KLDO-TV

{{Short description|Television station in Laredo, Texas}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KLDO-TV | city = Laredo, Texas | logo = KLDO27.png | branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|Univision Laredo}} | analog = | digital = 19 ([[UHF]]) | virtual = 27 | translators = | affiliations = {{ubl|'''27.1:''' [[Univision]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | subchannels = | network = | airdate = {{start date|1984|12|17}} | location = [[Laredo, Texas]] | country = United States | callsign_meaning = "Laredo" | former_callsigns = KJTB (1984, [[construction permit|CP]]) | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 27 (UHF, 1984–2009) | owner = [[Entravision Communications]] | licensee = Entravision Holdings, [[LLC]] | sister_stations = {{hlist|[[KXOF-CD]]|[[KETF-CD]]}} | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1984–1988, per program 1988–1993)|[[Telemundo]] (1988–1996)}} | erp = 150 [[kW]] | haat = {{convert|135|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | class = | facility_id = 51479 | coordinates = {{coord|27|39|54.9|N|99|36|31.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = [[FCC]] | website = {{URL|https://noticiaslaredo.com/}} }} '''KLDO-TV''' (channel 27) is a [[television station]] in [[Laredo, Texas]], United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network [[Univision]]. It is owned by [[Entravision Communications]] alongside two [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television service|Class A]] stations: [[UniMás]] affiliate [[KETF-CD]] (channel 39) and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KXOF-CD]] (channel 31). The three stations share studios on Monarch Drive in Laredo; KLDO-TV's transmitter is located in [[Ranchos Penitas West, Texas]].

==History== ===ABC affiliate=== In the early 1980s, five applications were received to start a new TV station for Laredo, the city's third, on UHF channel 27. In December 1982, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] designated four of them for hearing, from K-RIO Broadcasting Company; Carlos Ortiz; Tierra del Sol Broadcasting Company, owner of [[KVEO-TV]] in [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]; and Panorama Broadcasting Company.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings//vhgrohpospbcaspxgjfeepgqxppwnyap_wma-gateway001_1663192284326|title=Public Notice|page=13|date=December 28, 1982|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> Ortiz, a pastor proposing to operate channel 27 as a Christian station, later dropped his proposal because of the multiple competing applications from secular groups; Oro Broadcasting Company was disqualified because its principal owner was not a United States citizen.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Bill|last=Bouldin|title=Who gets Channel 27?|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-173CB87C50A32425%402445351-173CB2BD79F2E945%400?clipid=bbunvwsszpckcfelvnmmwminmxundixv_wma-gateway013_1663180474020|pages=1A, [https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-173CB87C50A32425%402445351-1739C0CAE6889587%4013?clipid=sanbaxbblcnomwnowquulqhzcfzyvkth_wma-gateway014_1663354558085 14A]|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref>

As a result of a downturn in the regional economy, Tierra del Sol withdrew; Panorama then reimbursed K-RIO for its expenses in a settlement that paved the way for it to be granted the permit in April 1983.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-1751273803B53893%402445450-1739C0F0E1EE10ED%400-1739C0F0E1EE10ED?clipid=xubdiyvplavqnckscbzjdzcofhyuitkr_wma-gateway011_1663180290824|title=Channel 27: Laredoans get Ok for third station|first=Bill|last=Bouldin|pages=1A, [https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-1751273803B53893%402445450-1739C0F0E57D2F67%407?clipid=kdkboiqbbqbpwbfztutdttxsbozokumh_wma-gateway004_1663180525819 8A]|date=April 25, 1983|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> A tower was erected in the parking lot of Laredo's Riverdrive Mall, where studios were set up.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-173DB7EB065430FE%402445977-173DB078D060D2D4%400-173DB078D060D2D4?clipid=owjbgaeovqehbevapcidhqqhtsndnnos_wma-gateway005_1663180642121|title=Tower Ok'd: New TV station to lease mall parking area|first=Bill|last=Bouldin|page=1A|date=October 3, 1984|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> Having been known as KJTB during construction, KLDO-TV signed on December 17, 1984, as an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate; the affiliation had belonged to [[KGNS-TV]]. Laredo thus became among the last markets with three-network service. In addition to ABC programming, KLDO-TV produced local news under the title ''Laredo Eyewitness News''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Turn-On Is Tomorrow (ad)|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-173DF284C6D94756%402446051-173BBF189ECED55E%407-173BBF189ECED55E?clipid=mmcvakbxlziujioxsuivqikmnerwhidf_wma-gateway016_1663180710273|pages=8A–9A|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank|date=December 16, 1984}}</ref> In January 1987, KLDO became a secondary affiliate of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref>{{Cite news|page=4E|work=[[Laredo Morning Times]]|via=GenealogyBank|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/kldo-features-joan-rivers-show/foqzckmdmmudlttiyojkaqkorijexiyp_wma-gateway003_1691786720353|title=KLDO features Joan Rivers show|date=January 11, 1987}}</ref>

===Spanish-language programming=== [[File:KLDO-TV Logo.PNG|thumb|KLDO's logo prior to January 1, 2013]] The station switched to [[Telemundo]] in October 1988, retaining select ABC programs including sports, ''[[Good Morning America]]'',<ref name="LMT890331">{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Sanchez|title=Surprise showing: KLDO zooms into first place in prime time TV ratings|pages=1A, 12A|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-174686D276C54078%402447617-17468691540727C1%400-17468691540727C1?clipid=kxnroabxylnzavvwqepnxfvlluycpxos_wma-gateway002_1663181349719|date=March 31, 1989|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> and ''[[Nightline]]''. The move coincided with Panorama signing a management agreement with [[Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano]], the president of Mexico City-based Grupo Siete, which at the time owned several radio stations in [[Nuevo Laredo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-1745AB5B99ECC670%402447454-17458D7DAAE59FA4%409-17458D7DAAE59FA4?clipid=rdojzinolomaqfmioyteknbqbixxlavh_wma-gateway007_1663181106467|title=KLDO announces switch to Spanish programming|page=10A|first=Jim|last=Parisi|work=Laredo Morning Times|via=GenealogyBank|date=October 19, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A17930305041346E4%40GB3NEWS-1745E04B71E16F85%402447549-1745DC05E41C3C0F%4080-1745DC05E41C3C0F?clipid=mjhduvqgpwpfldwrtoeeggmhjwnwtzul_wma-gateway008_1663181163372|page=33F|title=Horizons brightening for communications|work=Laredo Morning Times|date=January 22, 1989}}</ref> The switch to primarily Spanish-language programming led to an upturn in ratings, moving from dead last to first place in the February 1989 Nielsen survey.{{r|LMT890331}}

In 1996, KLDO changed affiliations from Telemundo to Univision; by this time, in total-day audience ratings, it was the market's number-one station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Robert |title=Local television viewers following national trend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/laredo-morning-times-local-television-vi/197950739/ |access-date=May 20, 2026 |newspaper=Laredo Morning Times |date=June 30, 1999 |location=Laredo, Texas |page=2A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Entravision acquired KLDO-TV in 1997,<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Mark |title=Entravision takes over at KLDO |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/laredo-morning-times-entravision-takes-o/197950879/ |access-date=May 20, 2026 |newspaper=Laredo Morning Times |date=August 21, 1997 |location=Laredo, Texas |page=3A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and the station moved out of the Riverdrive Mall and into a new facility on [[Loop 20]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Robert |title=KLDO parent company in major expansion purchase |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/laredo-morning-times-kldo-parent-company/197950995/ |access-date=May 20, 2026 |newspaper=Laredo Morning Times |date=December 24, 1999 |location=Laredo, Texas |page=3A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> KLDO-TV continued to be the most-watched station in the market, but KGNS-TV brought in twice as much revenue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-2002/BC-2002-08-12.pdf|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=August 12, 2002|page=29|title=Focus Laredo|first=Dan|last=Trigoboff}}</ref>

Until February 28, 2018, the station produced Spanish-language newscasts, branded as {{lang|es|Noticias Univision 27}}; the KLDO news operation was discontinued in favor of a regional newscast produced out of [[McAllen]] sister station [[KNVO (TV)|KNVO]].<ref name="mm-kldonewsend">{{cite news|last1=Villafañe|first1=Veronica|title=Entravision shuts down Univision Laredo newscast, lays off staff|url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2018/03/entravision-shuts-univision-laredo-newscast-lays-off-staff.html|accessdate=March 12, 2018|work=Media Moves|date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: {| class="wikitable" |+ Subchannels of KLDO-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KLDO#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KLDO|website=RabbitEars.info|accessdate=December 14, 2024}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]] ! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]] ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 27.1 | [[1080i]] || Univisn || [[Univision]] |- ! scope = "row" | 27.2 | rowspan="3" |[[480i]] || LATV || [[LATV]] |- ! scope = "row" | 27.5 | CourtTV || [[Court TV]] |- ! scope = "row" | 27.6 | Majstad || Majestad TV |- ! scope = "row" | 27.88 | 720p || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|AltaVsn || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|AltaVision [[File:4 rounded rect pink.svg|14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2]] |} {{legend|#f2d1de|Subchannel broadcast with [[MPEG-4 Part 2|MPEG-4 video]]}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official|https://noticiaslaredo.com/}}

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