Houston's first television station and the second in Texas, KLEE-TV signed on January 1, 1949, as a primary NBC affiliate on VHF channel 2, owned by hotelier W. Albert Lee.
KPRC-TV
1950–1956
Lee sold channel 2 to the Hobby family, owners of the Houston Post and Houston's oldest radio station, KPRC (950 AM) and KPRC-FM (99.7, now KODA at 99.1). The Hobbys took control of channel 2 on June 1, 1950, and changed the television station's callsign to the current KPRC-TV on July 3, 1950 to match its radio stations. The call letters stood for The Post Radio Company.
1956–1960
1960–1964
1964–1968
1968–1969
1969–1976
1976–1985
Designer:
H&C Communications
Typography:
Marvin
Launched:
1976
1976–1979
1979–1985
Logo with callsign and city of license
"Channel 2, let's all be there!" (1984–1985)
1985–1994
The "2" is also used by former sister station WESH in Orlando, also on channel 2.
1985–1988
1988–1992
1992–1994
Standalone logo, also used by former sister station WESH
The Hobbys decided to liquidate their company in 1992 after an attempt to sell its entire television station group to Young Broadcasting fell through, with KCCI and WESH being the first two sold to Pulitzer, Inc. for $165 million in 1993, and KPRC-TV and KSAT-TV to The Washington Post Company on April 22, 1994.