KXAN-TV
Television station in Austin, Texas
KXAN-TV is a television station in Austin, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside KBVO, an independent station with MyNetworkTV, and operated with CW station KNVA ; Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns ABC affiliate KVUE. KXAN-TV, KBVO and KNVA share studios on West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the Old West Austin section, just west of the University of Texas at Austin campus and just north of downtown; the studios and offices consist of a setup which includes the main studio and newsroom, and an unconnected auxiliary office building across the street. KXAN-TV's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm north of West Lake Hills.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KXAN-TV” as television station in Austin, Texas. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as television station in Austin, Texas. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026.
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Three-step research path
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