KNVO (TV)

KNVO
Rio Grande Valley, Texas
United States
City McAllen, Texas
Branding Univision Valle del Rio Grande (general)
Noticias Valle del Río Grande (newscasts)
Channels Digital: 49 (UHF)
Virtual: 48 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Univision
Owner Entravision Communications
(Entravision Holdings, LLC)
First air date October 12, 1992
Call letters' meaning K (Que) NueVO
(Spanish for "how new")
Sister station(s) KCWT-CD, KFRQ, KFXV-LD, KXFX-CD, KKPS, KNVO-FM, KTFV-CD, KVLY, XHRIO-TDT
Former callsigns KNVO (1989–1991)
KMZS (1991–1992)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
48 (UHF, 1992–2009)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 285.6 metres (937 feet)
Facility ID 69692
Transmitter coordinates 26°5′18.9″N 98°3′45″W / 26.088583°N 98.06250°W / 26.088583; -98.06250 (KNVO)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.knvotv48.com

KNVO, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 49), is a Univision-affiliated television station located in McAllen, Texas. Owned by Entravision Communications (minority owned by Univision's parent, Univision Communications)., the station is operated as part of a quadropoly with Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliates KFXV-LD and KXFX-CD, The CW Plus affiliate KCWT-CD and UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD; Entravision also operates Mexican MundoMax affiliate XHRIO-TDT.

The five stations share studio facilities located in Entravision Building, located at North Jackson Road, in McAllen;[1] KNVO maintains transmitter facilities located on Farm to Market Road 493, near Donna.

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted an original construction permit on October 9, 1983, to build a television station licensed in McAllen.[2] Originally, the station was approved for 4071 kW to broadcast on UHF channel 48,[3] but was later changed to 3162 kW on April 16, 1992.[4][5] The station made its debut on October 12, 1992.[6] During station's first years on the air, KNVO quickly becomes the highest-rated station in the market.[7]

In 1996, LS Broadcasting, LTD., Mundo Vision Broadcasting Company and Larry Safir (the owners of the station) station sold the licensee of KNVO to Entravision Communications for $24,8 million.[7][8][9] Sale was completed on January 24, 1997.[9]

In October 11, 2001, the Federal Communications Commission granted a permit to construct the station's digital facilities (requested in 1999).[10] The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2006, and was granted a license on June 26, 2007.[11]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[12]
48.1 1080i 16:9 KNVO-DT Main KNVO programming / Univision
48.2 480i 4:3 KNVO-2 Simulcast of KTFV-CD / UniMás
48.3 KNVO-3 LATV
48.4 KNVO-4 Simulcast of KCWT-CD / The CW Plus

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNVO shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009,[13] 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 49.[14] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 48.

News operation

The station's former news logo.

KNVO presently broadcasts 7 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 1 hour on weekdays, and 1 hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

The newscast debuted in 1999.[6]

In September 2010, KNVO started broadcasting Local News in High Definition.[15]

As of 2012, KNVO was the second highest-rated newscast in the market, behind ABC affiliate KRGV-TV.[16]

In early December 2015, Entravision cancelled the morning newscasts in all of its stations in the United States (included local program Alegre Despertar).[17]

References

  1. ↑ All Stations - Entravision Communications
  2. ↑ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
  6. 1 2 KNVO 20th Anniversary - Youtube
  7. 1 2 Larry Safir - Texas Association of Broadcasters
  8. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable, August 12, 1996 (page 54)
  9. 1 2 "Public Notice Comment". Federal Communications Commission.
  10. ↑ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  11. ↑ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  12. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KNVO
  13. ↑ Analog Termination Information Update - Federal Communications Commission
  14. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  15. ↑ Entravision Launching HD News in Texas - TVNewsCheck
  16. ↑ Market Eye: Boomtown on the Border - Broadcasting & Cable
  17. ↑ Entravision cancels morning newscasts nationwide - Media Moves
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