 Unlike most network affiliates in then two-station markets, KHFI-TV (channel 42, now KXAN-TV on channel 36) did not take on a secondary affiliation with ABC when that station signed on in February 1965.Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of "The Detroit News", purchased KVUE from Center Broadcasting in 1978.The station was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of "The Detroit News".