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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's
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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.


Defunct full-power stations

*Channel 12:
KVLF-TV KVLF-TV, VHF analog channel 12, was an ABC- affiliated television station licensed to Alpine, Texas, United States that operated from December 1961 to around December 1963. It was the first available television service in Alpine, operating as a ...
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(9/1961 – 12/1963, satellite of KVKM-TV of Odessa/Midland) *Channel 13:
KVTV KVTV, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, was a CBS- affiliated television station licensed to Laredo, Texas, United States. The station was owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting. On July 1, 2015, Gray Television, owner of NBC affiliate KGNS-T ...
 – Laredo (1973 – 2016) *Channel 16:
KVVV-TV KVVV-TV, UHF analog channel 16, was an Independent television station serving Houston, Texas, United States that was licensed to Galveston. The station was owned by TVue Associates. KVVV's studios were located at 1400 Lundy Lane in Friend ...
 – Ind. – Galveston (3/25/1968 – 8/31/1969) *Channel 18: KDCD-TV – Midland (12/9/1961 – 2/16/1962 and 1/15/1968 – 3/16/1971) *Channel 19: KETX – NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont – Tyler (8/24/1953 – 10/23/1954) *Channel 19: KTES – Ind. – Nacogdoches (9/20/1958 – 8/25/1959) *Channel 19: KAEC-TV – CBS – Nacogdoches (7/30/1969 – 3/18/1970) *Channel 21: KFWT – Ind. – Fort Worth (9/19/1967 – 9/5/1969) *Channel 22:
KVDO-TV KVDO-TV was a television station broadcasting on channel 3 in Salem, Oregon, United States, that operated between 1970 and 1983. Originally intended as a local independent station serving the Willamette Valley, financial considerations resulte ...
 – Corpus Christi (6/9/1954 – 8/19/1957) *Channel 23:
KRET-TV KRET-TV, UHF analog channel 23, was an educational television station licensed to Richardson, Texas, United States, which was on the air from 1960 to 1970. Owned by the Richardson Independent School District, it was the first broadcast TV stati ...
 – ETV – Richardson (2/29/1960 – 5/?/1970) *Channel 24: KIDZ-TV – satellite of
KERA-TV KERA-TV (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., it is sister to National Public Radio (NPR) member stati ...
 – Wichita Falls (1974–1980) *Channel 31:
KBMT KBMT (channel 12) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with ABC and NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate KUIL-LD (channel 12.5). Both stations share studios along I-10/US 6 ...
 – NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont – Beaumont (4/9/1954 – 8/1/1956) *Channel 32:
KTVE (Texas) KTVE, UHF analog channel 32, was an independent television station licensed to Longview, Texas, United States that operated from 1953 to 1955. KTVE was one of the first television stations in east Texas. However, its use of the quickly outmoded UH ...
 – Longview/Tyler (10/24/1953 – 12/23/1955) *Channel 33:
KMEC-TV KMEC-TV, UHF analog channel 33, was a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States. The station broadcast in two stints, from 1967 to 1968 as KMEC-TV (owned by Maxwell Electronics Corporation) and in 1972 as KBFI-TV (owned by Bere ...
 – Ind. – Dallas (10/1/1967 – 10/1968 as KMEC-TV, 2/21/1972 – 12/6/1972 as KBFI-TV, 4/16/1973 – 11/14/1973 as KXTX-TV) *Channel 34: KANG-TV – NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont – Waco (11/1/1953 – 12/31/1955) *Channel 34: KMXN-TV – Lubbock (10/20/1967 – 7/21/1970 and 10/24/1970 – 12/31/1972) *Channel 34:
KDYW KDYW, virtual channel 34 (ultra high frequency, UHF digital terrestrial television, digital channel 20), was a non-commercial educational station, non-commercial educational television station city of license, licensed to Waco, Texas, United States ...
 – PBS – Waco (5/22/1989 – 7/31/2010) *Channel 39:
KNUZ-TV KNUZ-TV, UHF analog channel 39, was a DuMont- affiliated television station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States. It signed on the air on October 22, 1953, as Houston's third television station (four, including KGUL-TV channel 11 in Galves ...
 – Houston (10/10/1953 – 6/25/1954)


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See also

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List of television stations in Texas (by channel number) This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of Texas. Full-power stations VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel. Defunct full-power stations *Chan ...
* Texas media **
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** List of radio stations in Texas ** Media of
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in Texas: Abilene,
Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...
, Austin,
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, Brownsville,
Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
, Denton,
El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
, Fort Worth,
Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...
, Killeen, Laredo,
Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
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McAllen McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend ...
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McKinney McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about north of Dallas. The U.S. Census Bureau lis ...
, Midland, Odessa,
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Waco Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
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Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. According ...
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List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States The following is a list of Spanish-language television networks in the United States. As of 2016 the largest Hispanic/Latino television audiences An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literat ...
* Mexican television stations serving cities in Texas: :* Television stations in Chihuahua :*
Television stations in Coahuila The following is a list of all IFT-licensed over-the-air television stations broadcasting in the Mexican state of Coahuila. There are 40 television stations in Coahuila. List of television stations , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - ...
:* Television stations in Nuevo León :* Television stations in Tamaulipas


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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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