KXLN-TV

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KXLN-TV

Houston, Texas
Branding	Univision 45
Channels	45 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Univision
Founded	1984
Website	[1]

KXLN-TV, Channel 45, is the Univision-owned and operated station in Houston, Texas, and its surrounding area.

Begun in 1984 by businessmen A.C. Pena and J. Adan Trevino, KXLN was the first Spanish language television station in the Houston area. From the beginning it has been affiliated with the Univision network. In September 1987, the station became full power and expanded its signal to cover a larger area. In 1988, a news department began producing primetime news updates which eventually evolved into full 30-minute newscasts.

In 1993, KXLN was acquired by the Univision Network, and had upgrades and improvements in every department. The year also marked the debut of Houston's first Spanish language morning show, "Houston Ahora" as well as an innovative late evening newscast called "15 Minutos".

As the station has grown in size and renown throughout the area and nationally, its ratings have increased to the point of challenging several of the English language stations in local news during the quarterly ratings periods. A number of reporters and anchors have been able to move on to positions for Noticiero Univision, the network's flagship news program and several network newsmagazines.

In 2001, Telefutura was launched by Univision. The Houston affiliate KFTH-TV, Channel 67, began operating in a local partnership with KXLN. This means that some KXLN produced programs and breaking news events may air on KFTH.

In 2002, Univision, for several million dollars, purchased a six-story building in Houston's Uptown area now serves as facilities for KXLN-TV, sister station KFTH-TV, and several radio stations under the Univision umbrella. They moved into this building in 2006, after spending 22 years at their location along Kirby Drive near the Astrodome.

In 2003, KXLN's then News Director, Deanna Landron, initiated one of the first in the nation Spanish language investigative local news franchises "En Su Defensa" (in your defense) segments that garnered regional acclaim, and "En Su Defensa" month was proclaimed by Mayor Bill White in 2004. Led by Investigative reporter Patricio Espinoza, the segment generated strong community following and historic ratings along with several awards. In 2004 and 2005 the investigative reports earned, for the first time, KXLN several Emmyawards and nominations.

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Broadcast Television in the Houston market (Nielsen DMA #10)

KPRC 2 (NBC) - KUHT 8 (PBS) - KHOU 11 (CBS) - KTRK 13 (ABC) - KETH 14 (TBN) - KTXH 20 (MNTV) - KVQT 21 (Span. Rel.) - KLTJ 22 (DS) - KRIV 26 (Fox) - KCVH 30 (LAT TV) - KVIT 34 (Almavision) - KHCW 39 (The CW) - KHLM 43 (Multimedios) - KXLN 45 (UNI) - KTMD 47 (TEL) - KPXB 49 / KBPX 33 (ION) - KNWS 51 (Ind) - KTBU 55 (A1) - KAZH 57 / KHMV 28 / KVVV 53 (AZA) - KZJL 61 (Ind) - KFTH 67 (TFU)
Defunct television stations KVVV 16 (Ind)

Univision Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KUWF-LP 14 (Wichita Falls) - KUPB 18 (Midland) - KUNU-LP 21 (Victoria) - KUVN 23 (Garland / Dallas / Fort Worth) - KINT 26 (El Paso) - KLDO 27 (Laredo) - KORO 28 (Corpus Christi) - KEUS-LP 31 (San Angelo) - KEYU 31 / KEAT-LP 22 (Borger / Amarillo) - KWEX 41 (San Antonio) - KXLN 45 (Rosenberg / Houston) - KNVO 48 (McAllen) - KBZO-LP 51 (Lubbock) - KAKW 62 / 31 (Killeen / Austin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas

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: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbols: NYSE: UVN | Website: www.univision.net/corp/intro.jsp

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