KPRC-TV

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Contents

1949–1950	1950–1956	1956–1960	1960–1964	1964–1968	1968–1969


1969–1976	1976–1979	1979–1985	1985–1988	1988–1992	1992–1994


1994–1996	1996–2004	2004–2015	2015–present

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KLEE-TV

1949–1950

Originally signed on the air as KLEE-TV, 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

1976–1979

1979–1985

1985–1994

The "2" is also used by former sister station WESH in Orlando, also on channel 2.

1985–1988

KPRC Channel Two News Weekend Open, 12 27 1987.jpg

1988–1992

1992–1994

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.