KPEJ-TV (channel 24) is a television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Permian Basin area. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar Media Group under a shared services agreement (SSA), making it sister to ABC affiliate KMID (channel 2) and NBC affiliate KWES-TV (channel 9). KPEJ-TV and KMID share studios on Windview Street (along I-20) in southwestern Odessa; KPEJ-TV's transmitter is located on FM 1788 in rural southeastern Andrews County.
History
The station first signed on the air on June 16, 1986; it originally operated as an independent station and was owned by Southwest Multimedia. In September 1987, KPEJ became the Midland–Odessa market's Fox affiliate. Southwest Multimedia sold the station to Associated Broadcasters of Lafayette (later renamed Communications Corporation of America) in 1990. In 1998, the station began carrying programming from the United Paramount Network (