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 semi-satellite of KVKM-TV in Monahans. It shared studios with its sister radio station, KVLF (1240 AM).
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| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Big Bend Broadcasters, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | January 19, 1961 |
First air date | December 30, 1961 |
Last air date | December 1963 |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 0.17 kW[1] |
| HAAT | −240 ft (−73 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°22′26.4″N 103°39′42.3″W / 30.374000°N 103.661750°W |
History edit
On January 19, 1961, Big Bend Broadcasters, owners of KVLF, obtained a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 12 in Alpine.[2] The station signed on December 30, 1961, with the 1961 Sun Bowl as its inaugural program.[3] Channel 12 was a limited facility; its effective radiated power was a mere 170 watts.[1]
In its early months, KVLF broadcast a half-hour local news and weather report at 7 p.m., divided into five segments, leading into the ABC network lineup and signing off at 11 p.m.[4] By December 1963, however, KVLF-TV's program schedule had been reduced. The station signed on weekdays at 6 p.m. with a test pattern and proceeded to air 15 minutes of news at 6:15, followed by the ABC network lineup, signing off at 10 p.m.; it did not air any local programming on weekends.[5]
Annuals such as the Television Factbook listed KVLF-TV as a satellite of KVKM-TV;[6] however, KVLF-TV's broadcast day was shorter than that of KVKM-TV, which at the time did not produce any local news programming but did telecast daytime shows.[7]
KVLF-TV suspended operations at some point near the end of 1963. A 2015 article on KVLF radio stated that channel 12 lasted "about two years".[8] Reasons for KVLF's closure are not stated, though owner Gene Hendryx had been elected in 1962 as a state representative, taking time from his broadcasting ventures,[8] and KVKM-TV was already available on the Alpine TV Cable service in town.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b "KVLF-TV" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1963. p. A-88 (108). Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Alpine Video Permit Issued". Big Spring Herald. Associated Press. January 20, 1961. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Alpine Service Starts Saturday". Odessa American. December 29, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "KVLF Program Schedule". Alpine Avalanche. June 28, 1962. p. 14-E. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "KVLF-TV Program Schedule". Alpine Avalanche. December 5, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "KVKM-TV" (PDF). Television Factbook. 1962–63. p. 609. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "KVKM-TV Channel 9 Television Program Schedule". Monahans News. December 5, 1963. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "After a half-century, Alpine radio stations change hands" (PDF). Alpine Avalanche. April 30, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Work Starts On $102,000 TV Cable". Alpine Avalanche. July 27, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2020.