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KUAN-LD

Coordinates:32°41′48.7″N116°56′9.2″W/ 32.696861°N 116.935889°W/32.696861; -116.935889
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KUAN-LD
CityPoway, California
Channels
Branding
  • Telemundo 20(cable channel)
  • Noticiero Telemundo 20
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KNSD
History
First air date
1980(1980)(44 years ago)
Former call signs
  • K48AL (1980–2007)
  • KUAN-LP (2007–2016)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:48 (UHF, 1980–2016)
  • Digital:36 (UHF, 2016–2017), 40 (UHF, 2017–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35609
ERP387kW
HAAT577 m (1,893 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°41′48.7″N116°56′9.2″W/ 32.696861°N 116.935889°W/32.696861; -116.935889
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.telemundo20.com

KUAN-LD(channel 48) is atelevision stationlicensed toPoway, California,United States, serving as theSan Diego-area outlet for the Spanish-language networkTelemundo.It isowned and operatedbyNBCUniversal'sTelemundo Station GroupalongsideNBCstationKNSD(channel 39). The two stations share studios on Granite Ridge Drive in theSerra Mesasection of San Diego. Despite KUAN-LD legally holding alow-powerlicense, it transmits using KNSD's full-power spectrum from anantennasoutheast ofSpring Valley.This ensures complete reception across the San Diegotelevision market.

KUAN is known on-air asTelemundo 20;as with KNSD's main branding, it is derived from its channel 20 cable position onCharter Spectrum,Cox CommunicationsandAT&T U-verse.

History[edit]

The station signed on in 1980 as K48AL, originally operating as atranslatorofLos Angeles–based multiculturalindependentKSCIfor the San Diego market, airing onlow-poweranalogchannel 48. It flash-cut to digital channel 36 on June 20, 2016.[2]

In January 2017, NBC announced that it was hiring people for KNSD with the intention of launching a new Telemundo O&O station in San Diego, replacingTijuana,Mexico-based stationXHAS-TDT(whose affiliation expired at the end of June 2017).[3][4]The new Telemundo affiliate, branded as "Telemundo 20", launched on July 1 on KNSD's digital 39.20 subchannel.[5][6]As withKGTV's formerAzteca Américaaffiliation using their 10.15 subchannel (which XHAS would take over), the unusual numbering was to connect to Telemundo's channel 20 cable position onCox Communicationsand other pay TV providers in the area, which was transferred from XHAS. Additionally, KNSD launchedTeleXitos,a Spanish equivalent toCozi TV,on channel 39.21 the same day.

On September 12, 2017, NBCUniversal acquired KUAN from NRJ TV, LLC, the owner of KSCI, for $650,000;[7]the sale was completed on December 21, 2017.[8]Concurrently, KUAN entered into achannel-sharingagreement with KNSD. This was done with the separate KUAN-LD transmitter ending service, and 39.20 and 39.21 becoming identified with KUAN-LD instead and re-numbered to KUAN's channel 48.[9]

News operation[edit]

KUAN broadcasts 10 hours of locally produced newscasts each week. Newscasts were launched on July 3, 2017. KUAN is one of the 11 Telemundo owned and operated stations that do not produce midday newscasts.

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KUAN-LD on the KNSD multiplex[10]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
48.1 1080i 16:9 KUAN-LD Main KUAN-LD programming /Telemundo
48.2 480i TELX-LD TeleXitos

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KUAN-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^License To Cover for LPTV Station Application
  3. ^Anchor, Telemundo San Diego in San Diego, California - NBCUniversal CareersArchivedJanuary 17, 2017, at theWayback Machine
  4. ^Form 10-K - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  5. ^Telemundo 20 San Diego News Team Announced, Lizzet Lopez and Guadalupe Venegas Named News Anchors - NBC 7 San Diego
  6. ^Telemundo 20 San Diego launches on July 1 on Local Channel 20 - NBC Universal Media Village
  7. ^"Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $660,000".TVNewsCheck.September 26, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 27,2017.
  8. ^Consummation Notice
  9. ^Modification of a Licensed Facility for LPTV Station Application
  10. ^RabbitEars TV Query for KUAN

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