including KXXV and KRHD, and Gray's 93 television stations) under Gray's corporate umbrella. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion—in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom—required divestment of either KXXV/KRHD or KWTX due to FCC ownership regulations prohibiting common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market (as well as more than two stations in any market). Gray announced it would retain KWTX and KBTX, and sell KXXV and KRHD to an unrelated third party. On August 20, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would buy KXXV/KRHD and sister station WTXL-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, for $55 million. The sale was completed on January 2, 2019. Programming Syndicated programs broadcast by KXXV include Judge Judy, The Kelly Clarkson Show and Hot Bench. As part of a tradition with other former Drewry stations, KXXV airs an annual telethon, benefiting the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in Abilene. KXXV carries any Baylor Bears games through the network's broadcast rights with NCAA Football. News operation KXXV currently broadcasts 29 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station maintains a news bureau in Killeen to serve the western portion of the area, including Fort Hood. KRHD maintains a fully staffed bureau of reporters and photographers stationed in Bryan. Notable alumni Brian Collins, best remembered as the sports anchor on Ball State's college news program fumbling highlights only to conclude with the catch phrase "Boom goes the dynamite." E. D. Hill (1986–1987) – reporter/anchor, best known as Fox & Friends Morning Anchor 1998–2006 Gus Johnson – Fox Sports commentator Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In Waco, cable operator Grande Communications carries both KXXV and Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA (channel 8). Only WFAA's local news and some syndicated programming can be seen on cable channel 8. During ABC network programming, a message appears informing viewers to tune to KXXV for network shows. Analog-to-digital conversion KXXV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 25, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. Through the use of PSIP,