KUVM-CA
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| KUVM-CA | |
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| DeWalt / Houston, Texas | |
| Channels | Analog: 34 (UHF) Digital: 40 (UHF) (CP) |
| Affiliations | Azteca America |
| Owner | Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC (Club Communications) |
| Founded | August 6, 1980 |
| Call letters’ meaning | K Una Vez Mas |
| Former callsigns | KVIT-LP (2000-2007) K53CZ (1989-2000) K55CP (1980-1989) |
| Former affiliations | Almavision (to June 2006) Home Shopping Network (6/2006-6/2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 40 kW (analog) to be 4 kW (digital) |
| Class | Class A |
KUVM-CA is a low-power Class A television station in the Houston area, licensed to Dewalt, Texas, and owned and operated by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC. Affiliated with Azteca America, it broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 34 and has a construction permit to build digital facilities on UHF channel 40.
[edit] History
The station began as a construction permit in Victoria, Texas, granted to Community Television of Victoria. Planned as a translator of San Antonio television station KWEX-TV, to broadcast on UHF channel 25,[1] the new station was almost immediately displaced by new full-service station KAVU-TV.[2] It was instead built on UHF channel 55 and was licensed as K55CP on November 30, 1981. Community Television sold the station to Number 1 TV, Inc. on April 13, 1983, but re-acquired the station on September 19, 1985. In December 1981, the station had applied to move to channel 53; the FCC granted the permit on June 30, 1988 and the station was licensed as K53CZ, channel 53, on December 29, 1989.
In 2000, the station adopted the calls KVIT-LP. In the mid-2000s, the station was relocated to DeWalt, a suburb of Houston. The KVIT calls moved with the station, and remained until May 16, 2007, when its calls were changed to KUVM-CA.
KUVM was an Almavision affiliate until June 2006, when the station left the air. The station resumed broadcasting in April 2007, airing a test pattern. On July 1, 2007, KUVM replaced KAZH as the Azteca America affiliate for Houston;[3][4] one week before the switchover, KUVM aired a promo loop, promoting the station as the new home for Azteca America.[5] However, unlike KAZH, whose signal covers almost the entire market, KUVM's signal covers only the immediate city of Houston, from a directional antenna at Missouri City. The station is now carried on Comcast's Houston cable system on digital cable channel 74[6], providing reception outside of the signal footprint.
[edit] References
- ^ K55CP original construction permit details. Federal Communications Commission.. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ KAVU original construction permit summary. Federal Communications Commission.. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "Azteca America finds new Houston home", Houston Business Journal, 2007-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "New Azteca America Affiliated Station in Houston to Air on July 1, 2007", PRNewswire, 2007-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "Houston's Channel 34 preps for Azteca move", Radio-Info, 2007-06-23. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Spanish stations splitting", Houston Chronicle, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
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