In 1986, Australian newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch purchased KRIV and the other five television stations in the Metromedia group, all of which became the founding owned-and-operated stations of his new television network, the Fox Broadcasting Company. The Spanish-language entertainment programming, from the Spanish International Network, was moved out of prime time and reduced to make way for nightly movies and The Merv Griffin Show the studios were expanded, and a new transmitter facility was constructed.
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An additional multi-million dollar investment in new programming was immediately apparent in 1979, channel 26 became the new TV home of the Houston Astros.
Metromedia, among the top operators of independent stations, turned a station that was regarded as a "mangy mutt" into a top-rated outlet. station WTTG, was hired to manage channel 26's operations, remaining there until his retirement in December 1999. Jerry Marcus, general sales manager of Metromedia's Washington, D.C. The acquisition closed in April, and on April 17, 1978, the call letters were changed to the current KRIV, in honor of then-Metromedia executive Albert Krivin, who had convinced John Kluge to take a chance on the Houston station. Six years after going on the air, Crest Broadcasting announced the sale of KDOG-TV to Metromedia for $11 million, including $6 million for the station itself and another $5 million in liabilities.
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A series of program changes accompanied the new moniker the station added 90 minutes a night of Spanish-language programming in prime time. He checked with the FCC, found that the call letters KDOG were available, and then changed channel 26 to KDOG-TV on September 1.
For Gloger, who had a penchant for memorable station brands, it was the spark of an idea. In 1975, Leroy Gloger, who had also taken over general manager duties, was having a conversation when someone remarked that channel 26 was an underdog. Programming mostly consisted of syndicated reruns, Texas Rangers baseball, and an affiliation with the Christian Broadcasting Network. The station began broadcasting on August 15, 1971. Ĭonstruction got underway for KVRL in late 1970, with a mast being erected atop One Shell Plaza in downtown Houston and studios being built in the Schindler Center development at 3935 Westheimer Road in the Highland Village section, now the site of an H-E-B Central Market. Naumowicz denied the request and upheld the Crest grant. KXYZ appealed and asked to submit a revised financial statement, also claiming that Crest had made a misrepresentation as to one of its stockholders, but FCC hearing examiner Chester F. Crest was selected over a competing application from radio station KXYZ, as it got the nod on diversification grounds and superior financial qualifications. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s UHF allotment overhaul of 1965 substituted channel 26 for 29. Gloger, filed an application to build a new TV station on channel 29 in Houston. On February 17, 1964, the Crest Broadcasting Company, headed by former KIKK owner Leroy J.
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