- KVVV-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KVVV-TV
city =Galveston, Texas
station_
station_branding =
analog = 16 (UHF)
digital =
affiliations = "(Silent)"
founded = 1968
location =Greater Houston
callsign_meaning =
owner = TV-ue Associates
former_affiliations = Independent (1968-1969)
homepage =KVVV-TV channel 16 was an Independent television station for the Houston area. KVVV was officially licensed to
Galveston, Texas , but physically located at 1400 Lundy Lane in Friendswood, at FM 528, 4 miles north of Alvin.KVVV signed on in February 1968, operating at 3.39 MW ERP visual.
Among the programs carried on KVVV were the locally-originated children's program "No-No the Clown" and stock market coverage during the day. KVVV also carried syndicated programming, as well as network shows not cleared by the local affiliates or Houston's other independent station, KHTV.
By late-1968, much of the staff was laid off, and the stock market program was cancelled. As a result, the station was generally on the air only in the afternoons and evenings -- signing on between 2PM and 3PM, and signing off at 10PM.
KVVV lost so much money in its only year in operation, that the owners closed the station down on
August 31 ,1969 . The equipment and tower used by KVVV were eventually sold to a newPBS member station in Corpus Christi,KEDT , which signed on in 1972.As of October 2006, the building and some of the furnishings were still there, though it was vandalized and in poor condition.
Today, the KVVV call letters are now being used for a low-powered repeater of
KAZH ; KAZH themselves used the KVVV calls when they were affiliated with Value Vision. It should be made clear that 1968's KVVV and today's KVVV / KAZH have absolutely no relation with each other.External links
* [http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561982645hxhcVr Webshots: Ruins of KVVV]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
