KUKC-LD

KUKC-LD
Kansas City, Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas
United States
City Kansas City, Missouri
Branding Univision Kansas City
Univision 48
Channels Digital: 20 (UHF)
Virtual: 20 (PSIP)
Affiliations
Owner Media Vista Group, LLC
(Media Vista Kansas City, LLC)
First air date 1989 (1989)
Call letters' meaning K
Univision
Kansas
City
Former callsigns
  • K29CF (1989–1997)
  • K48FS (1997–2005)
  • KUKC-LP (2005–2013)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 29 (UHF, 1989–1996)
  • Digital:
  • 48 (PSIP, until 2018)
Former affiliations ValueVision / ShopNBC (1991–2005)
Transmitter power 12.7 kW
Height 258 m (846 ft)
Class LD
Facility ID 53843
Transmitter coordinates 39°4′24″N 94°29′6″W / 39.07333°N 94.48500°W / 39.07333; -94.48500
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.univisionkansascity.com

KUKC-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, United States and also serving Kansas City, Kansas. Owned by Media Vista Group, LLC, KUKC-LD maintains office and master control facilities located on West 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri's Westside South section, and its transmitter is located near 27th Street in Kansas City, Missouri's Western Blue Township section. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 26 and AT&T U-verse channel 48.

KUKC has the distinction of being the only standalone Spanish-language television station in the Kansas City market (KSMO-TV (channel 62) carried MundoMax on its second digital subchannel before that network's shutdown in late November 2016), and is the only Univision network affiliate in the state of Missouri.

History

ValueVision station ID for KUKC's predecessor, K29CF.
Logo introduced on the station's former website.

The station first signed on the air in 1989 as K29CF; it originally operated as an affiliate of the home shopping network ValueVision. To allow full-power outlet KCWB (channel 29, now KCWE) to sign on the air, the station relocated to UHF channel 48 in 1996, and changed its callsign to K48FS. It remained a ValueVision affiliate, however it also carried children's programming during the afternoon hours (such as The Flintstones and Mighty Max).

Station identification card in Equity era; all Equity Univision stations featured the same layout for their on-air IDs.

In 2004, the station was purchased by Equity Media Holdings. Shortly after it was finalized, in January 2005, the station became the market's Univision affiliate; reflecting this, its callsign was changed to KUKC-LP (for "Univision Kansas City").[1] On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection;[2] it then began to sell off its television station properties. KUKC was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009.[3] The sale closed on August 17, 2009.[4] SP Television reached a deal to sell KUKC to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.[5]

Digital television

Digital channel

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[6]
20.11080i16:9Main KUKC-LD programming / Univision

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
  2. ↑ Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  3. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
  5. ↑ Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013). "Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold". Television Business Report. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KUKC
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