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Telemundo Station Group is the division of NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations (NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast that oversees their Telemundo owned-and-operated television stations and the TeleXitos network. The NBC owned-and-operated stations are held in the separate NBC Owned Television Stations division.
Telemundo was formed as NetSpan in 1984 by the owners of WNJU in Linden, New Jersey (serving the New York City area) and KSTS in San Jose, California. These stations joined KVEA in Los Angeles in 1985. [1] The following year, KVEA's part-owner, Reliance Group Holdings, purchased John Blair & Co., which owned WKAQ-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico, branded on air as Telemundo, and WSCV in Fort Lauderdale–Miami-West Palm Beach. In late 1986, Reliance took control over WNJU and KSTS.
In 1987, Reliance merged all these stations into the Telemundo Group. [2] The new corporation quickly went public, and in 1987, Reliance decided to rebrand NetSpan as Telemundo. It then established KTMD in Houston and KVDA in San Antonio.
On November 9, 1995, Ensaness Communications sold a 74.5% controlling interest in WSNS-TV in Chicago to Telemundo for $44.7 million, with Essaness retaining a 25.5% stake. [3] Essaness would later sell its stake in the partnership to Telemundo in 2003.
In 1997, Liberty Media and Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased a majority interest in Telemundo from Reliance Capital Group. [4] NBC would then purchase Telemundo from Sony and Liberty Media in 2001. [5] Telemundo in 2001 would also acquire KXTX-TV in Dallas. [6]
In April 2002, NBC bought then Holbrook, Arizona station KPHZ (now KTAZ) and its translators un Phoenix, Arizona (KPHZ-LP and KPSW-LP) from Venture Technologies Group for $7,5 million. [7] It was finalized on September 26, 2002. [8] In 2005, NBC/Telemundo successfully got FCC approval to swap licenses with the Daystar Network's owned KDTP: the KPHZ license moved from Holbrook to Phoenix, broadcasting on channel 39. Daystar's KDTP license then moved from Phoenix to Holbrook, broadcasting on channel 11. These changes were completed in 2006. [9]
In September 2002, NBC agreed to acquire WPXB in the Boston area from Paxson Communications, with the intention of making it a Telemundo owned-and-operated station. [10] [11] Paxson, which was in the process of selling some of its stations in order to raise $100 million, had originally planned to sell WPXB to another company, but NBC had a right of first refusal on Paxson's stations in the fifty largest markets, [12] which it had obtained when it acquired a 32 percent stake in Paxson in 1999. [13] NBC completed its purchase of WPXB on October 29, 2002; [14] two days later, the call letters were changed to WNEU .
On October 8, 2002, NBC announced that it would acquire three Telemundo affiliates: KHRR (in Tucson) and KDRX-CA (in Phoenix) from Television Apogeo, and KNSO (in Fresno) from Sainte Partners II, L.P. [15] The sale of Arizona stations were completed on January 1, 2003; [16] [17] while the acquisition of the Telemundo-affiliate in Fresno was completed on April 30, 2003. [18]
On February 23, 2005, NBC bought Telemundo affiliate KBLR for $32.1 million. [19] [20] The sale was completed on May 24, 2005. [21]
In January 2006, NBCUniversal agreed to buy Denver's KDEN-TV from Longmont Broadcasting. [22] The acquisition was completed on July 13. [23] In November, NBCUniversal agreed to donate Steamboat Springs' KMAS-TV (who was the main Telemundo affiliate for Denver before NBC's acquisition of KDEN) to Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network. [24] The donation was completed on July 26, 2007. [25]
On January 26, 2011, NBCUniversal announced the sale of its Spanish-language independent station KWHY-TV to the Meruelo Group due to its pending merger with Comcast. [26] The sale was completed on July 1. [27]
On March 21, 2013, NBCUniversal entered into an agreement to acquire WWSI from ZGS Communications for $20 million. Prior to the sale agreement, WWSI had been the largest station (in terms of market size) aligned with Telemundo that was not an owned-and-operated station of the network. The deal created a duopoly with NBC-owned Philadelphia station WCAU. [28] The sale was completed on July 2. [29]
In July 2013, NBC Owned Television Stations and Telemundo's owned stations were brought together under a newly formed division, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, under NBC TV Station president Valari Staab. [30]
In 2017, NBCUniversal announced that it was hiring people for NBC-owned KNSD in San Diego with the intention of launching a new Telemundo-owned station in the area, replacing Tijuana, Mexico-licensed station XHAS-TDT (whose affiliation expired at the end of June 2017). The new Telemundo affiliate, branded as "Telemundo 20", launched on July 1 on KNSD's digital 39.20 subchannel. On September 12, 2017, NBCUniversal acquired KUAN-LD from NRJ TV, LLC, to serve as San Diego's Telemundo station instead; [31] the sale was completed on December 21, 2017. [32]
On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal announced its purchase of ZGS Communications's ten Spanish-language television stations. [33] The sale was completed in early 2018. [34] Two of the stations (WRIW-CD and WZGS-CD) were filed separately, as ZGS were negotiating channel sharing agreements at the time of the sale. Those sales were completed in July 2018. [35] [36]
On March 5, 2019, KCSO-LD in Sacramento, California and KTMW in Salt Lake City (and their respective repeater stations) were acquired from Serestar Communications. [37]
On July 30, 2021 NBCUniversal announced it was buying Albuquerque, New Mexico Telemundo affiliate KASA-TV and its repeater stations for $12.5 million dollars. In the short term NBC announced it was entering a transitional services agreement Gray Television, which had purchased Fox affiliate KJTV-TV and other Ramar television assets in Lubbock, Texas earlier in 2021. The deal will give NBCU Telemundo station group 31 stations and marks the end of 23 years of Ramar's ownership of the Telemundo affiliation in the city. [38]
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Owned since | Secondary owned networks [39] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | KTAZ | 39 (29) | 2002 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Tucson, Arizona | KHRR | 40 (16) | 2003 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Fresno, California | KNSO | 51 (27) | 2003 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Corona/Los Angeles | KVEA [n1 1] | 52 (25) | 1985 | TeleX |
| Sacramento, California | KCSO-LD [n1 2] | 33 (3) | 2019 | TeleX, theGrio, NBC LX Home |
| KMUM-CD [n1 2] (Repeater of KCSO-LD) | 33 (31) | 2019 | ||
| KMMW-LD [n1 2] (Repeater of KCSO-LD) | 33 (14) | 2019 | ||
| Poway/San Diego | KUAN-LD | 48 (17) | 2017 | TeleX |
| San Jose/San Francisco | KSTS [n1 1] | 48 (19) | 1984 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Salinas/Monterey | K15CU-D [n1 3] [n1 4] | 15 (15) | 1990 | Cozi, NBC LX Home, TeleX, Oxygen |
| Denver | KDEN-TV | 25 (29) | 2006 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Hartford | WRDM-CD [n1 5] | 19 (31) | 2018 | TeleX |
| Washington, D.C. | WZDC-CD [n1 5] | 44 (34) | 2018 | TeleX |
| Fort Myers | WWDT-CD [n1 5] | 43 (43) | 2018 | NBC LX Home |
| Miami | WSCV [n1 1] | 51 (30) | 1987 | TeleX, Telemundo Palm Beach |
| Orlando | WTMO-CD [n1 5] | 31 (31) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC LX Home |
| Tampa | WRMD-CD | 49 (30) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Chicago | WSNS-TV [n1 6] | 44 (33) | 1996 | TeleX |
| Merrimack, New Hampshire/Boston, Massachusetts | WNEU | 60 (29) | 2002 | NBC LX Home |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | WDMR-LD [n1 5] | 14 (23) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Las Vegas | KBLR | 39 (20) | 2005 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Cozi, Oxygen |
| Linden, New Jersey/New York, New York | WNJU [n1 1] | 47 (35) | 1984 | TeleX |
| Albuquerque | KASA-TV [n1 7] | 2 (27) | 2021 | MeTV, Start TV, Cozi TV, Charge! |
| KUPT-LD [n1 7] | 2 (32) | 2021 | TeleX, NBC Lx Home, Oxygen, Movies!, TBD, Cozi | |
| Mount Laurel, New Jersey/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WWSI | 62 (28) | 2013 | TeleX |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | WRTD-CD [n1 5] | 54 (15) | 2018 | |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | WKAQ-TV [n1 3] [n1 8] | 2 (28) | 1987 | Spanish Independent, NBC (via WNBC in New York City), NBC LX Home |
| Providence, Rhode Island | WRIW-CD [n1 5] | 51 (17) | 2018 | Cozi, Oxygen |
| WYCN-LD [n1 3] [n1 9] | 8 (36) | 2016 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home | |
| Dallas/Fort Worth | KXTX-TV | 39 (36) | 2001 | TeleX |
| Houston | KTMD [n1 3] | 47 (22) | 1987 | TeleX, NBC LX Home, Cozi, Oxygen |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico/El Paso, Texas | KTDO [n1 5] | 48 (26) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC LX Home |
| Rio Grande City, Texas | KTLM | 40 (14) | 2013 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| San Antonio | KVDA [n1 3] | 60 (15) | 1989 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| Salt Lake City | KTMW [n1 2] | 20 (20) | 2019 | TeleX, theGrio, NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| KULX-CD [n1 2] (Repeater of KTMW) | 10 (14) | 2019 | ||
| KEJT-CD (Repeater of KTMW) | 50 (21) | 1993 | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | WZTD-LD [n1 5] | 45 (34) | 2018 | NBC LX Home, Oxygen |
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | KPSW-LP | 41 | 2002 | Canal de la fe affiliate, KPDF-CD , owned by HC2 Holdings. |
| KDRX-CA | 48 | 2002-2006 | Defunct | |
| KPHZ-LP | 58 | 2002-2006 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O), KDTP-LP | |
| Los Angeles | KWHY-TV | 22 (4) | 2001–2011 | Spanish-language Independent station owned by Meruelo Broadcasting. |
| Steamboat Springs | KMAS-TV | 24 (10) | 2002–2007 | PBS member station, KRMZ , owned by Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network |
WWSI is a television station licensed to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Philadelphia-area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WCAU ; it is also sister to regional sports network NBC Sports Philadelphia.
WZDC-CD is a Class A television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WRC-TV. WZDC-CD and WRC-TV share studios and transmitter facilities on Nebraska Avenue in the Tenleytown neighborhood of northwest Washington.
KTAZ is a television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, KTAZ maintains studios on South 33rd Place in Phoenix, and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. In Tucson, KHRR operates as a semi-satellite of KTAZ with local advertising. Statewide newscasts for both stations, Noticiero Telemundo Arizona, are produced from Phoenix.
WVIT is a television station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, United States, serving as the NBC outlet for the Hartford–New Haven market. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Class A Telemundo outlet WRDM-CD. The two stations share studios on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford and transmitter facilities on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.
WNEU is a television station licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, serving as the Boston-area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside Nashua, New Hampshire–licensed Class A NBC station WBTS-CD, which shares spectrum with Boston-based PBS member station WGBX-TV to provide full-market coverage.
WYCN-LD is a low-power television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the station has studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island, and its transmitter is located on East Main Street in Norton, Massachusetts.
WRMD-CD is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the Tampa Bay Area's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, and maintains studios on West Spruce Street in Tampa and a transmitter near Riverview, Florida.
WRIW-CD is a Class A television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a standard-definition translator of Telemundo owned-and-operated station WYCN-LD which is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WRIW-CD's parent station maintains studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston.
ZGS Communications, also referred to as the ZGS Group or ZGS Broadcasting, was a television and radio station operator in the United States, based in Arlington, Virginia. The company operated 11 stations: 10 television stations and one radio station. All of their television stations and one radio station broadcast in Spanish.
WRDM-CD is a Class A television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, serving as the Hartford–New Haven market's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WVIT. The two stations share studios on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford and transmitter facilities on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut. Despite WRDM-CD legally holding a low-power Class A license, it transmits using WVIT's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the Hartford–New Haven market.
KGMC is a television station licensed to Merced, California, United States, serving the Fresno area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Estrella TV. It is the flagship television property of owner Cocola Broadcasting, and is sister to eight low-power stations. KGMC's studios are located on West Herndon Avenue in the Pinedale area of Fresno, and its transmitter is located on Bald Mountain, south of Meadow Lakes in Fresno County.
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KTMW is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Telemundo network to the state of Utah. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the station maintains studios are located on South Redwood Road in the northwestern section of Salt Lake City, and its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.
WRTD-CD, virtual channel 54, is a Class A Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. Under a channel sharing agreement, WRTD-CD shares transmitter facilities with Fox affiliate WRAZ near Auburn, North Carolina. The station originates its master control from the facilities of WZDC-CD in Washington, D.C., whose website links to WRTD's public file.
WWDT-CD, virtual channel 43, is a low-power, Class A Telemundo owned-and-operated television station serving Fort Myers, Florida, United States that is licensed to Naples. The station is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WWDT-CD's studios are located on South Tamiami Trail in Bonita Springs, and its transmitter is located between Old 41 Road and Michael G. Rippe Parkway south of Fort Myers.
KRMZ, virtual channel 24, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States. Owned by Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc., it is one of the five full-service transmitters of the Rocky Mountain PBS state network, broadcasting from atop Quarry Mountain west of town. Master control and internal operations are based at Rocky Mountain PBS' headquarters in the Buell Public Media Center in downtown Denver.
WZTD-LD is a low-power television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, and transmits from an antenna located in Bon Air, Virginia.
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