KUTU-CD

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KUTU-CD
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Branding Univisión 25
Univisión Tulsa (alternate)
Channels Digital: 25 (UHF)
Affiliations Univision
Owner Tyler Media Group
(Oklahoma Land Company, LLC)
Founded December 30, 1994
First air date 1996[when?]
Call letters' meaning Univision TUlsa
Sister station(s) KTUZ-TV, KUOK
Former callsigns K25FF (1994-1996)
KLOT-LP (1996-2005)
KUTU-CA (2005-2011)
Former affiliations (Possibly) Independent
Transmitter power 5.06 kW (digital)
25 kW (digital CP)
Height 149 m
Class Class A
Facility ID 31369
Transmitter coordinates 36°16′6″N 99°26′56″W / 36.26833°N 99.44889°W / 36.26833; -99.44889
Website http://www.univisionok.com

KUTU-CD, channel 25, is the Univision-affiliated television station for the Tulsa, Oklahoma television market. Licensed as a Class A low-power broadcast television station, the station is owned by Tyler Media Group of Oklahoma City, and is programmed from studios located on Shields Blvd. in south Oklahoma City.

On cable, it is carried locally on Cox Communications channel 14; at the current time, it is not currently available on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.

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[edit] Digital programming

KUTU-CD broadcasts on digital channel 25.

Digital channels

Channel Video Format Name Programming
25.1 1080i 16:9 KUTU main KUTU-CD programming / Univision

[edit] History

KUTU was founded on December 30, 1994 as very low-power K25FF. However the call letters were never used on-air. The station was finally granted a license sometime in 1996 under the call letters KLOT-LP. Then finally, the station was sold to Equity Broadcasting of Little Rock, Arkansas (under the licensee "Woodward Broadcasting, Inc."), and was handed the Univision affiliation on March 1, 2005. Upon such changes, the station was given the call letters KUTU-CA.

On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling KUTU to Luken Communications, LLC.[1] The sale came about as Equity Media Holdings had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2008,[2] offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets were later withdrawn.[3] KUTU was sold at auction to Tyler Media Group on April 16, 2009.[4] The following year, the station filed a construction permit to move to channel 45 and at the same time, upgrade its transmitter's effective radiated power from 5.06 kilowatts to about 25 kilowatts. In December 2011, KUTU ended analog operations and flash-cut its signal to digital, and given its current call letters KUTU-CD.

[edit] Newscasts

In August 2011, the station began simulcasting the 5 and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts from its Oklahoma City sister station, Telemundo affiliate KTUZ-TV, upon the rebranding of its newscasts as Accion Oklahoma (a variant of the Action News branding). Weather forecast segments during the newscasts include current conditions and seven-day forecasts for the Tulsa area, in addition to the Oklahoma City area. Due to Univision carrying its national evening newscast Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna at 10:30 p.m., KUTU signs off from the 10 p.m. edition of Accion Oklahoma five minutes early (Oklahoma City viewers on KTUZ continue to see a final segment until 10:35 p.m.).

[edit] News team

[edit] Current on-air staff (as of November 2011)

Anchors

  • Carlos Toledo - news anchor; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m., also KTUZ-TV news director
  • Shirley Rivera - meteorologist; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m., also entertainment reporter
  • Ubaldo Martinez - sports director; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
  • Armando Rubio - Nuestra Oklahoma host; also station general manager

Reporters

  • Michael Brooks-Jimenez - legal consultant
  • Luis Estrada - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
  • Jessica Perez - health reporter
  • Franco Sui Yuan - general assignment reporter; also news producer
  • Marco Antonio Zavala - general assignment reporter

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts, Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009
  4. ^ "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14101.html. Retrieved April 20, 2009. 

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Television stations in East-Central Oklahoma, including Tulsa
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Local stations
English
KJRH (2.1 NBC, 2.2 LWN)
KOTV (6.1 CBS, 6.2 CW, 6.3 News on 6 Now)
KTUL (8.1 ABC, 8.2 weather, 8.3 RTV)
KOED 11 / KOET 3 (PBS / OETA, 11.2 / 3.2 OKLA)
K13XU / K15DA / K14LD (Ind.)
KQCW (19.1 CW, 19.2 This TV)
KOKI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 TheCoolTV)
KMYT (41.1 MNTV, 41.2 Country)
KTPX (44.1 ION, 44.2 qubo, 44.3 ION Life)
Spanish
KUTU-CD (25.1 UNI)
KXAP-LD (51.1 Ind./Spanish)
Religious
KDOR (17.1 TBN, 14.2 Church, 14.3 JCTV, 14.4 Enlace, 14.5 Smile)
KWHB 47 (LeSEA)
KGEB 53 (GEB)
Outlying areas
Adjacent locals
Fort Smith
KFSM (5.1 CBS)
KAFT (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Create / PBS Kids Sprout, 13.3 AETN Scholar)
KFTA (24.1 Fox, 24.2 NBC)
KHBS 40.1 / KHOG 29.1 (ABC, 40.2 / 29.2 CW)
KNWA-TV (51.1 NBC, 51.2 Fox)
Joplin
KOAM (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox)
KODE (12.1 ABC, 12.2 NBC)
KFJX (14.1 Fox)
KSNF (16.1 NBC)
Oklahoma City
KFOR (4.1 NBC, 4.2 NBC Plus, 4.3 Antenna TV)
KOCO (5.1 ABC, 5.2 This TV)
KWTV (9.1 CBS, 9.2 News 9 Now)
KETA (13.1 PBS, 13.2 OKLA)
KOKH (25.1 Fox, 25.2 Country)
Springfield
KYTV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 NBC Plus)
KOLR (10.1 CBS)
KOZK (21.1 PBS)
KOZL-TV (27.1 Ind.)
KSPR (33.1 ABC, 33.2 CW)
Wichita
KSNW (3.1 NBC)
KPTS (8.1 PBS)
KAKE (10.1 ABC)
KWCH (12.1 CBS, 12.2 Weather)
KSAS (24.1 Fox)
Cable channels
Defunct

^1 This channel currently exists as News on 6 Now, available on KOTV-DT 6.3 and on area cable systems. Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city: Ada/Sherman, TX  • Amarillo, TX  • Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK)  • Joplin, MO (Northeast OK)  • Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX  • Oklahoma City Metro  • Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA  • Tulsa (East Central OK)

See also
Wichita TV
Topeka TV
Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Oklahoma

Telemundo affiliates: KSWO 7.2 (Lawton) • KTUZ 30 (Shawnee)
Univision affiliates: KUOK 35 (Woodward) • KUOK-CD 36/KUOK-LP 48 (Oklahoma City) • KUTU-CA 25 (Tulsa)
Other: KLHO-LP 17 (ALMA, Oklahoma City; 31.1 TV Alabanza, 31.2 LATV, 31.3 TV Vision El Canal De Los Pastores De Oklahoma 31.4 Off Air) •
KOHC-CD (45.1 AZA, 45.3 Mexicanal, Oklahoma City) • KTBO (14.4 Enlace, Oklahoma City) • KXAP-LD 51 (Estrella, Tulsa)
Broadcast television
Radio stations
KJKE • KKNG • KEBC • KTLR • KTUZ-FM
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