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Bradley, Jr. Thousands of viewers who used to receive a fuzzy picture now have crystal-clear reception. KVIA takes pride in having initiated a number of "news firsts" in the market. It became the first El Paso TV station to provide closed captioning for the hearing impaired. KVIA was the first with a morning news program. KVIA is the only El Paso station to conduct a series of town hall forums to gauge community concerns throughout the region. KVIA also pioneered the first hour newscast in the market, as well as "Xtra," an original late night issues and call-in program.

The station was the first El Paso station to have a live report from a helicopter during a hostage situation. That happened on November 3, ; live from Grupo Bermudez Maquila in Juarez with reports showing the financial impact of the twin plant industry. This included then Texas Governor George W. Bush's debate with Democratic opponent Gary Mauro. ABC 7 and the El Paso Times have participated in several landmark polling, reporting and town hall projects, including surveying graduating high school seniors, teachers and analyzing race relations and health care in El Paso.

Together they were the longest running anchor team in El Paso television history. Estela now anchors our weekday evening newscasts with Erik Elken as co-anchor. It spotlights television stations for outstanding programs and public service campaigns produced for the benefit of children.

This national honor is one of the most coveted awards broadcasters can receive. The transmitter of channel 13 was moved to the south end of Comanche Peak just above Scenic Drive in The studios moved to the west side of El Paso at the current Rio Bravo location in Before satellites were widely used in US broadcast television, many smaller market network affiliates had to arrange their own network connections.

For a time, this required the transmitter operator at the site to switch between the studio feed and that of the incoming network feed. Later, the station added a backhaul link to get the network feed back to the studios. This then allowed the studio operator to preview network shows before putting them on KELP's air. KVIA was also the first station in El Paso to introduce a computerized weather radar, implemented in The station also provided El Paso's first noon newscast, which began in Beginning in , Gary Warner and Estela Casas anchored the evening newscasts together, making them the market's longest-running anchor team in local television history.

Their run ended at PM on Wednesday, May 21, , when Warner signed off for the last time following a special broadcast tribute. KVIA also uses a red version of the " circle 7 logo " as opposed to the more widely-used blue version. On June 12, at P. Also, KVIA moved its digital broadcasts from 17 to its former analog channel number, 7. This is representative of the station's desire to appear to be "cutting-edge" in broadcasting.

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