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53-573: KEYE-TV (channel 42) is a television station in Austin, Texas , United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo . Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group , the station maintains studios on Metric Boulevard in North Austin and a transmitter on Waymaker Way on the city's west side. Channel 42 began broadcasting on December 4, 1983, as KBVO-TV. Owned by Austin Television, a consortium of three groups that sought

106-573: A barter in some cases. Bevo (mascot) Bevo is the live mascot of the athletic programs at the University of Texas at Austin . Bevo was originally known as “Varsity” and the Texas A&;M song about UT, mention’s Varsity as the name of the UT Longhorn mascot. Bevo is a Texas Longhorn steer with burnt orange and white coloring from which the university derived its color scheme. The profile of

159-470: A champion steer at the age of 3, before becoming the UT mascot. Bevo XIII became the mascot in 1988 and served 16 seasons on the sideline. He presided over 191 UT football games and attended the first inauguration of President George W. Bush in 2001. During his tenure, he presided over four (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996) conference football championships and a Heisman trophy award for Ricky Williams . Bevo XIII

212-552: A live longhorn as the university's mascot is attributed to UT alumnus Stephen Pinckney in 1916. Pinckney gathered $ 124 from other alumni to purchase a steer in the Texas Panhandle , which they originally named "Bo" and shipped to Austin . A Longhorn steer was not the original mascot of the University of Texas. The original mascot was actually an American Pit Bull Terrier named "Pig". There have been fifteen Bevos to date. Bevo

265-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

318-426: A news operation, station management hoped that the locally high ratings for CBS network news on KTBC would transfer to channel 42. This was not the case, and technical miscues in the weeks after opening alienated viewers. Early on, the station rated fourth of the four major TV news operations in town, but it soon surpassed KTBC, whose news ratings severely slumped after the switch. Its news programs were faster-paced than

371-540: A parked car, while Bevo V broke loose and scattered the Baylor band. Bevo XV broke free of handlers during the January 1, 2019 Sugar Bowl scattering reporters as he almost reached the University of Georgia mascot Uga X , an English bulldog . Bevo is one of the most recognized college mascots and has even been called "the toughest-looking animal mascot in sports". Bevo makes appearances at almost all home football games of

424-441: A program schedule highly dependent on movies, with an estimated 25 feature films a week. Occasional sports telecasts, syndicated shows, and religious and children's programs rounded out its offerings. The Spanish International Network moved to channel 30. From its studios on Metric Boulevard, KBVO-TV (named for Bevo , the live longhorn steer mascot of the University of Texas ' sports teams) began broadcasting on December 4, 1983. It

477-565: A settlement agreement—announced in June 1982 but not approved until March 1983 by which Television Corporation of Central Texas would be a consultant to a merger of Austin Telecasting, Mountain Laurel, and Texas Television, known as Austin Television. Steven Beard was hired as the general manager and led a search for studio space that delayed channel 42's launch. For the new independent station , he formulated

530-479: A shock to Beard, a member of Fox's board of governors. He told the Austin American-Statesman that he would seriously consider pursuing the soon-to-be vacant CBS affiliation for KBVO. In October 1994, Austin Television reached a deal to sell KBVO-TV for $ 54 million to Granite Broadcasting Corporation , which would affiliate KBVO-TV with CBS once the network was bumped from KTBC. For Cannan and Beard,

583-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

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636-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

689-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

742-589: Is not correct as Bevo was named months before the branding actually happened. The longest reigning Bevo was Bevo XIII, which was supplied to the university by John T. Baker, owner of the Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas . Baker is past president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America and serves as a judge in its competitions. Bevo XIII, originally named Sunrise Express, was

795-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

848-459: The 2005 Rose Bowl win over Michigan as well as the 2006 Rose Bowl game in which the Longhorns won the 2005–2006 National Championship over USC . As of May 6, 2008 , Bevo XIV weighed 1,800 pounds (820 kg), stood 5 feet 8 inches (1.7 m), and his horns measured 72 inches (183 cm) tip-to-tip. His birthday was April 8. At the 2008 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo , he took home

901-566: The Silver Spurs . Bevo rides in a special burnt orange livestock trailer with his name on the side. Bevo is a steer , as an intact bull would be too dangerous in a crowded environment like a stadium. In 2002, an alumni group proposed that Bevo be given neuticles to "increase his masculinity". During football games, he typically stands or sits placidly behind one of the end zones (the south end zone in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium ) and

954-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

1007-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

1060-568: The FCC to run the channel. Austin Telecasting was led by Darrold Cannan Jr., a Wichita Falls businessman and owner of KAMR-TV in Amarillo . Mountain Laurel Broadcasting was owned by Timothy R. Brown. The other two had interests in stations elsewhere: Pappas Telecasting of Visalia, California , and Television Corporation of Central Texas. Pappas dropped out, and the four other applicants reached

1113-480: The Longhorn's head and horns gives rise to the school's hand symbol and saying, " Hook 'em Horns ". The most recent Bevo, Bevo XV, was introduced to Texas football fans on September 4, 2016. His predecessor, Bevo XIV, died of cancer on October 16, 2015. Bevo XV is owned by Betty and John Baker's Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas ; Sunrise Ranch also owned Bevo XV's predecessors Bevo XIII and Bevo XIV. The idea to use

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1166-629: The Spanish International Network sought channel 42 for a translator, interest was beginning to build around the use of the channel for a full-service TV station. A Christian group and an Austin entrepreneur each analyzed filing, but neither did, and the first official application came from Texas Television, Inc.— the broadcasting business of the McKinnon family , which owned stations in Beaumont and Corpus Christi . Four other applicants filed with

1219-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

1272-464: The University of Texas, as well as many away games. He also typically makes appearances at important pep rallies, such as the ones in the weeks before the games against Texas A&M and Oklahoma . Following commencement ceremonies, he is typically on hand for photographs with graduates and their families. Since 1945, the care of Bevo during his transportation and appearances has been entrusted to an honorary organization of undergraduate students called

1325-471: The competition with a higher-than-average reliance on props and unconventional methods of storytelling. Spelce retired in 2002, becoming "anchor emeritus" and a commentator with occasional contributions to KEYE's newscasts. By that time, the station was struggling in the ratings, with sitcom reruns occasionally drawing more viewers than channel 42's newscasts; it canceled its noon newscast as a result. It fired three anchors—including Cile Spelce, Neal's daughter—at

1378-643: The end of 2002 and hired Judy Maggio from KVUE several months later. CBS also made investments in weather forecasting and anchor salaries as well as $ 15 million to make KEYE the city's first TV station with high-definition local newscasts in 2007, with the Four Points sale in progress. The station canceled its 5 p.m. newscast in September 2009, replacing it with We Are Austin Live , an hour-long 4 p.m. lifestyle show anchored by Michelle Valles and Jason Wheeler. A few weeks later,

1431-430: The exception of nightly updates aired during Fox prime time programming from a small closet studio. After the affiliation swap, on July 3, 1995, KEYE immediately launched a full slate of newscasts, under the moniker K-EYEWitness News . Veteran anchorman Neal Spelce, formerly of KTBC, was hired as part of the new operation, and the station's Metric Boulevard studios were expanded to house the news department. In launching

1484-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

1537-557: The honors of Reserve Grand Champion. On October 13, 2015, it was announced that Bevo XIV retired after contracting bovine leukemia virus . He died on October 16, 2015. On September 3, 2016, a young 19-month-old Bevo XV was unveiled at a special 100 year anniversary event at the University of Texas at Austin, celebrating 100 years of a live Bevo mascot. Bevo II once charged an SMU cheerleader , who had to defend himself with his megaphone. Bevo III escaped from his enclosure and ran loose across campus for 2 days. Bevo IV once attacked

1590-540: The in-house newscast We Are Austin Mornings , a morning extension of We Are Austin LIVE similar in format to national network morning newscasts. We Are Austin Mornings lasted less than a year before being replaced with a more conventional morning newscast. The 2009 afternoon news changes were reversed in June 2012, when We Are Austin Live was canceled to make way for the reinstatement of a 5 p.m. newscast. The We Are Austin name

1643-575: The license, it was Austin's first new commercial TV station since 1971 and its first local independent station . Originally emphasizing movies in its schedule, the station affiliated with the new Fox network at its launch in October 1986. In 1994, Fox announced it would move its local affiliation to KTBC , the previous CBS affiliate, in July 1995. Austin Television, by this point owned by Darrell Cannan of Wichita Falls and KBVO-TV general manager Steve Beard, sold

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1696-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

1749-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

1802-728: The new call letters, "CBS is literally our middle name". The new owners also wanted to shed KBVO's image as a station focused on children's programming. The station began producing local newscasts that day and broke ground on a studio expansion to house its newsroom. At the start of 1999, Granite put KEYE up for sale to help debt obligations it incurred in acquiring two larger-market affiliates of The WB , KBWB in San Francisco and WDWB in Detroit . Several large broadcast companies, including Raycom Media and Hearst-Argyle Television , expressed interest in acquiring KEYE. That April, CBS agreed to buy

1855-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

1908-585: The sale represented an estate planning move. On July 2, 1995, KTBC and KBVO swapped affiliations, with Fox moving to KTBC and the CBS affiliation going to KBVO. Simultaneously with the affiliation switch, KBVO changed its call sign to KEYE-TV. Granite wanted to bolster channel 42's ties to its new network, whose main symbol is an eye , and eliminate any confusion about where CBS programming could be found in Austin. Beard's successor as general manager, Dennis Upiah, said that with

1961-409: The station for $ 160 million. The sale closed that August. Under CBS, management turned over frequently, with six general managers in five years. On February 7, 2007, CBS agreed to sell seven of its smaller-market stations to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. , for $ 185 million. Cerberus formed a new holding company for the stations, Four Points Media Group , which took over the operations of

2014-526: The station to Granite Broadcasting ; Granite in turn secured an affiliation with CBS. The affiliation switch in Austin took place on July 2, 1995. On that day, channel 42 became KEYE-TV and began broadcasting local newscasts, which typically have been in third- or fourth-place positions in local ratings. After Granite purchased two large-market WB affiliates, it sold KEYE-TV to the CBS network in 1999. CBS sold four of its smaller-market media properties, including KEYE-TV, to Cerberus Capital Management in 2007;

2067-491: The stations through local marketing agreements in late June 2007; the sale to Four Points was consummated on January 10, 2008. Four Points operated the stations outright until March 20, 2009, when it entered into a three-year management agreement with the Irving, Texas –based Nexstar Broadcasting Group . Sinclair Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of the Four Points stations for $ 200 million in September 2011. The deal

2120-574: The stations were grouped under the Four Points Media Group name and later run under contract by Nexstar Broadcasting Group . During this time, the station flipped one of its digital subchannels to an affiliate of Telemundo, complete with Spanish-language local newscasts produced by the KEYE-TV newsroom. Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired the Four Points stations in 2012. Channel 42 in Austin had two prior users before KEYE-TV began broadcasting. It

2173-433: The time slots where it aired a newscast. In March 2021, it tied KVUE for second place at 10 p.m. but had half as many viewers in the target demographic of viewers 25–54. The station's signal is multiplexed : KEYE-TV broadcasts two subchannels of KBVO-CD as part of Austin's ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) deployment plan. KBVO-CD began 3.0 broadcasting in October 2020. KEYE-TV shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009; it

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2226-403: The weekday morning newscast was canceled and later replaced with a simulcast of the J. B. and Sandy Morning Show from KAMX (94.7 FM), leaving KEYE with its 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts and a 5:30 p.m. newscast on Sunday evenings. On June 30, 2011, after the station was unable to renew its agreement with KAMX owner Entercom , KEYE replaced the simulcast of the J. B. and Sandy Morning Show with

2279-455: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

2332-738: Was completed on January 3, 2012, at which time the Nexstar management agreement was terminated. In August 2016, the station began referring to itself as "CBS Austin". In June 2008, KEYE began broadcasting a second digital subchannel offering programming from the Retro Television Network as well as a repeat of its morning newscast. This was replaced on October 1, 2009, with the Spanish-language network Telemundo . KEYE also debuted Spanish-language local newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. weeknights. Before it switched to CBS, KBVO-TV had no newscasts with

2385-407: Was first assigned to KHFI-TV , which began broadcasting as Austin's second television station on February 12, 1965. The station, renamed KTVV, moved to channel 36 in January 1973. The Spanish International Network applied for a translator of KWEX-TV from San Antonio using channel 42 in 1977; this application remained pending by 1979, but K42AB began broadcasting on January 24, 1982. By the time

2438-469: Was introduced in 1916), and the other is that the name is derived from beeves, the plural form of beef. One popular theory is that Cadets from Texas A&M stole the mascot to brand 13 – 0, which was the score the Aggies had won by the year before. Faced with that dilemma some UT student suggested combining the 1 and 3 to create a B, made an E out of the -, added a V, kept the 0 to create BEVO. However, this theory

2491-448: Was one of the ten highest-rated Fox affiliates in the country; the station was now exclusively owned by Cannan and Beard. In May 1994, New World Communications purchased longtime CBS affiliate KTBC , which was included later that month in a groupwide affiliation deal to switch most of New World's stations to Fox. Despite KBVO's strong ratings among younger demographics, its UHF signal was inferior to KTBC's VHF signal. The move came as

2544-432: Was originally named "Bo" but came to be called Bevo soon after his first appearance at Texas' 1916 Thanksgiving Day game. After the game, Ben Dyer (the campus magazine editor) declared, "His name is Bevo, and long may he reign!" Ben Dyer died before stating why he chose the name Bevo, but there are three theories. The first is that Bevo was named after an amber colored non-alcoholic beverage named Bevo (which, coincidentally,

2597-426: Was profitable within five months of starting up. On October 9, 1986, the station became a charter affiliate of the upstart Fox network. Beard attributed the station's success to good timing and its movie identity, which helped it weather a regional economic downturn later in the 1980s. In 1991, KBVO-TV became the first station outside of San Antonio to air a package of San Antonio Spurs basketball games. By 1994, it

2650-462: Was revived in 2014 when the station reintroduced it for a 9 a.m. lifestyle show; simultaneously, KEYE extended its morning news to start at 4:30 a.m., giving it a weekday news output of five hours. During this time, the station had a short-lived improvement in its ratings; in the May 2012 sweeps, it had the highest-rated 10 p.m. newscast in the market. In 2017, the station placed third or fourth in all of

2703-474: Was the first Austin station to cease analog broadcasting. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 43, using virtual channel 42. KEYE-TV moved its digital signal from channel 43 to channel 34 on June 21, 2019, as a result of the 2016 United States wireless spectrum auction . Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,

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2756-674: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

2809-523: Was the winningest Bevo in UT history, and was replaced by youth grand champion Sunrise Studly, becoming Bevo XIV, at the September 4, 2004 football game versus the University of North Texas . It was the only time that two Bevos have ever appeared at the same football game. Bevo XIII was returned to Baker's ranch where he lived out the rest of his days in peace. Bevo XIII died on October 9, 2006, due to heart failure. Bevo XIV attended George W. Bush's second inauguration in January 2005. He also attended

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