KPMR
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| Santa Barbara, California | |
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| Branding | Univision 38 |
| Channels | Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 38 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 38.1 Univisión 38.2 KTSB/TeleFutura |
| Translators | Analog 10 (LPTV) |
| Owner | Entravision Communications Corporation (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
| First air date | April 1, 2001 |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 38 (UHF, 1997-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1 megawatt |
| Height | 923.1 m |
| Facility ID | 12144 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°31′28.3″N 119°57′38.3″W / 34.524528°N 119.960639°W |
| Website | www.kpmr.entravision.com |
KPMR is a full-service Spanish-language television station in Santa Barbara, California. Owned by Entravision Communications, it broadcasts locally on digital UHF channel 21 as an affiliate of Univisión. The station, founded on February 27, 1998, bills itself as the television station most watched by the Hispanic community on the Central Coast of California.
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[edit] History
On May 23, 1997, the FCC granted a construction permit to Coast TV to build a full-service television station on channel 38 to serve Santa Barbara and California's Central Coast. Originally identified by the its application identification, 840720KG, the station took call letters KPMR in February 1998. Entravision Communications acquired the station from Coast TV in a deal finalized in January 2001, and applied for a license for the station a month later, bringing the station on the air under Program Test Authority as a Univision affiliate. The FCC granted the license on April 12, 2002.
[edit] Programming
KPMR airs Spanish-language programming such as movies, comedies and news, as well as Univision network programming. Local programming includes a newscast called Noticias Costa Central, aired nightly at 6pm and 11pm [1], and a program called Mejora tu Vida, which also airs on sister station KTSB-CA, the co-owned local TeleFutura affiliate.
However, the station announced that local newscasts will be shut down on December 30, 2011, as last minute proposals were denied by Entravision Communications.[1] The station will continue to operate as a Univision affiliate.[2]
[edit] Digital television
The FCC granted KPMR a construction permit in March 2001 to build companion digital facilities to broadcast on channel 21 with 1000 kW ERP. After two extensions of the construction permit, the station applied for and was granted Special Temporary Authority (STA) to build reduced-power facilities in October 2003. After several extensions of the STA, KPMR-DT applied for a license for its full-power digital facilities in July 2006. As of November 2006, the FCC has not yet granted the license. The station has elected to remain on channel 21 after the end of the DTV transition.
On February 17, 2009, KPMR turned off its analog signal on UHF channel 38, broadcasting as a digital only station on UHF channel 21.
KPMR also broadcasts sister station KTSB-CA as a digital subchannel.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KPMR official webpage
- Entravision official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KPMR
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPMR-TV
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