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This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
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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 (channel 12) was a television station in Alpine, Texas, United States, which broadcast from December 1961 to around December 1963 as an affiliate of ABC. It was the first available television service in Alpine, operating as a semi-satel ...
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(9/1961 – 12/1963, satellite of KVKM-TV of Odessa/Midland) *Channel 13:
KVTV KVTV (channel 13) was a television station in Laredo, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS. The station was owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting. On July 1, 2015, Gray Television, owner of NBC affiliate KGNS-TV, bought the non-license asse ...
 – Laredo (1973 – 2016) *Channel 16: KVVV-TV – 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 – 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 NPR member station KERA (90.1 FM), adul ...
 – 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). The two stations share studios along I-10/ ...
 – NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont – Beaumont (4/9/1954 – 8/1/1956) *Channel 32: KTVE (Texas) – Longview/Tyler (10/24/1953 – 12/23/1955) *Channel 33:
KMEC-TV KMEC-TV (channel 33) was a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, which served the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The station broadcast in two stints, from 1967 to 1968 as KMEC-TV (owned by Maxwell Electronics Corporation) ...
 – 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 KANG-TV (channel 34) was a television station in Waco, Texas, United States. It was owned by the Texas Broadcasting Company and was the first station to serve Waco, beginning on November 1, 1953, and closing down on December 31, 1955. The stati ...
 – 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 – PBS – Waco (5/22/1989 – 7/31/2010) *Channel 39:
KNUZ-TV KNUZ-TV (channel 39) was a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with the DuMont Television Network. It signed on the air on October 22, 1953, as Houston's third television station (four, including KGUL-TV channel 11 in ...
 – Houston (10/10/1953 – 6/25/1954)


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See also

* List of television stations in Texas (by channel number) * Texas media **
List of newspapers in Texas This is a list of newspapers in Texas, United States. Daily, weekly, and other newspapers Publications not listed in newspaper directory * '' Allen American'' * ''Austin Chronicle'' * '' Community Impact Newspaper'' * '' Fort Worth Weekly' ...
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List of radio stations in Texas The following is a list of FCC-licensed AM and FM radio stations in the U.S. state of Texas, which can be sorted by their call signs, broadcast frequencies, cities of license, licensees, or programming formats. List of radio stations D ...
** Media of
cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
in Texas: Abilene, Amarillo,
Austin Austin refers to: Common meanings * Austin, Texas, United States, a city * Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...
, Beaumont, Brownsville,
Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
, Denton,
El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...
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Fort Worth Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
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Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
, Killeen, Laredo,
Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the ...
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McAllen McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Hidalgo County. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexican border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across ...
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McKinney McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano, Texas, Plano and Frisco, Texas, Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about ...
, Midland,
Odessa ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-pl ...
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San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
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Waco Waco ( ) is a city in and 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 U.S. census estimated 2024 population of 146,608, making i ...
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Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat 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 to ...
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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, literatu ...
* Mexican television stations serving cities in Texas: :*
Television stations in Chihuahua The following is a list of all IFT-licensed over-the-air television stations broadcasting in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. There are 40 television stations in Chihuahua. List of television stations , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , ...
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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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