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)
(to move to 17 (UHF))
Virtual: 48 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Univision
Owner Entravision Communications
(Entravision Holdings, LLC)
First air date October 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)
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
517 kW (CP)
Height 285.6 m (937 ft)
Facility ID 69692
Transmitter coordinates 26°5′19″N 98°3′45″W / 26.08861°N 98.06250°W / 26.08861; -98.06250 (KNVO)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website noticiasya.com/el-valle/

KNVO, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 49), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States and serving the Rio Grande Valley metropolitan area. Owned by Entravision Communications (minority owned by Univision's parent, Univision Communications), it is a sister station to Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliates KFXV-LD and KXFX-CD, The CW Plus affiliate KCWT-CD and UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD; Entravision also operates Mexican station (and also a CW Plus affiliate) XHRIO-TDT. The five stations share studios in the Entravision Building on North Jackson Road in McAllen;[1] KNVO's transmitter is 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]

On 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]
48.11080i16:9KNVO-DTMain KNVO programming / Univision
48.2480i4:3KNVO-2Simulcast of KTFV-CD / UniMás
48.3KNVO-3LATV
48.4KNVO-4Ion Television

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's newscast debuted in 1999.[6] The station presently broadcasts 7 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 1 hour on weekdays, and 1 hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). 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 (channel 5).[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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. 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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