KXLN-DT

KXLN-DT

Greater Houston
City of license	Rosenberg, Texas
Branding	Univision 45
Channels	Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 45 (PSIP)
Subchannels	45.1 Univision HD 45.2 KFTH-DT SD
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Univision Communications, Inc. (KXLN License Partnership, LP)
Founded	1984
First air date	September 18, 1987
Sister station(s)	KFTH-DT, KLAT, KLTN, KOVE-FM, KPTI-FM, KPTY, KRTX
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 45 (UHF, 1987-2009) Digital: 46 (UHF)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	594 m
Facility ID	53847
Transmitter coordinates	29°33′44″N 95°30′35″W
Website	Univision 45

KXLN-DT, channel 45, is a television station in Houston, Texas, and its surrounding area.

History

Founded in 1984 by businessmen A.C. Pena and J. Adan Trevino, KXLN was the first Spanish-language television station in the Houston area. From the beginning, it has been affiliated with the Univision network. In September 1987, the station became full power and expanded its signal to cover a larger area. In 1988, a news department began producing primetime news updates which eventually evolved into full 30-minute newscasts.

In 1993, KXLN was acquired by the Univision network, and had upgrades and improvements in every department. A number of reporters and anchors have been able to move on to positions for Noticiero Univision, the network's news division and several network newsmagazines.

In 2001, Telefutura was launched by Univision. The Houston affiliate KFTH-TV, Channel 67, began operating in a local partnership with KXLN. This means that some KXLN produced programs and breaking news events may air on KFTH.

In 2002, Univision, for several million dollars, purchased a six-story building in Houston's Uptown area now serves as facilities for KXLN-TV, sister station KFTH-TV, and several radio stations under the Univision umbrella. They moved into this building in 2006, after spending 22 years at their location along Kirby Drive near the Astrodome.

Digital television

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
45.1	Main KXLN programming
45.2	SD simulcast of KFTH

News operation

In 1993, KXLN debuted Houston's first Spanish-language morning show, Houston Ahora as well as an innovative late evening newscast called 15 Minutos. As the station has grown in size and renown throughout the area and nationally, its ratings have increased to the point of challenging several of the English-language stations in local news during the quarterly ratings periods.

In 2003, KXLN's then News Director, Deanna Landron, initiated one of the first in the nation Spanish language investigative local news franchises "En Su Defensa" ("In Your Defense") segments that garnered regional acclaim, and "En Su Defensa" month was proclaimed by Houston mayor Bill White in 2004. Led by Investigative reporter Patricio Espinoza, the segment generated strong community following and historic ratings along with several awards. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 the investigative reports earned, for the first time, KXLN several Emmy awards and nominations.

KXLN began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition on July 22, 2010. Two other Univision-owned stations, KMEX-DT in Los Angeles and WXTV-DT in New York City began broadcasting their local newscasts in high definition approximately a month before, featuring a brand new graphics package.

On April 4, 2011, Primera Edicion and Vive La Mañana on Telefutura affiliate and sister station KFTH-DT. Like the newscasts on KXLN-DT, it is broadcast in high definition, within their current studio set. Sister station KUVN in Dallas-Fort Worth uses the same titles for their newscasts on sister station KSTR-DT (channel 49); Vive La Mañana features a different graphics and music package that is shared by both stations.

Newscasts

Weekdays

• Noticias 45 Univision A las Cinco - 5–5:30 p.m.
• Noticias 45 Univision Solo a las Diez - 10–10:30 p.m.

Weekends

• Noticias 45 Univision A las Cinco - 5–5:30 p.m.
• Noticias 45 Univision Solo a las Diez - 10–10:30 p.m.

News team

Anchors

• Osvaldo Corral - weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
• Andrea Gomez - weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
• Arnaldo Rojas - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.
• Pedro Rojas - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.

Weather

• Carlos Alejandro Robles - lead meteorologist; nightly at 5 and 10 p.m.

Sports

• Felipe Valenzuela - lead sports anchor; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
• Enrique Gonzalez - sports anchor; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.

Reporters

• Maria Corrales - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Mariana Pineda - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Fernando Pizarro - Washington, D.C. correspondent

External links

• http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9655&schid=9656&secid=0
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KXLN
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KXLN-TV