KTVW-DT
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| Phoenix, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | Univision Arizona |
| Slogan | Siempre Contigo (Always With You) |
| Channels | Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 33.1 Univision 33.3 Grit 33.4 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | Univision (O&O) |
| Owner | Univision Communications (KTVW License Partnership, GP) |
| First air date | September 2, 1979 |
| Sister station(s) | KFPH-DT, KHOT-FM, KOMR |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 33 (UHF, 1979–2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations | SIN (1979–1987) |
| Transmitter power | 470 kW |
| Height | 510 m |
| Facility ID | 35705 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
| Website | univisionarizona.univision.com |
KTVW-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Flagstaff-licensed UniMás owned-and-operated station KFPH-DT (channel 13). The two stations share studio facilities located on 30th Street in southern Phoenix, and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. Its signal is relayed on four low-power translator stations in northern and eastern Arizona.
In addition, KUVE-DT (UHF channel 46) in Green Valley and KUVE-CA (channel 38) in Tucson operate as satellite stations of KTVW-DT, rebroadcasting KTVW's entire schedule with the exception of a three-hour overnight segment on Monday mornings, in which the Tucson stations broadcast locally produced programming in accordance with KUVE-CA's Class A license.[1]
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History
KTVW-TV was granted an original construction permit on September 15, 1977 and applied for its license on September 4, 1979, two days before it first signed on the air as Arizona's first full-time Spanish-language television station on September 2. From the day it signed on, KTVW-TV has been owned and operated by the same company: the Spanish International Network (or SIN), which became Univision in 1987. Prior to being used by channel 33 in Phoenix, the KTVW call letters were once allocated to channel 13 in Tacoma, Washington,[2] (now Tribune Broadcasting-owned Fox affiliate KCPQ). Channel 33 was the only full-powered Spanish-language station in the Phoenix metropolitan area from its sign-on until July 2006, when Telemundo station KTAZ began operations in Phoenix after a license transfer with KDTP. This head start has solidified its dominance in Spanish-language television in Phoenix.
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.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KTVW-DT | Main KTVW-HD programming |
| 33.3 | 480i | 4:3 | Grit [4] | |
| 33.4 | Bounce | Bounce TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTVW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, at 10:59 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in 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 34 to channel 33.[5]
News operation
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-TV. 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.[6]
News team
Current on-air staff[7]
- Anchors
- Felipe Corral - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Mary Rabago - weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Weather
- Guillermo Quiroz - lead meteorologist; nightly at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Sports
- Felipe Corral Nava - lead sports anchor; nightly at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Reporters
- Alejandra Espinoza - general assignment reporter
- Erick Iglesias - general assignment reporter
- Rubén Pereida - general assignment reporter
- Víctor Hugo Rodríguez - general assignment reporter
Translators
KTVW-DT's signal is relayed on the following translator stations:
| City | Callsign | City | Callsign |
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| Flagstaff | KTVW-CD 27 | Globe | KDOS-LD 29 |
| Safford | KZOL-LP 15 |
Formerly, KTVW was on channels 17 and 52 (KATE) in Tucson before the launch of its locally operated Univision affiliate KUVE 38/46.
See also
References
- ↑ TitanTV Quickguide; ZIP codes 85220 (KTVW-TV/KUVE-TV), 85701 (KUVE-TV/KUVE-CA); Analog Broadcast; last accessed February 26, 2007
- ↑ Significantly Viewed TV Stations; Federal Communications Commission; November 2, 2005; p. 442; last accessed February 26, 2007
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTVW
- ↑ Grit: Find Us
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Hernandez, R.; Univision's top spot scrutinized by mainstream stations; The Business Journal of Phoenix; August 13, 2004; last accessed February 26, 2007
- ↑ Conductores y Reporteros
