- KUNS-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KUNS-TV
city =Bellevue, Washington
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Univision Seattle
analog = 51 (UHF)
digital = 50 (UHF)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations =Univision
network =
founded =
airdate =August 8 ,1999
location =Seattle, Washington
callsign_meaning = UNivision Seattle
former_callsigns = KBEH (1999-2000)
KWOG (2000-2006)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Fisher Communications, Inc.
licensee = Fisher Broadcasting - Bellevue TV, LLC
sister_stations =KOMO-TV
former_affiliations = ValueVision &ShopNBC
(Ended January 2007)
effective_radiated_power = 3800 kW (analog)
240 kW (digital)
HAAT = 719 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 4624
coordinates = coord|47|30|16.7|N|121|58|8.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kunstv.com/ www.kunstv.com]KUNS-TV "Univision Seattle" is a full-power commercial television station licensed to
Bellevue, Washington . As an affiliate of theUnivision Spanish-language network, this station serves the entire Seattle-Tacoma, Washington metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated byFisher Communications and is sister station to the area's ABC affiliateKOMO-TV 4. Fisher also owns ABC affiliateKATU and Univision affiliateKUNP in neighboringPortland, Oregon . KUNS is also one of only three television stations with the Univision network affiliation alongsideWUDT-CA inDetroit, Michigan and network owned and operatedWQHS-TV inCleveland, Ohio in or near Canadian bordering markets.Technical Information
The station's analog broadcasts are on UHF channel 51, with an Effective Radiated Power of 3.8
megawatt s and its digital broadcasts on channel 50, also on the UHF dial operates with an ERP of 240kilowatt s. Its transmitter is situated atop West Tiger Mountain -- which is also known as West Tiger #3 and in turn is located near Interstate 90 and State Route 18 on the outer fringe of the Seattle metropolis. Its transmitter measures about 2,358.92 feet (or 719 m) above the average terrain level, and because of this the station can be received through many areas ofWestern Washington . Previously locally owned and operated and at one point being minority owned, the station was sold to Fisher Communications onSeptember 29 ,2006 . [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61026&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=910653&]History
On
February 10 ,1988 , theFederal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for television station KBEH, however the station never made it to the air, those call letters now belong to a station inLos Angeles . Channel 51 would begin its broadcasting operation onAugust 8 ,1999 -- transmitting programs from theValueVision Network, which later becameShopNBC in 2000 afterNBC (now part ofNBC Universal ) acquired a 37% ownership stake in that network -- in December of that same year, the station would change its call letters to KWOG. OnOctober 31 ,2006 , the station would change its call letters one more time, from KWOG to the current KUNS-TV. OnJanuary 1 ,2007 , it rang in the year by going from broadcasting home retail programs to broadcasting Hispanic programming as aUnivision affiliate almost instantly, providing viewers with programs such as "Sabado Gigante ", "Despierta América " and "El Gordo y La Flaca ", in addition to an assortment of telenovelas, along with many other programs. The station has its own local newscast, "Noticias Noroeste" with Jaime Méndez and Roxy de la Torre. The newscast originates from a separate studio at Fisher Plaza in Seattle.Availability on Cable and Satellite
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Must-carry " regulations imposed by the FCC require mostcable television systems across Western Washington to carry KUNS on their lineups. But even with the station's affiliation with Univision, the station is not available on all cable systems, opting for the network's national feed somewhere on their lineups -- or even no Univision service at all.KUNS is available on satellite television through
DirecTV on channel 45 in Tacoma, and is also available onDish Network channels 51 and 8624 -- the network's national East and West Coast feeds are also still available to satellite customers.Also, neither the station nor the network are available on cable or satellite systems in
Canada . This is because the CRTC has not approved the network or any of its affiliates to be made available for Canadian audiences -- although some of its shows are seen onTelelatino , which is a part Spanish, part Italian cable channel, launched an all-Spanish network onOctober 23 ,2007 , calledtlñ en español with programs from the United States,Mexico ,Spain as well as Central and South American countries.Cable & Satellite Locations
At one point, KUNS had a fourth translator, KWWA-CA channel 49, which served Ellensburg. However, its license was canceled on
June 4 ,2008 .External links
* [http://www.kunstv.com/ KUNS-TV - Univision Seattle, Washington]
*TVQ|KUNS-TV
*TVQ|KUNW-CA
*TVQ|KVVK-CA
*TVQ|KORX-CA
*BIA|KUNS|TV|TV
*http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2001/da012297.txt
*http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2002/da020047.txt
*http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2002/da020048.txt
*http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2001/da012350.txt
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