# KTVW-DT > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KTVW-DT > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KTVW-DT.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTVW-DT > Source revision: 1352385482 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Television station in Phoenix, Arizona}} {{Redirect|KTVW|the former KTVW in [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington)|KCPQ}}{{Distinguish|KWTV-DT|WKTV|WTVK}}{{more citations needed|date=April 2009}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KTVW-DT | city = | logo = KTVW Univision AZ 2026.svg | logo_size = 220px | branding = {{ubl|{{lang|es|italic=no|Univision Arizona}}|{{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás Arizona}} (33.2)|{{lang|es|Noticias N+ Univision Arizona}} (newscasts)}} | digital = 33 ([UHF](/source/UHF)) | virtual = 33 | translators = {{ubl|[KFPH-DT](/source/KFPH-DT) 13.2 [Flagstaff](/source/Flagstaff%2C_Arizona)|''for others, see {{section link||Translators}}''}} | affiliations = {{ubl|'''33.1:''' [Univision](/source/Univision)|'''[33.2](/source/KFPH-DT):''' [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s)|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | owner = [TelevisaUnivision](/source/TelevisaUnivision) | licensee = KTVW License Partnership, [G.P.](/source/General_partnership) | location = [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona) | country = United States | airdate = {{start date|1979|9|2}} | last_airdate = | callsign_meaning = | sister_stations = [KFPH-DT](/source/KFPH-DT), [KHOT-FM](/source/KHOT-FM), [KOMR](/source/KOMR), [KQMR](/source/KQMR), [KHOV](/source/KHOV) | former_callsigns = KTVW-TV (1979–2009) | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 33 (UHF, 1979–2009)|'''Digital:''' 34 (UHF, until 2009)}} | former_affiliations = SIN (1979–1987) | erp = 470 [kW](/source/kW) | haat = {{convert|510|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 35705 | coordinates = {{coord|33|20|0|N|112|3|49|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}} | licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/FCC) | website = {{URL|https://www.univision.com/local/arizona-ktvw|UnivisionArizona.com}} }} '''KTVW-DT''' (channel 33) is a [television station](/source/television_station) in [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona), United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network [Univision](/source/Univision). It is [owned and operated](/source/owned_and_operated) by [TelevisaUnivision](/source/TelevisaUnivision) alongside [Flagstaff](/source/Flagstaff%2C_Arizona)-licensed [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) outlet [KFPH-DT](/source/KFPH-DT), channel 13 (which KTVW-DT [simulcasts](/source/simulcasts) on its second [digital subchannel](/source/digital_subchannel)). The two stations share studios on 30th Street in southern Phoenix; KTVW-DT's transmitter is located atop [South Mountain](/source/South_Mountains_(Arizona)) on the city's south side. The station's signal is relayed on two [low-power](/source/Low-power_broadcasting) [translators](/source/broadcast_relay_station): [Class A](/source/Class_A_television_station) station '''KTVW-CD''' (channel 27) in Flagstaff, and '''KDOS-LD''' (channel 19) in [Globe](/source/Globe%2C_Arizona). KTVW is also rebroadcast on the second digital subchannel of KFPH, whose transmitter is located atop Mormon Mountain, about {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of Flagstaff in the [Coconino National Forest](/source/Coconino_National_Forest). In addition, '''[KUVE-DT](/source/KUVE-DT)''' (channel 46) in [Green Valley](/source/Green_Valley%2C_Arizona) and '''KUVE-CD''' (channel 42) in [Tucson](/source/Tucson) operate as [semi-satellites](/source/Broadcast_relay_station) of KTVW-DT, expanding the Univision signal into [Southern Arizona](/source/Southern_Arizona). As such, they [simulcast](/source/simulcast) all Univision programming as provided through their parent, and share a website with KTVW. However, the Tucson stations air separate commercial inserts and [legal identifications](/source/station_identification). There is also a three-hour overnight block on Monday mornings from 2 to 5 a.m. in which the Tucson stations broadcast locally produced English-language programming in accordance with KUVE-CD's Class A license.{{Cite web|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=35156&channel=1019&aid=tvschedule|title=Zap2it}}{{Cite web|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=53080&channel=1005&aid=tvschedule|title=Zap2it}} Local newscasts, produced by KTVW and branded as {{lang|es|Noticias 33}}, are simulcast on KUVE and KUVE-CD. Although KUVE maintains its own studios on Forbes Boulevard in Tucson, [master control](/source/master_control) and most internal operations are based at KTVW's facilities. ==History== 200px|thumb|left|Former logo, used until December 31, 2012. On March 12, 1976, the Legend of Cibola Television Company (reorganized before launch as the Seven Hills Television Company), owned by a series of principals of the Spanish International Network, filed for a construction permit for a new television station on channel 33 in Phoenix, which was granted on August 17, 1977.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=85705 |title= History Cards for KTVW-DT|publisher=[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)}} (Guide to reading History Cards) The original applicant had just one local stockholder, Julia Zozaya (who later built and owned [KNNN-FM 99.9](/source/KESZ)).{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86424221/permit-sought-for-spanish-tv-station/|work=The Arizona Republic|date=April 7, 1976|title=Permit sought for Spanish TV station|page=A-12}} Facilities were jointly constructed with another construction permit, [KNXV-TV](/source/KNXV-TV); the two stations won approval to construct a new tower on South Mountain in 1978.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68804934/|title=Parks board approves plans for new transmission tower on South Mountain|page=B-7|first=Jerry|last=Hickey|work=The Arizona Republic}} thumb|left|The entrance to Univision KTVW Channel 33's studios in South Phoenix KTVW-TV signed on as Arizona's first full-time [Spanish-language](/source/Spanish_language_in_the_United_States) television station on September 2, 1979.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33724106/channel-33-brings-spanish-accent-to/|access-date=October 3, 2021|title=Channel 33 brings Spanish accent to Valley TV|first=Thomas|last=Goldthwaite|work=The Arizona Republic|date=September 4, 1979|page=B-6}} Previously, [KPAZ-TV](/source/KPAZ-TV) channel 21 had aired some Spanish-language programming from 1967 to 1977, but this was curtailed by financial woes and its sale to the [Trinity Broadcasting Network](/source/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network). From the beginning, the plan was to build a translator for KTVW in Tucson: this launched November 1, 1980.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58184742/tucson-to-get-spanish-tv-outlet-nov-1/|title=Tucson to get Spanish TV outlet Nov. 1|first=Sherry|last=Stern|work=The Arizona Daily Star|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58184749/ 8A]|date=October 23, 1980}} While owned by SIN-aligned interests, it was not owned by the network proper until then-owner [Hallmark Cards](/source/Hallmark_Cards) acquired it from Seven Hills in 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86425982/hallmark-adds-to-tv-chain/|title=Hallmark adds to TV chain|work=The Kansas City Star|date=January 11, 1989|page=9A}} For 27 years, KTVW was the only full-power Spanish-language television station in Phoenix, which gave it considerable market dominance. In 2006, this came to an end when [NBCUniversal](/source/NBCUniversal) and the [Daystar Television Network](/source/Daystar_Television_Network) agreed to a trade that converted Phoenix's noncommercial channel 39 into commercial [Telemundo](/source/Telemundo) outlet [KTAZ](/source/KTAZ). KTVW-DT also operates the [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) station for the Phoenix market on low-powered KFPH-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts on full-power [KFPH-DT](/source/KFPH-DT) (channel 13) in Flagstaff (also a part of the Phoenix market), giving it "must-carry" broadcast station status on [satellite](/source/satellite_television) providers [DirecTV](/source/DirecTV) and [Dish Network](/source/Dish_Network). ==News operation== KTVW began producing local news in the early 1980s with a 10-minute local news update that aired at 10:30 p.m. before ''[24 Horas](/source/24_Horas_(Mexican_TV_program))'' from Mexico City; this was replaced with a 6 p.m. newscast in 1984.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28882262/channel-33-enters-competition-with-6-pm/|access-date=October 3, 2021|date=November 12, 1984|first=Bud|last=Wilkinson|work=The Arizona Republic|page=B11|title=Channel 33 enters competition with 6 p.m. daily newscast}} KTVW presently broadcasts ten hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each day, consisting of two half-hour newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. seven nights a week). The station does not have any on-air weather staffers of its own, instead weather segments during KTVW's newscasts are produced by [Houston](/source/Houston) [sister station](/source/sister_station) [KXLN-DT](/source/KXLN-DT).{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} The station's local newscasts (currently known as {{lang|es|Noticias Univision 33}}) rank among the top-rated local news programs in the market, either English or Spanish. The station had the highest-rated newscast in Phoenix among the demographics of adults between the ages of 18–34 and 18–49 in 2004.{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Ruben|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2004/08/16/story4.html|title=Univision's top spot scrutinized by mainstream stations|work=Phoenix Business Journal|date=August 13, 2004|access-date=February 26, 2007}} ==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's signal is [multiplexed](/source/Multiplex_(TV)): {| class="wikitable" |+ Subchannels of KTVW-DT{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTVW-DT#station|title=RabbitEars query for KTVW-DT|website=RabbitEars|language=en|access-date=May 5, 2023}} ! scope = "col" | [Channel](/source/Digital_subchannel) ! scope = "col" | [Res.](/source/Display_resolution) ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 33.1 | rowspan=2| [720p](/source/720p) || KTVW-DT || [Univision](/source/Univision) |- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;" ! scope = "row" | [33.2](/source/KFPH-DT) | UniMas || [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) ([KFPH-DT](/source/KFPH-DT)) |- ! scope = "row" | 33.3 | rowspan=5| [480i](/source/480i) || HSN || [HSN](/source/HSN) |- style="background-color: #F2D1DE;" ! scope = "row" | 33.4 | Confess || Confess 14px|alt-MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2 |- style="background-color: #F2D1DE;" ! scope = "row" | 33.5 | ShopLC || [Shop LC](/source/Shop_LC) 14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2 |- style="background-color: #F2D1DE;" ! scope = "row" | 33.6 | BT2 || [Infomercial](/source/Infomercial)s ([4:3](/source/4%3A3)) 14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2 |- style="background-color: #F2D1DE;" ! scope = "row" | 33.7 | MSGold || [MovieSphere Gold](/source/MovieSphere_Gold) 14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2 |- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;" ! scope = "row" | [35.1](/source/KFPH-CD) | 720p || KFPH-CD || [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) ([KFPH-CD](/source/KFPH-CD)) |} {{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}} {{legend|#F2D1DE|Subchannel broadcast with [MPEG-4 video](/source/MPEG-4_Part_2)}} {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}} ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== KTVW shut down its analog signal, over [UHF](/source/UHF) channel 33, at 10:59 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts](/source/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States) under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to channel 33 for post-transition operations.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }} Prior to the shutdown of its analog signal, the station's personnel gave information on how to connect and operate their digital converters, and then counting down the last 15 seconds. ===Translators=== *'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|29464|3=KTVW-CD}}''' 27 [Flagstaff](/source/Flagstaff%2C_Arizona)–[Doney Park](/source/Doney_Park) *'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|129078|3=KDOS-LD}}''' 19 [Globe](/source/Globe%2C_Arizona) Formerly, KTVW was on channels 17 and 52 in [Tucson](/source/Tucson) before the launch of its locally operated Univision affiliate [KUVE-DT](/source/KUVE-DT) 38/46. ==See also== *[Telemundo/Daystar license swap](/source/KTAZ) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.univision.com/local/arizona-ktvw}} {{PHX TV}} {{Arizona Spanish TV}} {{Univision Communications}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ktvw-Dt}} Category:1979 establishments in Arizona Category:MovieSphere Gold affiliates TVW-DT Category:TelevisaUnivision Category:Television channels and stations established in 1979 TVW-DT Category:Univision affiliates Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Phoenix, Arizona --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [KTVW-DT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTVW-DT) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTVW-DT?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.