McKinnon Broadcasting Company (did business as Texas Television, Inc.) was a privately owned

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company based in

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. Michael Dean McKinnon Sr. was the company's majority owner, president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman of the board. The company had exited broadcasting and media altogether after the sale of its flagship station

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was completed on September 2, 2023.

Former stations

Notes: * (**) – ''indicates a station built and signed on by McKinnon''. :''This list does not include

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and KBVO-TV (now

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) in

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. From 1955 to 1962, KVOA-TV and KOAT-TV were owned by Alvarado Television, a separate company with Clinton McKinnon as its president. KBVO-TV (unrelated to the present-day station that serves Austin, but is licensed to Llano) was owned by the Austin Television Company from 1983 to 1995. Michael McKinnon was among the group of local investors who were part of the Austin Television Company.'' Other notes: * ¹ McKinnon provided technical support and was a minority owner of KUSI-TV at launch; it acquired the license outright from

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in 1990.

Magazines

Former

*''San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles''

References

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