KORO
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Corpus Christi, Texas United States | |
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Branding |
Univision 28 (general) Noticias Univision 28 (newscasts) |
Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 28 (PSIP) |
Subchannels |
28.1 Univision 28.2 UniMás 28.3 Laff 28.4 Comet |
Affiliations | Univision (1987–present) |
Owner |
Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
First air date | April 1977[1] |
Call letters' meaning | ORO = Spanish for gold |
Sister station(s) | KCRP-CD |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1977–2009) |
Former affiliations | SIN (1977–1987) |
Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
Height | 287.3 m (943 ft) |
Facility ID | 64877 |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°42′29″N 97°38′0″W / 27.70806°N 97.63333°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website |
www |
KORO, virtual channel 28 (UHF digital channel 27), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is a sister station to low-power, Class A UniMás affiliate KCRP-CD, channel 41 (which KORO simulcasts on its second digital subchannel). The two stations share studios on North Mesquite Street in Downtown Corpus Christi; KORO's transmitter is located between Petronila and Robstown.
History
KORO was founded in 1977 as a locally owned, mostly independent station airing programs of the Spanish International Network, a forerunner of Univision. The original owners included lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.
The nearly 1,000-foot-tall (300 m) tower was shared by KORO and radio station KBCB (now KRYS-FM).
KORO's call letters are pronounced in station IDs as "Kah-ORO".
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
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28.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KORO-DT | Main KORO programming / Univision |
28.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Simulcast of KCRP-CD / UniMás | |
28.3 | Laff | |||
28.4 | Comet |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KORO shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, 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 27.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 28.
Newscasts
- En Punto de las Cinco - Noticias Univision 28 (Mondays thru Fridays 5:00–5:30 p.m.)
- Sólo a las Diez - Noticias Univision 28 (Mondays thru Fridays 10:00–10:30 p.m.)
References
- ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says April 15, while the Television and Cable Factbook says April 13.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KORO
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KORO
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KORO-TV