McKinnon Broadcasting

McKinnon Broadcasting Company (did business as Texas Television, Inc.) was a privately owned television broadcasting company based in San Diego, California. Michael Dean McKinnon Sr. was the company's majority owner, president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman of the board.^[1]

McKinnon Broadcasting Company

Trade name	Texas Television, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1962 (1962)
Founder	Clinton D. McKinnon
Defunct	2023 (2023)
Fate	Last remaining television station acquired by Nexstar Media Group
Headquarters	San Diego, California , United States
Area served	United States, Mexico
Key people	Michael D. McKinnon, president/CEO
Products	Broadcast television

The company had exited broadcasting and media altogether after the sale of its flagship station KUSI-TV to Nexstar Media Group was completed on September 2, 2023.^[2]

Former stations

Notes:

• (**) – indicates a station built and signed on by McKinnon.

City of license / Market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
San Diego, CA	KUSI-TV 1	51	1982–2023	Independent station owned by Nexstar Media Group
Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX	KBMT	12	1977–2009	ABC and NBC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Corpus Christi, TX	KIII **	3	1964–2010	ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc.
Victoria, TX	KXIX **	19	1969–1976	Fox affiliate KVCT owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting[a]

1. Operated through a LMA by Morgan Murphy Media.

This list does not include KVOA-TV in Tucson, KOAT-TV in Albuquerque and KBVO-TV (now KEYE-TV) in Austin. From 1955 to 1962, KVOA-TV and KOAT-TV were owned by Alvarado Television, a separate company with Clinton McKinnon as its president.^[3] KBVO-TV (unrelated to the present-day station that serves Austin, but is licensed to Llano) was owned by the Austin Television Company from 1983 to 1995. Michael McKinnon was among the group of local investors who were part of the Austin Television Company.^[4][5]

Other notes:

• ¹ McKinnon provided technical support and was a minority owner of KUSI-TV at launch; it acquired the license outright from United States International University in 1990.

Magazines

Former

• San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles^[6]