KUVN-DT, channel 23, is the Univision owned and operated station in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. It transmits from Cedar Hill. Programming is also seen on KUVN-CA channel 47, a class A low power station in Fort Worth.
History
Channel 23 had previously been the home of educational television station
KRET-TV in nearby Richardson from 1960-1970. But the station was transitioned to a closed-circuit television system and the broadcast license was returned to the FCC.
The current channel 23 license signed on in September 1986 as KIAB with English speaking religious shows in the morning, Spanish programming from SIN (Spanish International Network, which became Univision the next year) in the afternoon and evening, and shop at home programming on the overnights before Doctor Elizabeth Vaughn sold it to Univision in 1988.
At that point, the station began running Univision programming 24 hours a day, with some local Spanish speaking newscasts as well.
History of KUVN-CA
The station construction permit was originally owned by the
American Christian Television System and was transferred to Bill Trammell in 1990. In 1994 the station license was transferred to Rodriguez-Heftel-Texas and the deal was consummated on the 10th of April, 1995. The license was transferred to KESS-TV License Corporation and that deal was consummated on the 16th of May, 1996. The last transfer to date was (BALTTL-19960510IC) in 1996 and transferred the station to Univision. The station moved from channel 31 to channel 47 in 2001. KUVN-LP became a class A low power TV station and changed its call letters to KUVN-CA on March 1, 2002. KUVN-CA is not a repeater as a class A low power station can not be a mere repeater.
Newscasts
Noticias Univision 23 Cinco en Punto (Mondays to Fridays 5:00 PM–5:30 PM)
Noticias Univision 23 Edicion Nocturna (Mondays to Fridays 10:00 PM–10:30 PM)
Noticias Univision 23 Fin de Semana (Saturdays and Sundays 5:00 PM–5:30 PM & 10:00 PM–10:30 PM)
News Team
Anchors
Ana Maria Vargas
Angel Pedrero
Wendy Cruz
Maria Renee Barillas
Reporters
Virgilio Avila
Volga Santos
Rodolfo Sanchez
Sandra Silvestrucci
Weather
Alejandro Garcia (AMS Seal of Approval)
Norberto Hernandez - Fin de Semana
Sports
Mario Montes
Traffic
Danny Luna
Digital television
Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009; KUVN presented live coverage of Times Square showing the countdown to digital and shut off their analog signal and moved their digital transmission from channel 24 to channel 23 with the
PSIP used to display KUVN-TV's
virtual channel as 23 on digital television receivers. KUVN-CA channel 47 in Fort Worth has applied to broadcast a digital signal with 190 Watts.
External links
Category:Univisión network affiliates
Category:Channel 23 TV stations in the United States
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986
Category:Television stations in Texas
