KNUZ-TV's studios and transmitter were located at 4343 Cullen Boulevard in the Texas Television Center on the University of Houston campus.
[17] The VHF station responded by claiming that channel 39 sought to "minimize the amount of television service to Houstonians".
[20] While the station said it would analyze the prospects of returning to the air on a limited basis if it could secure enough advertising,[21] the University of Houston then proceeded to lease the studio facility and equipment to upstart ABC affiliate KTRK-TV (channel 13) in order to expedite its debut, which took place that November.
[24] The station remained there for more than 35 years; in 2000, it relocated across campus to the current LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting.
In 1955, Supreme Broadcasting Company of New Orleans, proposed to revive the station as part of an expansion plan, in association with the manager of KNUZ radio.
[26] It was one of 29 such construction permits that had once operated or had never been built to which the FCC sent letters in November 1964, asking them to activate the channel again or have it stripped so other companies could apply for the allocation.