KTVW-TV

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KTVW-TV

Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	Univision 33
Slogan	Siempre Contigo ("Always With You")
Channels	33 (UHF) analog, 34 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Univision
Founded	September 15, 1977
Former affiliations	Spanish International Network (SIN)
Transmitter Power	2290 kW
Height	510 m
Facility ID	35705

KTVW-TV is a Univision-owned and operated station located in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 33 and in digital on UHF channel 34 from its transmitter atop South Mountain in Phoenix. Its signal is repeated on several low-power translator stations in northern and eastern Arizona and is carried on all Phoenix cable television systems.

1 History
- 1.1 See also
- 1.2 Trivia
2 Programming
3 Translators
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

KTVW-TV was granted an original construction permit on September 15, 1977 and applied for its license on September 4, 1979 after it went on the air as Arizona's first full-time Spanish-language television station. From the day it signed on, KTVW-TV has been owned and operated by the same company: the Spanish International Network (or SIN), which later became Univision. It was the only full-powered Spanish-language station in the Phoenix metropolitan area from sign-on until July 2006, when Telemundo station KTAZ began operations in Phoenix after a license transfer with KDTP. This head start has solidified its dominance in Spanish-language television in Phoenix.

[edit] See also

Telemundo/Daystar license swap

[edit] Trivia

KTVW's call letters once belonged to channel 13 in Tacoma, Washington,^[1] which is now KCPQ, a Fox affiliate owned by Tribune Company.

[edit] Programming

A Univision owned-and-operated station, KTVW broadcasts the entire Univision lineup, including network newscasts. Its 5pm and 10pm local newscasts, "Noticias 33", rank among the top rated in the market, either English or Spanish. The station was the top-ranked in Phoenix among 18-34 and 18-49 demographics in 2004.^[2]

KTVW-TV also operates low-powered KFPH-CA Channel 35, the TeleFutura station in Phoenix, which broadcasts on full-powered KFPH-TV Channel 13 in Flagstaff (also a part of the Phoenix market), giving it "must-carry" status on the DirecTV and Dish Network satellite TV services and their Phoenix local channel packages.

KTVW-TV broadcasts on digital Channel 34 (33.1; with a simulcast of KFPH-CA on 33.2).

[edit] Translators

K33DA Duncan (owned by Southern Greenlee County TV Association)
KTVW-CA 6 Flagstaff
KDOS-LP 50 Globe
KZOL-LP 15 Safford

KUVE-TV 46 Green Valley, Arizona and KUVE-CA 38 Tucson, Arizona are satellite stations of KTVW-TV, rebroadcasting KTVW's entire schedule, with the exception of a 3-hour overnight segment on Monday mornings, in which the Tucson stations broadcast locally-produced programming in accordance with KUVE-CA's Class A license.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Significantly Viewed TV Stations; Federal Communications Commission; November 2, 2005; p. 442; last accessed February 26, 2007
^ Hernandez, R.; Univision's top spot scrutinized by mainstream stations; The Business Journal of Phoenix; August 13, 2004; last accessed February 26, 2007
^ TitanTV Quickguide; ZIP codes 85220 (KTVW-TV/KUVE-TV), 85701 (KUVE-TV/KUVE-CA); Analog Broadcast; last accessed February 26, 2007

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Phoenix / Flagstaff / Kingman market (Nielsen DMA #13)

KTVK 3 (Ind) - KPHO 5 (CBS) - KAET 8 (PBS) - KSAZ 10 (Fox) - KPNX 12 (NBC) - KNXV 15 (ABC) - KPAZ 21 (TBN) - KTVP-LP 22 (Almavision) - K25DM 25 (HSN) - KAZT-CA 27 (Ind) - KCOS-LP 28 (ID) - KTVW 33 (UNI) - KFPH-CA 35 (TFU) - KTAZ 39 (TEL) - KPDF-CA 41 (AZA) - KVPA-LP 42 (LAT) - KEJR-LP 43 (MTV3) - KPHE-LP 44 (Multimedios) - KUTP 45 (MNTV) - KDTP-CA 48 (DS) - KPPX 51 (ION) - K53GF 53 (Ind) - K57HX 57 (HSN) - KDTP-LP 58 (JTV) - KASW 61 (CW)
Outlying stations
KNAZ 2 (NBC) - KMOH 6 (MTV3) - KTVW-CA 6 (UNI) - KAZT 7 (Ind) - KNJO-LP 6 (A1) - KCFG 9 (A1) - KBBA-LP 10 (CAM) - KDTP 11 (DS) - KFPH 13 (TFU) - K18DD 18 (3ABN / ShopNBC) - K19FD 19 (HOPE) - K21GE 21 (3ABN) - K25AL 25 (TBN) - K25HD 25 / K27EC 27 (CTVN) - KCAB-LP 28 (A1) - K36DU 36 (Worship) - KKAX-LP 36 (A1) - KVSW-LP 38 (A1) - KLHU-CA 45 (Ind) - KDFQ 47 (AZA)
Local cable television channels
Arizona NewsChannel
Defunct stations
KTFL 4 (FN)

Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Arizona

Telefutura affiliates: KFTU 3 / 34 (Douglas / Tucson) - KFPH 13 / 35 (Flagstaff / Phoenix) - K21GC 21 (Safford)
Telemundo affiliates: KESE 35 (Yuma) - KTAZ 39 (Phoenix) - KHRR 40 (Tucson)
Univision affiliates: KTVW 33 / 6 (Phoenix / Flagstaff) - KZOL 15 (Safford) - KUVE 46 / 38 (Tucson)
Azteca América affiliates: KUDF 14 (Tucson) - KPDF 41 (Phoenix)
Other stations: KYUM 2 (Yuma, Ind) - KMOH 6 / KEJR-LP 43 (Kingman / Phoenix, MTV3) - KTVP 22 (Phoenix, Almavisión) - KCOS 28 (Phoenix, ID) - KVPA 42 (Phoenix, LAT) - KPHE 44 (Phoenix, Multimedios) - K53GF 53 (Phoenix, Ind)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Other English stations in Arizona

Univision Communications

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Television assets: Galavisión | TeleFutura | Univision

Record labels: Univision Records | Fonovisa | Disa Records

Other Television Stations: KUVI (MyNetworkTV affiliate)

^{1: Managed by Entravision Communications}

Annual Revenue: $2.17 billion USD | Employees: 4,233 (full time) | Stock Symbols: NYSE: UVN | Website: www.univision.net/corp/intro.jsp