KUVE-DT
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| Green Valley/Tucson, Arizona United States | |
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| City | Green Valley, Arizona |
| Branding |
Univision Arizona UniMás Arizona (DT2) |
| Slogan |
La que nos une (The One That Unites Us) |
| Channels |
Digital: 46 (UHF) (to move to 34 (UHF)) Virtual: 46 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
46.1 Univision 46.2 UniMás 46.3 getTV 46.4 Escape |
| Translators |
KUVE-CD 42 (UHF) Tucson KFTU-DT 3.2 (36.2 UHF) Douglas |
| Affiliations | Univision (O&O) (2003–present) |
| Owner |
Univision Communications (Univision Tucson LLC) |
| First air date | January 5, 2001 |
| Sister station(s) | KFTU-DT |
| Former callsigns | KXGR (2001–2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 46 (UHF, 2001–2008) Digital: 47 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations | Pax TV (2001–2003) |
| Transmitter power |
172 kW 137 kW (CP) |
| Height | 1,113 m (3,652 ft) |
| Facility ID | 63927 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′54″N 110°42′57.9″W / 32.41500°N 110.716083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
(Semi-satellite of KTVW-DT, Phoenix, Arizona) Profile (Semi-satellite of KTVW-DT, Phoenix, Arizona) CDBS |
| Website | UnivisionArizona.com |
KUVE-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 46, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, United States that is licensed to Green Valley. The station is owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Douglas-licensed UniMás owned-and-operated station KFTU-DT (channel 3). The two stations share studios on Forbes Boulevard in Tucson; KUVE's transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow.
KUVE operates a low-power Class A translator station: KUVE-CD (virtual and UHF digital channel 42), licensed to Tucson; this station's transmitter is located atop the Tucson Mountains. KUVE-CD serves the northwest parts of the metropolitan area shielded from the primary station by Mount Lemmon. KUVE-DT is also rebroadcast on the second digital subchannel of KFTU-DT, whose transmitter is located on Juniper Flats Road northwest of Bisbee. Likewise, KFTU is rebroadcast on KUVE's second digital subchannel.
KUVE is a semi-satellite of Phoenix-based KTVW-DT (channel 33). It broadcasts an identical schedule to KTVW, including their newscast, Noticias 33, although the stations maintain separate broadcast facilities. However, a three-hour overnight segment of locally-produced programming is seen on KUVE on Monday mornings, to comply with KUVE-CD's Class A license.[1][2] Master control and most internal operations for KUVE and KFTU are based at KTVW's studios on 30th Street in southern Phoenix.
History
On October 31, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a permit to Sungilt Corporation to construct a full-service television station on UHF channel 46 to serve Green Valley and surrounding area. The station at first was identified by its application ID, 830311KN, and did not receive call letters until nearly two years later, in September 1990, when it took the call letters KXGR. After twelve years, five expired construction permits and two transmitter location changes, the station applied for its license on December 21, 2000 and signed on as a Pax TV affiliate on January 5, 2001, pursuant to Program Test Authority. However, at the completion of the first day of program testing, the station's transmitter failed, and it was unable to return to the airwaves until June 1, and then, only at low power for a minimum of two hours a day. After ten days, the station was again forced to go dark, and after being threatened with license cancellation, KXGR advised the FCC on November 28, 2001 that they had resumed program testing.[3] The station was finally licensed on June 2, 2003.
In January 2002, shortly after resuming program testing, Sungilt agreed to sell the station to Univision, which had been serving Tucson with KUVE-LP, a low-power translator of Phoenix station KTVW-TV. The sale was approved by the FCC in September 2003 and completed in November. The new owners changed the station's call sign to KUVE-TV, to match the low-power station's calls.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[4] |
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| 46.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KUVE-DT | Main KUVE-DT programming / Univision |
| 46.2 | KFTU-HD | Simulcast of KFTU-DT / UniMás | ||
| 46.3 | 480i | 4:3 | getTV | GetTV |
| 46.4 | Escape | Escape | ||
Analog-to-digital conversion
KUVE discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on September 18, 2008, citing a lack of space at its transmitter site to accommodate the analog transmitter, its an issue that cannot be rectified as the transmitter building lies on United States Forest Service land; additionally, winter weather conditions rendered it impossible to perform work after October.[5] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 47 to channel 46.
References
- ↑ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=35156&channel=1019&aid=tvschedule
- ↑ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=53080&channel=1005&aid=tvschedule
- ↑ "KXGR Legal Action Information". FCC CDBS database. 2001-01-12. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KUVE
- ↑ "DTV TRANSITION STATUS REPORT". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-11-02.