KTVW-DT
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KTVW-DT (channel 33) is a
The station's signal is relayed on two
In addition,
History
On March 12, 1976, the Legend of Cibola Television Company (reorganized before launch as the Seven Hills Television Company), owned by a series of principals of the Spanish International Network, filed for a construction permit for a new television station on channel 33 in Phoenix, which was granted on August 17, 1977.[4] The original applicant had just one local stockholder, Julia Zozaya (who later built and owned KNNN-FM 99.9).[5] Facilities were jointly constructed with another construction permit, KNXV-TV; the two stations won approval to construct a new tower on South Mountain in 1978.[6]
KTVW-TV signed on as Arizona's first full-time Spanish-language television station on September 2, 1979.[7] Previously, KPAZ-TV channel 21 had aired some Spanish-language programming from 1967 to 1977, but this was curtailed by financial woes and its sale to the Trinity Broadcasting Network. From the beginning, the plan was to build a translator for KTVW in Tucson: this launched November 1, 1980.[8] While owned by SIN-aligned interests, it was not owned by the network proper until then-owner Hallmark Cards acquired it from Seven Hills in 1989.[9]
For 27 years, KTVW was the only full-power Spanish-language television station in Phoenix, which gave it considerable market dominance. In 2006, this came to an end when NBCUniversal and the Daystar Television Network agreed to a trade that converted Phoenix's noncommercial channel 39 into commercial Telemundo outlet KTAZ.
KTVW-DT also operates the UniMás station for the Phoenix market on low-powered KFPH-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts on full-powered KFPH-DT (channel 13) in Flagstaff (also a part of the Phoenix market), giving it "must-carry" broadcast station status on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network.
News operation
KTVW began producing local news in the early 1980s with a 10-minute local news update that aired at 10:30 p.m. before 24 Horas from Mexico City; this was replaced with a 6 p.m. newscast in 1984.[10]
KTVW presently broadcasts ten hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each day, consisting of two half-hour newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. seven nights a week). The station does not have any on-air weather staffers of its own, instead weather segments during KTVW's newscasts are produced by Los Angeles sister station KMEX-DT. The station's local newscasts (currently known as Noticias Univision 33) rank among the top-rated local news programs in the market, either English or Spanish. The station had the highest-rated newscast in Phoenix among the demographics of adults between the ages of 18-34 and 18-49 in 2004.[11]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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33.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KTVW-DT | Univision |
33.2 | UniMas | UniMás (KFPH-DT) | ||
33.3 | 480i | GRIT | Grit | |
33.4 | BOUNCE | Bounce TV | ||
33.5 | 4:3 |
Shop LC |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTVW shut down its analog signal, over
Translators
Formerly, KTVW was on channels 17 and 52 in
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTVW-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=35156&channel=1019&aid=tvschedule [bare URL]
- ^ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=53080&channel=1005&aid=tvschedule [bare URL]
- ^ FCC History Cards for KTVW-DT
- ^ "Permit sought for Spanish TV station". The Arizona Republic. April 7, 1976. p. A-12.
- ^ Hickey, Jerry. "Parks board approves plans for new transmission tower on South Mountain". The Arizona Republic. p. B-7.
- ^ Goldthwaite, Thomas (September 4, 1979). "Channel 33 brings Spanish accent to Valley TV". The Arizona Republic. p. B-6. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ Stern, Sherry (October 23, 1980). "Tucson to get Spanish TV outlet Nov. 1". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1A, 8A.
- ^ "Hallmark adds to TV chain". The Kansas City Star. January 11, 1989. p. 9A.
- ^ Wilkinson, Bud (November 12, 1984). "Channel 33 enters competition with 6 p.m. daily newscast". The Arizona Republic. p. B11. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ Hernandez, Ruben (August 13, 2004). "Univision's top spot scrutinized by mainstream stations". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
- ^ "RabbitEars query for KTVW-DT". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.