KNVO (channel 48) is a television station licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Fox affiliate KFXV, channel 60 (and translators KMBH-LD and KXFX-CD), primary CW+ affiliate and secondary PBS member KCWT-CD (channel 21), and Class A UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD (channel 32). The stations share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen;[2] KNVO's transmitter is located on Farm to Market Road 493 near Donna, Texas.
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| City | McAllen, Texas |
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First air date | October 12, 1992 |
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Call sign meaning | "K" (Que) Nuevo (Spanish for "how new") |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69692 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 285.6 m (937 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 26°5′19″N 98°3′45″W / 26.08861°N 98.06250°W |
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| Website | noticiasya |
History
editThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit on October 9, 1983, to build a television station licensed in McAllen.[3] Originally, the station was approved to broadcast on UHF channel 48 with 4,071 kW effective radiated power,[4] but was later changed to 3,162 kW on April 16, 1992.[5][6] The station made its debut on October 12, 1992.[7] During the station's first years on the air, KNVO quickly became the highest-rated station in the market.[8]
In 1996, LS Broadcasting, Ltd., Mundo Vision Broadcasting Company and Larry Safir sold KNVO to Entravision Communications for $24.8 million.[8][9][10] The sale was completed on January 24, 1997.[10]
On October 11, 2001, the Federal Communications Commission granted a permit to construct the station's digital facilities (requested in 1999).[11] The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2006, and was granted a license on June 26, 2007.[12]
News operation
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KNVO's newscast debuted in 1999.[7] The station presently broadcasts seven hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays). In September 2010, KNVO started broadcasting local news in high definition.[13]
As of 2012, KNVO was the second highest-rated newscast in the market, behind ABC affiliate KRGV-TV (channel 5).[14]
In early December 2015, Entravision canceled the morning newscasts at all of its stations in the United States, including KNVO's Alegre Despertar.[15]
Technical information
editSubchannels
editThe station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 48.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Univisn | Univision |
| 48.2 | 480i | UniMas | UniMás (KTFV-CD) | |
| 48.3 | 480i | LATV | LATV | |
| 48.4 | 4:3 | ION | Ion Television | |
| 48.5 | 16:9 | CourtTV | Court TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
editKNVO shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009,[17] the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,[18] using virtual channel 48.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "All Stations". Entravision Communications.
- ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "KNVO 20th Anniversary". YouTube.
- ^ a b "Larry Safir". Texas Association of Broadcasters.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable, August 12, 1996 (page 54)
- ^ a b "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Entravision Launching HD News in Texas". TVNewsCheck.
- ^ "Market Eye: Boomtown on the Border". Broadcasting & Cable.
- ^ "Entravision cancels morning newscasts nationwide". Media Moves.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KNVO
- ^ "Analog Termination Information Update". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.