1985–2003[]
1985[]
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KXXV signed on for the first time on March 22, 1985, as an NBC affiliate. The station was originally owned by Central Texas Broadcasting Company, Ltd. Waco was one of the last markets in the nation to gain full service from all three of the traditional broadcast networks, which took 32 years. It switched to ABC at the end of the year, with NBC programming returning to KCEN-TV (channel 6). Central Texas Broadcasting sold KXXV to Shamrock Broadcasting in 1987. Drewry Communications purchased the station from Shamrock in 1994.
1985–1995[]
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1995–2003[]
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In 2002, KXXV and KRHD began affiliating with The WB on a secondary basis after Univision Communications purchased KAKW (channel 62) and converted into a Univision station for the Austin area. The WB would later move to Fox-affiliated KWKT (channel 44) and its Brazos Valley satellite KYLE (channel 28, currently a MyNetworkTV affiliate) in July of that same year.
2003–present[]
2003–2017[]
A planned late 2008 sale of the Drewry stations to London Broadcasting fell through due to the late 2000s credit crisis; London Broadcasting subsequently purchased KCEN-TV. On August 10, 2015, Raycom Media announced that it would purchase Drewry Communications for $160 million. The sale was completed on December 1.
2017–2019[]
In 2018, Gray Television, owners of CBS affiliates KWTX-TV (channel 10) and KBTX-TV (channel 3) announced that they would acquire Raycom Media. Gray decided to retain KWTX/KBTX and sell KXXV/KRHD to a third party. On August 20 of that same year, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would buy KXXV/KRHD and sister station WTXL-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, for $55 million, from Raycom. The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.
2019–present[]
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