KUOK

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KUOK
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Univisión Oklahoma
Univisión 36
analog = 35 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs = KCHM-LP 36 Oklahoma City
KWDW-LP 48 Oklahoma City
KOKT-LP 20 Sulphur
affiliations = Univision
network =
founded =
airdate = 2005
location = Woodward, Oklahoma
callsign_meaning = Univision OKlahoma
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Equity Media Holdings Corporation
"(sale to Luken Communications pending)"
licensee = Woodward Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 320 kW
HAAT = 338.6 m
class =
facility_id = 86532
coordinates = coord|36|16|6|N|99|26|57|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kuok35.com/ www.kuok35.com]

KUOK also known as "Univisión 36" (after the Oklahoma City translator) or "Univisión Oklahoma" is a series of television stations airing programming from Spanish-language television network Univisión based in Oklahoma City. All of Univisión Oklahoma's stations are owned by Equity Broadcasting Corporation, and is programmed via satellite from Equity's home office in Little Rock, Arkansas.

KUOK (channel 35), covering the city of Woodward and northwest and central Oklahoma, is the flagship of the Univisión Oklahoma stations.

*KCHM-LP 36 and KWDW-LP 48, cover the city of Oklahoma City.
*KOKT-LP 20, covers the city of Sulphur and nearby Ardmore.

History of Univisión Oklahoma

Univisión Oklahoma launched on May 8, 2004 as a six station statewide network of channels relaying Univisión programming across Oklahoma via a simulcast from KLRA-LP 58, the Univisión affiliate out of Little Rock, Arkansas, also owned by Equity, and became Univisión Arkansas-Oklahoma. In the first months of operation, Univisión Oklahoma's stations featured a complete and direct simulcast from KLRA including the broadcast of commercials of Little Rock area businesses and station IDs with the only reference to being an Oklahoma City station was a fine print-style ID at the bottom of the screen during the top and bottom of each hour.

In March 2005, Univisión Oklahoma separated from Univisión Arkansas. Originally in these areas, Univisión would only be received via cable television. Cable systems which carried the national feed of Univisión now carry the local affiliates on a much clearer signal that of what would be seen over-the-air in most areas.

On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling Univisión Oklahoma to Luken Communications, LLC.cite news |first=Robert |last=Marich |title=Equity Media Sells RTN to Ease Crunch |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6573488.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2008-06-26 |accessdate=2008-06-28 ]

The following are histories of each Univisión Oklahoma station:

KUOK 35

KUOK 35 is the only full-power station in the network. The station originally started in 1998 as an affiliate of ION Television (then known as PAX) before switching affiliations.

KCHM-LP 36

KCHM-LP signed on as part of Univisión Oklahoma on May 8, 2004. In January 2007, in order to make up for the loss of KUOK-CA and K69EK, KCHM-LP boosted its transmitter signal slightly resulting in fair reception to areas of northern Oklahoma City that could barely receive or not receive at all KCHM-LP. This was somewhat of a measure to better compete with Telemundo affiliate KTUZ-TV.

KOKT-LP 20

KOKT-LP signed on in 1994 as an independent station. It is the only Univisión Oklahoma station to retain its call letters despite the affiliation switch. Soon after in 1995, KOKT affiliated with the United Paramount Network (UPN) and served as southern Oklahoma's affiliate of the network, although many TV Guides from 1995 to 2002 state that some UPN programming also aired on NBC affiliate KTEN.

KWDW-LP 48

KWDW-LP, which covered the city of Oklahoma City and central Oklahoma signed on in 1989 as K69EK. The station had been affiliate of LeSea-owned World Harvest Television for much of KWDW's existence. In 2000, K69EK signed off the air briefly while it switch its affiliation to The Shepherd's Chapel, a 24-hour religious network spawned from the weekdaily religious show of the same name. In 2002, K69EK became the Oklahoma City affiliate of MTV2. In 2004, K69EK affiliated with Univisión as a semi-satellite of KCHM-LP and translator of KUOK. In the summer of 2004, the station requested to the FCC to have its call letters changed from K69EK to KCHM-LP officially changing the calls to KWDW-LP that fall. It abruptly signed off the air on January 28, 2006. It signed back on the air on channel 48 in March 2007.

News

Until May 2008, Univisión Oklahoma aired a daily half-hour newscast "Noticias Univisión Oklahoma", Monday through Fridays at 5:00pm and 10:00pm. Previously, Univisión Oklahoma aired newscasts of "Noticias Univisión Arkansas" later "Noticias Univisión Arkansas-Oklahoma" before Univisión Oklahoma and Univisión Arkansas separated. Noticias Univisión Oklahoma was produced and broadcast out of Equity Broadcasting's headquarters in Little Rock.

On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including KUOK. [ [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/06/10/daily.1/ TV Newsday, 6/10/2008] ]

Newscasts

Weeknights

*"Noticias Univisión Oklahoma A Las 5PM": 5:00 - 5:30PM
*"Noticias Univisión Oklahoma A Las 10PM": 10:00 - 10:30PM

Personalities

UNIVISION OKLAHOMA ANCHORS

*Irene Caso
*Carlos Raúl Paredes

UNIVISION OKLAHOMA REPORTERS
*Oscar Ruiz, General Assignment Reporter

UNIVISION OKLAHOMA SPORTS
*Juan Carlos Hómez, Sports Anchor

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Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KUOK will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

ee also

* KUOK-CA (LAT TV affiliate and former KUOK satellite)
* WJMF-LP (Univisión Oklahoma station in Jackson, Mississippi)

References

External links

*TVQ|KUOK
*TVQ|KOKT-LP
*TVQ|KUTU-LP
*TVQ|KCHM-LP
*BIA|KUOK|TV|TV