KYVV-TV

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KYVV-TV

| city =

| logo =

| branding =

| digital = 28 (UHF)

| virtual = 10

| translators = {{ubl|KGMM-CD 24 San Antonio|KWEX-DT 41.3 San Antonio}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|10.1: Merit TV|for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}}}

| airdate = {{start date and age|1997|9|1|p=y}}

| location = Del Rio, Texas

| country = United States

| callsign_meaning = Your Vasallo Vision (former affiliation)

| former_callsigns = KTRG (1997–2010)

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 10 (VHF, 1997–2009)|Virtual: 10 (until 2018)}}

| operator =

| owner = CNZ Communications

| licensee = Stryker Media LLC

| sister_stations = KGMM-CD

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|Independent (1997–1998)|UPN (1998–1999)|Religious (1999–2005)|Silent (2005–2010, 2016–2018)|VasalloVision (2010–2012)|MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)|Grit (2018–2024, now on DT2)}}

| erp = 1,000 kW

| haat = {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class =

| facility_id = 55762

| coordinates = {{coord|29|20|40|N|100|51|40|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website =

}}

KYVV-TV (channel 28) is a television station in Del Rio, Texas, United States, affiliated with Merit TV. The station is owned by CNZ Communications, and maintains transmitter facilities on US 277 southeast of Del Rio.

KYVV-TV's first and second subchannels are relayed in the San Antonio area on sister class A station KGMM-CD (channel 24), while its primary channel is simulcast in widescreen standard definition on the third subchannel of Univision owned-and-operated station KWEX-DT (channel 41.3).

History

On July 10, 1991, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit to Republic Broadcasting Company for a new TV station on analog channel 10 in Del Rio. The company, headed by Thomas Robert Gilchrist, chose KTRG as call letters for the station.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83824603/del-rio-will-have-its-own-tv-station/|accessdate=August 20, 2021|title=Del Rio will have its own TV station|first=Gus|last=Garcia|page=1|work=Del Rio News-Herald|date=February 28, 1994}} However, the station was not on air by December 1996, when the construction permit was sold to Ortiz Broadcasting Corporation. Under its ownership, channel 10 began broadcasting on September 1, 1997.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47715922/|accessdate=August 20, 2021|date=August 22, 1997|title=New local TV station, KTRG, geared to family viewing|work=Del Rio News-Herald|first=Angelica|last=Iltis}} On April 6, 1998, KTRG joined UPN.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83825335/ktrg-joins-upn-network-today/|accessdate=August 20, 2021|date=April 6, 1998|page=3|title=KTRG joins UPN network today|work=Del Rio News-Herald}} It also briefly aired a local newscast.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83825436/queen-citys-own-del-rio-news-premiers-m/|title=Queen City's own Del Rio News premiers Monday|accessdate=August 20, 2021|date=August 16, 1998|first=Bianca A.|last=Sancic|work=Del Rio News-Herald|page=3A}}

In May 1999, KTRG was switched to programming from the Faith Pleases God church owned by Ortiz (who also founded the Fe-TV and La Familia Network channels). This continued until 2005, when Ortiz Broadcasting Corporation took the station silent for financial reasons, having gone into bankruptcy. It was then sold to SATV 10, LLC, in 2006; this company was owned by Barbara Laurence.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101106238&formid=314&fac_num=55762|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE BAPLCT-20060120ABR|date=January 20, 2006|accessdate=August 20, 2021|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} SATV10 undertook the lengthy process of finding a suitable site to resume operations, as the tower site lease was not included in the assets of the bankrupt estate. This was accomplished, but SATV10 filed for bankruptcy protection itself in 2009, emerging the next year.

In 2010, KTRG and another Laurence-owned station, KMCC in Laughlin, affiliated with VasalloVision, which they aired until August 13, 2012,{{cite press release|title='VasalloVision Network' in Las Vegas, Nevada|publisher=VasalloVision Television Network|date=January 14, 2010|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vasallovision-network-in-las-vegas-nevada-81554492.html|accessdate=January 15, 2010}} when KYVV-TV (having changed its call letters to reflect the VasalloVision programming) became an affiliate of MundoFox (later MundoMax). The station went silent on May 12, 2016.[https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/api/service/tv/application/25076f9155c12a830155cc4595f27a60.pdf FCC-filed Children's Television Programming Report for Q2 2016: "KYVV went silent as of May 12th, 2016. All broadcasting ceased at midnight"]

File:KYVV MundoMax logo.png

Stryker Media agreed to purchase KYVV-TV from SATV 10 for $450,000 on October 12, 2017.{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1769078&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=55762|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=October 20, 2017|date=October 18, 2017}} CNZ Communications, a sister company to Stryker, has operated the station under a local marketing agreement since June 26, 2017. The sale was completed on April 6, 2018. KYVV-TV returned to the air on July 1, 2018, as an affiliate of Grit.

Sometime in 2024,{{when?|date=October 2024}} KYVV-TV changed its primary affiliation to Merit Street, with Grit moving to the station's second subchannel.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable" \|+Subchannels of KYVV-TV{{cite web\|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=55762\|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KYVV-TV\|website=RabbitEars.info\|accessdate=October 4, 2024}} ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming
scope = "row" \| 10.1 \| 1080i \|\| 16:9 \|\| rowspan=4\| \|\| Merit TV
scope = "row" \| 10.2 \| rowspan="3"\|480i \|\| rowspan="3"\|4:3 \|\| Grit
scope = "row" \| 10.3 \| Majestad TV
scope = "row" \| 10.4 \| LATV

class="wikitable"

|+Subchannels of KYVV-TV{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=55762|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KYVV-TV|website=RabbitEars.info|accessdate=October 4, 2024}}

! Channel

! Res.

! Aspect

! Short name

! Programming

scope = "row" | 10.1

| 1080i || 16:9 || rowspan=4| || Merit TV

scope = "row" | 10.2

| rowspan="3"|480i || rowspan="3"|4:3 || Grit

scope = "row" | 10.3

| Majestad TV

scope = "row" | 10.4