous. December 27, 1995. 1D, 3D. Ramón. Rentería. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112717766/kvia-ktsm-rate-no-1-low-response/. live.
  64. News: Channel 9 keeps overall edge. June 27, 1998. 1C, 6C. Ramón. Rentería. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108013615/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112717850/channel-9-keeps-overall-edge/. live.
  65. News: Warner wears 2 hats at KVIA: Both anchor and news director, he can't afford inefficiency. February 10, 1992. 1C, 3C. Lise. Nielsen. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023607/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112719602/warner-wears-2-hats-at-kvia-both/. live.
  66. News: Gary says goodbye: Retiring anchor will read his final newscast Wednesday. May 18, 2008. 1F, 5F. Maribel. Villalva. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023606/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112718924/gary-says-goodbye-retiring-anchor-will/. live.
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  68. News: Station breaks. August 22, 1987. 2D. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108015912/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112719397/station-breaks/. live.
  69. News: News people play musical chairs: Stations' changing faces are attempt to attract Hispanic viewers. August 18, 1993. B1. El Paso Herald-Post. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. January 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112676389/news-people-play-musical-chairs/. live.
  70. News: Weatherman to leave KVIA. November 19, 2002. 1D. El Paso Times. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108032702/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112722964/weatherman-to-leave-kvia/. live.
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  73. News: U Vs. V: In El Paso, It's Up In The Air. Harry A.. Jessell. TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2009. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108023618/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/u-vs-v-in-el-paso-its-up-in-the-air/. live.
  74. Web site: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Federal Communications Commission. April 16, 2011. May 19, 2014.
  75. News: KVIA-TV to Return to Pre-DTV Transition Channel. TVTechnology. July 12, 2011. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108032725/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/kviatv-to-return-to-predtv-transition-channel. live.
  76. Web site: License To Cover for DTV Application (BLCDT-20140828ACL). Consolidated Database System. Federal Communications Commission. November 7, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108032704/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=20140828ACL. live.
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  78. News: Fifties gave birth to communications leader. September 7, 1986. 2-KVIA. El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Newspapers.com. November 8, 2022. November 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108032702/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112723276/fifties-gave-birth-to-communications/. live.

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