On January 19, 1961, Big Bend Broadcasters, owners of KVLF, obtained a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 12 in Alpine.
[3] Channel 12 was a limited facility; its effective radiated power was a mere 170 watts.
[1] In its early months, KVLF broadcast a half-hour local news and weather report at 7 p.m., divided into five segments, leading into the ABC network lineup and signing off at 11 p.m.[4] By December 1963, however, KVLF-TV's program schedule had been reduced.
[5] Annuals such as the Television Factbook listed KVLF-TV as a satellite of KVKM-TV;[6] however, KVLF-TV's broadcast day was shorter than that of KVKM-TV, which at the time did not produce any local news programming but did telecast daytime shows.
[8] Reasons for KVLF's closure are not stated, though owner Gene Hendryx had been elected in 1962 as a state representative, taking time from his broadcasting ventures,[8] and KVKM-TV was already available on the Alpine TV Cable service in town.