KEYU
| Borger/Amarillo, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Univisión Amarillo Univisión 41 |
| Channels | Digital: 31 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 31.1 Univisión 31.2 KAMT/TeleFutura |
| Translators | KEYU-LP 41 Amarillo KEAT-LP 22 Amarillo K59HG Amarillo (silent) |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Drewry Communications Group (Midessa Broadcasting, L.P.) |
| First air date | 2004 |
| Sister station(s) | KAMT-LP, KFDA-TV, KTMO-LP, KZBZ-LP |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 31 (UHF, 2004-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 700 kW |
| Height | 305.5 m |
| Facility ID | 83715 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°20′33.2″N 101°49′21.6″W / 35.342556°N 101.822667°W |
KEYU, known locally as Univisión Amarillo or Univisión 41, is a Spanish-language television station in Borger, Texas, serving the Amarillo market on digital channel 31 as an affiliate of Univision, and on analog low-power station KEYU-LP channel 41. Founded February 6, 1998, the station is owned by Drewry Communications Group along with KFDA-TV, KTMO-LP, KAMT-LP, and KZBZ-LP.
Univisión Amarillo can also be seen in Amarillo, Texas on KEAT-LP channel 22, and locally on Suddenlink Cable channel 2 where actual TV station KACV on channel 3.
At one point, KEYU aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Amarillo. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings, which was suffering from financial problems, instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.[1]
On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling KEYU to Luken Communications, LLC.[2]
According to the Retro Television Network website, KEYU had at one point planned to add an RTN affiliate on DT3 sometime in the future.[3] However, after Equity filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2008[4], Luken began to distance itself from Equity; its offers to acquire KEYU and other Equity stations were eventually withdrawn, and on January 4, 2009, RTN affiliation was removed from all Equity-owned or operated stations as a result of a commercial dispute with Luken.[5]
In 2009, KEYU and three Amarillo LPTV stations were put up for sale for $7.5 million, as part of a sell-off of all of Equity's stations.[6] A buyer was not found until October, when Drewry Communications Group, announced that it would purchase the stations, with a failing station waiver being obtained to allow KEYU to be co-owned with KFDA.[7]
[edit] Gallery
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Old KEYU logo
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Station ID as analog 31
[edit] References
- ^ Manthey, Toby (2008-06-14). "Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/. Retrieved 2008-06-19.[dead link]
- ^ Marich, Robert (2008-06-26). "Equity Media Sells RTN to Ease Crunch". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6573488.html. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ Retro Network Television affiliates
- ^ Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=aDVf83geoJ3c. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts, Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009
- ^ "Equity stations still on the block". Television Business Report. April 20, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "Amarillo acquisition requires waiver". Television Business Report. October 16, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/17834.html. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KEYU
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KEAT-LP
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KEYU-TV
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