KUKC-LD

Last updated
KUKC-LD
KUKC-LD (Univision Kansas City) Logo.jpg
Channels
BrandingUnivision Kansas City
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • (Media Vista Kansas City, LLC)
History
First air date
August 28, 1989;34 years ago (1989-08-28)
Former call signs
  • K29CF (1989–1997)
  • K48FS (1997–2005)
  • KUKC-LP (2005–2013)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 29 (UHF, 1989–1996)
  • Digital: 20 (UHF, until 2020)
  • Virtual: 48 (until 2018)
ValueVision / ShopNBC (1991–2005)
Call sign meaning
Univision Kansas City
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53843
Class LD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 259.8 m (852 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°4′24″N94°29′7″W / 39.07333°N 94.48528°W / 39.07333; -94.48528
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website www.univisionkansascity.com

KUKC-LD (channel 20) is a low-power television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. The station is owned by Media Vista Group, LLC. KUKC-LD's offices and master control facilities are located on West 31st Street in the Westside South section of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located near 27th Street in the city's Western Blue Township section.

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Until 2018 when KGKC-LD started carrying Telemundo, KUKC had the distinction of being the only standalone Spanish-language television station in the Kansas City market (KSMO-TV (channel 62) carried MundoMax on its second digital subchannel before that network's shutdown in late November 2016), but remains the only Univision network affiliate in the state of Missouri.

History

ValueVision station ID for KUKC's predecessor, K29CF. K29cf.jpg
ValueVision station ID for KUKC's predecessor, K29CF.
Logo introduced on the station's former website. KUKC.png
Logo introduced on the station's former website.

The station first signed on the air in 1989 as K29CF; it originally operated as an affiliate of the home shopping network ValueVision. To allow full-power outlet KCWB (channel 29, now KCWE) to sign on the air, the station relocated to UHF channel 48 in 1996, and changed its callsign to K48FS. It remained a ValueVision affiliate, however it also carried children's programming during the afternoon hours (such as The Flintstones and Mighty Max ).

Station identification card in Equity era; all Equity Univision stations featured the same layout for their on-air IDs. KUKC.jpg
Station identification card in Equity era; all Equity Univision stations featured the same layout for their on-air IDs.

In 2004, the station was purchased by Equity Media Holdings. Shortly after it was finalized, in January 2005, the station became the market's Univision affiliate; reflecting this, its callsign was changed to KUKC-LP (for "Univision Kansas City"). [3] On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; [4] it then began to sell off its television station properties. KUKC was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009. [5] The sale closed on August 17, 2009. [6] SP Television reached a deal to sell KUKC to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012. [7]

On September 18, 2023, it was announced that KUKC-LD and sister station WUMN-LD in Minneapolis would be sold to Bridge News LLC, led by investor Manoj Bhargava, for $2.25 million; the sale does not include the stations' Univision affiliations. [1]

Subchannel

Subchannel of KUKC-LD [8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
20.1 1080i 16:9 KUKCMain KUKC-LD programming / Univision

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References

  1. 1 2 "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KUKC-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Security Violation Logged". Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
  4. ↑ Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News . Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  5. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
  7. ↑ Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013). "Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold". Television Business Report. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KUKC
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