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KUBE-TV (channel 57) is a television station licensed to Baytown, Texas, United States, serving the Houston area and owned by WRNN-TV Associates. KUBE-TV's studios are located on Fountain View Drive and Burgoyne Road on Houston's southwest side, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.
During its time as KAZH, the station was rebroadcast in Houston on translators KHMV-CA (channel 28) and KVVV-LP (channel 53); both of these translators were taken off the air in November 2007, due to owner Pappas Telecasting's ongoing financial problems (KHMV-CA was sold to Uniglobe Central America Network LLC on March 10, 2010, and currently broadcasts under the call sign KUGB-CD; KVVV-LP was spun off to a liquidation trust and returned to the air in digital format in January 2012).
On May 10, 2008, thirteen of Pappas' stations, including KAZH, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Pappas cited "the extremely difficult business climate for television stations across the country" in papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Pappas was later ordered on September 10, 2008, to sell off the affected stations by February 15, 2009. Pappas Saga Turning Into Tragedy, TVNewsCheck, September 24, 2008. In January 2009, the Pappas stations involved in the bankruptcy auction, including KAZH, were sold to New World TV Group, after the sale received bankruptcy court approval. On October 22, 2009, KAZH became the first affiliate of VasalloVision, a new network founded by Carlos Vasallo and Miguel Banojian; this followed the closure of TuVisión.
On January 18, 2013, NRJ TV announced that it would acquire KUBE-TV from New World TV Group for $19 million, as part of a two-station deal that also included San Francisco sister station KTNC-TV. NRJ Adds 2 Stations To Portfolio For $32.5M, TVNewsCheck, January 18, 2013.
Syndicated programming in this era included The Doctors, Seinfeld, Hot Bench, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers, among others. During the 2017 season, KUBE was the home of the MLS club Houston Dynamo. Until 2019, the station carried NCAA college football and men's basketball games from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
On May 20, 2021, RNN and iMedia Brands announced an agreement to affiliate most of RNN's television stations (including KUBE) with home shopping network ShopHQ. KUBE began carrying ShopHQ programming on June 28, 2021.
Most of KUBE's syndicated programs have either moved to other Houston TV stations or are no longer cleared in the market. H-Town High School Sports is now seen Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. on KIAH since August 21, 2021. Reruns of Seinfeld from 7 to 8 p.m. were the last remaining holdover as the main channel transitioned to ShopHQ almost full-time.
Sometime in 2023, KUBE switched to airing programming from Shop LC.
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During the 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, KUBE-TV added programming from PegasusTV on subchannel 57.4; this was replaced by MeTV in 2012. Cozi TV was added to 57.4 on May 28, 2018, and was replaced by Charge! in June 2021.
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