KVEO-TV
ComCorp ownership
### ComCorp ownership

In 1990, SouthWest MultiMedia sold its three television stations—KVEO, [KWKT\-TV](/wiki/KWKT-TV "KWKT-TV") in [Waco](/wiki/Waco "Waco"), and [KPEJ\-TV](/wiki/KPEJ-TV "KPEJ-TV") in [Odessa](/wiki/Odessa%2C_Texas "Odessa, Texas")—for $30\.4 million to Associated Broadcasters, Inc., a company owned by Thomas R. Galloway of [Lafayette, Louisiana](/wiki/Lafayette%2C_Louisiana "Lafayette, Louisiana"). While Galloway had previously owned interests in other stations, the transaction represented Associated's first television holdings alongside three Louisiana radio stations. Galloway's broadcast holdings were known as [Communications Corporation of America](/wiki/Communications_Corporation_of_America "Communications Corporation of America") (ComCorp) by the mid\-1990s.

Under ComCorp, the station settled down, though it eschewed local news and called itself "The Valley's Entertainment Leader". After [UPN](/wiki/UPN "UPN") first established a secondary affiliation with KRGV\-TV, which only carried *[Star Trek: Voyager](/wiki/Star_Trek:Voyager "Voyager")*, the network's programming had moved to KVEO by 1997\. In 1999, the station lost UPN to [XHRIO\-TV](/wiki/XHRIO-TV "XHRIO-TV") in [Matamoros, Tamaulipas](/wiki/Matamoros%2C_Tamaulipas "Matamoros, Tamaulipas"), when that station lost [Telemundo](/wiki/Telemundo "Telemundo"). The station also began broadcasting in digital in June 2005, adding high\-definition programming in February 2006\.

KVEO's lack of local news did not change until October 1, 2007, when KVEO began producing evening newscasts again under the name *NewsCenter 23*. As a cost\-cutting measure, however, ComCorp opted to discontinue the production of newscasts from Brownsville in January 2010\. Instead, the news programs would be presented by on\-air personalities of [KTSM\-TV](/wiki/KTSM-TV "KTSM-TV"), ComCorp's station in [El Paso](/wiki/El_Paso "El Paso"), with local reporters filing stories that were edited and prepared in El Paso.


Why did KVEO stop producing local news in Brownsville?