K13VC
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HAAT | 298 m (978 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 30°18′35.99″N 97°47′34.8″W / 30.3099972°N 97.793000°W |
K13VC (channel 13) was a
History
Early history
K13VC first signed on the air on November 30, 1989, as an
Initially, K13VC was only available to viewers within five miles (8 km) of downtown Austin.[1] Not long after acquiring the Astros and Rangers rights, K13VC's sports telecasts were placed onto the Austin CableVision system, allowing K13VC's sports telecasts to reach areas of Austin beyond the contour of its limited signal.[2][3][4] On January 1, 1992, as part of the settlement of a lawsuit over alleged tampering of programs, KVC joined the system full-time.[5]
Duopoly with KTBC
On December 21, 1993,
On May 26, 1994,
On July 2, 1995, as part of the switch of most New World-owned stations to
News Corporation acquired New World in 1996, with the purchase closing on January 22, 1997.[17][18][19][20] On October 5, 1998, K13VC became the second station in Austin to become an affiliate of UPN; it assumed the affiliation from the Hill Country Paramount Network (HPN), a regional network of low-power translator stations that also acted as a simulcast feed of WB affiliate KNVA (channel 54, now a CW affiliate) outside of UPN programming. The station also rebranded from "KVC 13" to "UPN 13". The affiliation switch occurred on six days' notice; it allowed UPN programs to be seen on Austin cable, not the case with the HPN setup.[21]
By the summer of 2000, KTBC had opted to drop the UPN affiliation for K13VC.[22] On August 3, Fredericksburg-based KBEJ (channel 2) signed on and took the UPN affiliation away from K13VC. The new KBEJ had a transmitter equidistant from Austin and San Antonio; it was owned by Corridor Television, set up by the Tawil family that had started KVC, and managed by Belo. At that time, K13VC reverted to independent status and returned to its original "KVC 13" moniker, focusing on first-run and off-network syndicated programs, as well as University of Texas, Big 12 Conference and other college sports events. The abrupt disaffiliation elicited complaints from Star Trek: Voyager fans in Austin, who suddenly lost the ability to watch the series' seventh (and final) season, as KBEJ only produced a marginal signal to northern sections of Austin proper and a marginal to non-existent signal in the northern part of the market. Because Time Warner Cable was initially unwilling to place KBEJ on its Austin system (an impasse that lasted until August 2001, after it reached a carriage agreement with the station two months prior), many Voyager fans had to resort to downloading illegal copies online or trading taped copies with friends in other cities with a UPN affiliate to view episodes during the 2000–01 season. Although UPN frowned upon this practice, unofficially the network and parent company Viacom turned a "blind eye" due to the circumstances of the situation.[23][24]
On March 19, 2003, KTBC management announced that K13VC would cease operations after 13 years on the air. This was because channel 13 had been allotted to
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