please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message for abc austin in minnesota see kaal . not to be confused with the fox affiliated station in new orleans louisiana wvue dt . kvue austin texas united states branding kvue general kvue news newscasts slogan where trust is earned . general austin s news station newscasts channels digital 33 uhf virtual 24 psip subchannels 24.1 abc 24.2 estrella tv 24.3 justice network affiliations abc owner tegna media kvue television inc. first air date september 12 1971 call letters meaning k vue pronounced k view sister station s wfaa khou kens kcen tv kags ld kytx kbmt kiii kidy kxva former channel number s analog 24 uhf 1971 2009 transmitter power 1000 kw height 376 m facility id 35867 transmitter coordinates 30 19 19.3 n 97 48 12.6 w 30.322028 n 97.803500 w 30.322028 ; 97.803500 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kvue.com kvue virtual channel 24 uhf digital channel 33 is an abc affiliated television station located in austin texas united states . the station is owned by tegna inc. kvue maintains studios located on steck avenue loop 1 in northwest austin and its transmitter is located on the west austin antenna farm just west of downtown austin which it shares with keye tv . syndicated programming seen on kvue includes entertainment tonight live with kelly the ellen degeneres show and the insider . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 3.1 notable former on air staff 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on september 12 1971 1 and was originally operated by center broadcasting co. of center texas owned by tolbert foster . the station was the market s first full time abc affiliate ; prior to kvue s sign on the network s programming had previously been limited to off hours clearances on ktbc channel 7 which carried the network through a secondary affiliation with the network all three networks of the time abc nbc and cbs had their programming shoehorned onto ktbc s schedule though most of the market could pick up san antonio s ksat tv with a decent antenna . unlike most affiliates with the network in then two station markets khfi tv channel 36 now kxan tv did not take on a secondary affiliation with abc when that station signed on in february 1965 . universal communications the broadcasting arm of the detroit news purchased kvue from center broadcasting in 1978 . the station was acquired by the gannett company in 1986 as part of its purchase of the detroit news . in 1999 gannett swapped kvue to belo corporation in exchange for kxtv in sacramento . previously belo had established a texas based cable news channel texas cable news txcn a partnership amongst the company s texas station properties including khou tv in houston wfaa tv in dallas and kens tv in san antonio . with the addition of kvue txcn could provide news and information from the four largest cities in texas . on june 13 2013 gannett announced that it would acquire belo for 1.5 billion . 2 the sale was completed on december 23 3 which once again put kvue under gannett ownership and reunited the station with several of its sister stations for the first time in 14 years as well as becoming a sister station to kxtv in sacramento for the first time . in 2014 kvue won a peabody award for a documentary entitled the cost of troubled minds about texas s underinvestment in addressing mental health care . 4 specifically honored were film makers andy pierrotti derek rasor matt olsen patti c. smith frank volpicella and michelle chism . on june 29 2015 the gannett company split in two with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media . kvue was retained by the latter company named tegna . 5 digital television edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 6 24.1 720p 16 9 kvue dt main kvue programming abc 24.2 480i 4 3 nvue tv estrella tv 7 24.3 16 9 kvue 3 justice network analog to digital conversion edit kvue shut down its analog signal on february 17 2009 as part of the fcc mandated transition to digital television for full power stations which congress had moved the previous month to june 12 . 8 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 33 using psip to display kvue s virtual channel as 24 on digital television receivers . kvue is the only former belo owned abc affiliate to broadcast its over the air signal in 720p abc s default hd format . news operation edit previous kvue news newscast title card used until 2012 . this section needs expansion with further information on the history of kvue s news department . you can help by adding to it . october 2013 kvue tv presently broadcasts 31 hours of locally produced newscasts each week with five hours on weekdays and three hours each on saturdays and sundays . on june 1 2008 kvue began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . with the transition kvue became the first austin area station to implement hd weather graphics and broadcast field reports in the 16 9 widescreen format . notable former on air staff edit arthel neville reporter later cnn and fox news ; most recently at kswb tv in san diego fred roggin sports anchor now at knbc in los angeles casey stegall anchor reporter 2004 2005 ; now los angeles bureau correspondent at fox news channel references edit about us . kvue . retrieved 2008 11 03 . gannett to buy tv station owner belo for 1.5 b . fort worth star telegram . associated press . june 13 2013 . retrieved june 13 2013 . gannett completes its acquisition of belo tvnewscheck retrieved 23 december 2013 richard whittaker 2015 04 29 . film flam linklater krisha and slackerwood . austin chronicle . retrieved 2016 10 01 . the national association of broadcasters honored andy pierrotti photojournalists derek rasor and matt olsen president general manager patti c. smith news director frank volpicella and assistant news director michelle chism for the cost of troubled minds a seven month investigation into the staggering and frightening underinvestment in mental health care in texas . separation of gannett into two public companies completed tegna . tegna . retrieved 2015 06 29 . rabbitears tv query for kvue four belo stations grab estrella tv . broadcasting & cable . may 19 2009 . retrieved 2009 06 05 . list of digital full power stations external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for kvue query tv fool s coverage map for kvue biafn s media web database information on kvue tv program information for kvue at titantv.com v t e broadcast television in the austin hill country region over the air stations kcwx fredericksburg 2.1 mntv 2.2 this tv ktbc austin 7.1 fox 7.2 movies 7.3 buzzr 7.4 metv kqux lp 11 austin tmd kbvo llano 14.1 mntv kbvo cd austin 14.1 mntv khpz cd round rock 15.1 nbc 15.2 cozi tv 15.3 ion kadt ld austin 16.1 daystar kvat ld austin 17.1 micasa 17.2 latv 17.3 sonlife 17.5 retro tv 17.6 rev n klru austin 18.1 pbs 18.2 create 18.3 klru q 18.4 v me kgbs cd austin 19.1 infomercials 19.2 evine live 19.3 sonlife 19.4 infomercials kadf ld austin 20.1 aza 20.2 bold tv kxlk cd austin 23.1 ind kvue austin 24.1 abc 24.2 estrella tv 24.3 justice network khpx cd georgetown 28.1 nbc 28.2 cozi tv 28.3 ion k29hw d austin 29.1 ind bloomberg fuse ktfo cd austin 31.1 unim s 31.2 uni kakw dt 31.3 gettv 31.4 escape k34fm d austin 34.1 tbn 34.2 hillsong channel 34.3 juce tv smile 34.4 enlace 34.5 salsa kxan tv austin 36.1 nbc 36.2 cozi tv 36.3 ion khpl cd la grange 40.1 nbc 40.2 cozi tv 40.3 ion khpm cd san marcos 40.1 nbc 40.2 cozi tv 40.3 ion keye tv austin 42.1 cbs 42.2 tmd khpf cd fredericksburg 44.1 nbc 44.2 cozi tv 44.3 ion khpb cd bastrop 45.1 nbc 45.2 cozi tv 45.3 ion ktxu lp 47 austin infomercials knva austin 54.1 the cw 54.2 grit 54.3 laff kakw killeen 62.1 uni 62.2 unim s 62.3 gettv 62.4 escape cable channels metv spectrum news austin defunct stations k13vc upn ind texas broadcast television areas by city abilene sweetwater amarillo texas panhandle austin hill country beaumont port arthur corpus christi dallas fort worth north texas ciudad acu a del rio eagle pass el paso west texas houston laredo lubbock south plains midland odessa permian basin rio grande valley san angelo san antonio sherman ada ok texarkana shreveport la tyler longview east texas victoria waco bryan brazos valley wichita falls lawton ok v t e abc network affiliates in the state of texas kmid 2 midland kiii 3 corpus christi krgv 5 weslaco kltv 7 ktre 9 tyler lufkin kvia 7 el paso kvii 7 amarillo wfaa 8 dfw ngns 8.2 laredo kbmt 12 beaumont ksat 12 san antonio ktxs 12 ktxe 38 sweetwater san angelo ktrk 13 houston kvue 24 austin kavu 25 victoria kxxv 25 krhd 40 waco bryan kamc 28 lubbock see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in texas see also telemundo unim s univision azteca mundomax religious other spanish language stations in texas v t e tegna inc. tegna media v t e tegna television stations in the united states abc network affiliates kbmt kiii kvue kxtv wfaa whas wjxx wvec wzzm cbs network affiliates kens khou krem kthv kytx wfmy wltx wmaz wtsp wusa wwl the cw network affiliates kskn wmaz fox network affiliates kidy kmsb 1 kxva mynetworktv affiliates kidz ktvd kuil kttu 2 watl wupl nbc network affiliates kare kbmt kcen kags kgw king kpnx knaz ksdk ktvb ktft kusa wbir wcnc wcsh wgrz wkyc wlbz wtlv wxia independent station kong cable news channels idaho s very own 24 7 newswatch 15 northwest cable news 1 raycom operates kmsb through a ssa . 2 owned by tucker operating company llc tegna operates kttu through a ssa . tegna digital captivate network part owner cars.com careerbuilder g o digital clipper magazine 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