KVDA, virtual channel 60, is the Telemundo-affiliated television station in San Antonio, Texas. Owned by NBCUniversal and operated by ZGS Communications, the station operates its digital signal on channel 38. Its studios are located on San Pedro Ave., near the North Shearer Hills neighborhood on the northern side of San Antonio and its transmitter is based near Elmendorf, Texas.
History [edit]
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KVDA signed on September 10, 1989, and has always operated as a Telemundo affiliate.
ZGS Communications took over the operations of KVDA (as well as its Fresno sister station KNSO) on May 1, 2009, though NBCUniversal retains the stations' licenses.[1]
Digital television [edit]
KVDA discontinued its analog signal on June 12, 2009, its digital signal remained on its pre-transition channel 38.[2][3] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display KVDA's virtual channel as 60.
News operation [edit]
Noticiero 60 was the name of KVDA's news operation, which began with the station in 1989. Within one ratings period, the station was challenging KWEX-TV for the position of the top-rated Spanish-language station, which KWEX had held for almost 30 years.
In 2007, budget cuts announced by NBC Universal resulted in the cancellation of Noticiero 60 and its replacement with a regional newscast based out of a new production center at KXTX-TV in Dallas.[citation needed] This move attracted criticism from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, including formal statements against NBC Universal.[4]
On May 21, 2012, KVDA will launch two half-hour evening newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. on weeknights that will be produced at the San Pedro Avenue studios; the locally-produced newscasts will be broadcast in high definition.[5][6]
Newscast titles [edit]
- Noticiero 60 (1988–2007)
- Telenoticias San Antonio (effective May 21, 2012)
Station slogans [edit]
- "Más Cerca de Usted" (2012–present)
News team [edit]
Anchors
- Esmeralda Medellin - anchor; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Lilian Perez - weather anchor; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m., also entertainment reporter
- Jaime Becerril - sports anchor; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
Reporters
- Mayde Gómez - general assignment reporter
- Gerardo Moreno - general assignment reporter
- Geraldine Ortega - general assignment reporter
- Ciro Villarreal - general assignment reporter
Former on-air staff [edit]
References [edit]
External links [edit]
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