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| location = [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]/[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]] |
| location = [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]/[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]] |
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| country = United States |
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| airdate = {{Start date and age| |
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1991|7|8|p=y}} |
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| founded = 1989 |
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| callsign_meaning = Colorado Entravision Communications |
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| callsign_meaning = Drawn from K49CE, the call letters of the predecessor low-power Univision station; "KCEC" was used as a brand |
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| sister_stations = [[KTFD-TV]]; [[KJMN]], [[KMXA (AM)|KMXA]], [[KXPK]] |
| sister_stations = [[KTFD-TV]]; [[KJMN]], [[KMXA (AM)|KMXA]], [[KXPK]] |
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| former_callsigns = KSHP (1990–1991) |
| former_callsigns = KSHP (1990–1991) |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The history of Univision in Colorado begins with the installation of the second "satellator"—satellite-fed [[Broadcast relay station#translator]]—for the then-Spanish International Network, which began broadcasting on channel 31 in 1982. It moved to channel 49 after full-power station [[KDVR]] was built on that channel, and in 1989, local operations began out of a small facility in [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]]. The local translator had the call sign K49CE, and the station called itself "KCEC".<ref name="RMN900916">{{cite news|work=September 16, 1990|title=TV station tunes in Hispanics: All-Spanish Channel 49 bullish on lucrative local market|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|first=John|last=Accola|page=3B}}</ref> Between 1989 and 1990, the local operation, owned by Lomas de Oro Broadcasting Corporation, expanded from five personnel to 20.{{r|RMN900916}} |
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The station first signed on the air on October 18, 1990 as '''KSHP'''. On July 16, 1991, the station changed its call letters to '''KCEC'''. KCEC, along with Entravision's other television and radio station properties in the Denver market have a unique reach. According to [[American City Business Journals|BizJournals.com]], Entravision Communications estimates that the television stations it operates in the market reach about 92% of Denver's Hispanic community, making it an ideal advertising opportunity for companies wanting to reach that segment of the population (which accounts for 33% of Denver's overall population). |
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Simultaneously, in 1986, Lomas de Oro had applied for a construction permit for channel 50 in Denver. This was granted on November 1, 1989, and on July 8, 1991, the low-power channel 49 was replaced with a new KCEC (previously KSHP) on channel 50, a power boost that brought the station into 30,000 more households and led to a doubling of the number of viewers watching Spanish-language TV in the Denver area.<ref>{{cite news|page=1C|work=[[The Denver Post]]|title=Spanish TV's Denver-area audience doubles in year|date=January 3, 1992|first=Michelle|last=Mahoney}}</ref> |
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[[File:KCEC_50_2001_Logo.svg|175px|thumb|left|KCEC logo used prior to January 1, 2013.]] |
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In 2008, KCEC launched its website, somosnoticiascolorado.com; it is among the most visited Spanish-language websites in the area. The website features updated news stories and local promotions. KCEC began to [[streaming media|live stream]] its evening newscasts on the website in 2012. |
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Entravision Communications purchased KCEC in 1997 from the Golden Hills Broadcasting Corporation, successor to Lomas de Oro, as part of a merger of Entravision founder Walter Ulloa's broadcast interests into one company.<ref>{{cite news|pages=60, 61|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-02-03.pdf|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=February 3, 1997|title=Changing Hands}}</ref> Entravision moved its studios from Lakewood to a facility on Grant Street at the end of 1999;<ref>{{cite news|title=Univision chief insists on color, golf in new decor|page=5G|first=Vicky|last=Uhland|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|date=March 19, 2000}}</ref> it relocated again in 2012 to its present studio facility located near Sports Authority Field (now Empower Field at Mile High), which houses the company's 60 employees.<ref name=newfacility>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/12/20/entravision-completes-move-into-new.html|date=December 20, 2012|work=Denver Business Journal|title=Entravision completes move into new facility|work=Denver Business Journal}}</ref> |
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In 2009, the station debuted a locally produced [[telenovela]] titled ''Encrucijada: Sin Salud, no hay Nada'' (translated as ''Crossroads: Without Health, There is Nothing''), in conjunction with the Colorado Health Foundation, that focused on the ongoing obesity crisis in the United States in order to educate Coloradoans on healthier eating habits; a second season of the series was ordered and broadcast in 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|title=New Spanish-Language Soap Opera Focuses on Obesity, Healthy Living|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/01/28/LA38298|work=[[PR Newswire]]|date=January 28, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> |
In 2009, the station debuted a locally produced [[telenovela]] titled ''Encrucijada: Sin Salud, no hay Nada'' (translated as ''Crossroads: Without Health, There is Nothing''), in conjunction with the Colorado Health Foundation, that focused on the ongoing obesity crisis in the United States in order to educate Coloradoans on healthier eating habits; a second season of the series was ordered and broadcast in 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|title=New Spanish-Language Soap Opera Focuses on Obesity, Healthy Living|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/01/28/LA38298|work=[[PR Newswire]]|date=January 28, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> |
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On December 20, 2012, KCEC moved its operations to a {{convert|16,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} studio facility located near Sports Authority Field (now Empower Field at Mile High) in downtown Denver's Mile High district; the building included new equipment, as well as a multi-use broadcast set that provides a view of downtown and the stadium.<ref name=newfacility>{{cite press release|title=Entravision Communications Corporation Debuts New Facilities in Denver, CO|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2012/12/20/NY32913|work=[[PR Newswire]] (via [[American City Business Journals]])|date=December 20, 2012|access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> |
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On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KCEC and sister station KTFD swapped channel numbers, with KCEC moving from digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 to digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14. |
On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KCEC and sister station KTFD swapped channel numbers, with KCEC moving from digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 to digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14. |
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On April 29, 2020, KCEC moved to digital channel 32 as part of the [[Spectrum reallocation|FCC |
On April 29, 2020, KCEC moved to digital channel 32 as part of the [[Spectrum reallocation|FCC repack]]. |
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==News operation== |
==News operation== |
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By 1993, KCEC was airing locally produced two-minute newsbriefs three times a day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Specializing in success: Denver's Spanish-language TV stations gear for growth|date=December 26, 1993|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|page=4N}}</ref> This grew into a full-length 30-minute early evening newscast on January 30, 1995, with the program originally anchored by news director Rodolfo Cárdenas (who had defected from [[KPXC-TV|KUBD (channel 59)]], the Telemundo affiliate) and Luis Canela.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rodolfo Cárdenas to lead news operation for Channel 50|page=6N|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|date=January 30, 1995}}</ref> A live 10 p.m. newscast debuted in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|page=2D|title='Lot' dishes the lowdown on Hollywood|date=January 2, 2001}}</ref> |
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KCEC presently broadcasts 2½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each on weekdays); the station does not broadcast local newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays. |
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In 1997, an anonymous tip faxed to the station led to it breaking news of an impending raid by the U.S. [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]], which canceled the sting operation as a result. Yrma Rico, who served as KCEC's general manager, told ''[[The Denver Post]]'', "We don't want to lose our viewers."<ref>{{cite news|page=A1|first=Jim|last=Kirksey|work=[[The Denver Post]]|title=TV tip takes bite out of INS sting|date=June 11, 1997}}</ref> |
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Since the launch of KCEC's news department,{{when|date=August 2021}} the station's local newscasts have gradually grown in viewership to challenge the major English language broadcast networks in the 18-34 and 18-49 demographics; according to [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]], during the period from January 18 to 22, 2010, KCEC's 5:00 p.m. newscast placed first or second in either demographic depending on the day (placing behind [[NBC]] affiliate [[KUSA (TV)|KUSA]] (channel 9) among adults 18-49 and tying with [[CBS]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[KCNC-TV]] (channel 4) in the 25-54 demographic).<ref>{{cite news|title=Denver's Noticias is strong at 5 p.m.|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2010/01/22/denvers-noticias-is-strong-at-5-p-m/2134/|first=Joanne|last=Ostrow|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> In December 2012, the 5:00 p.m. newscast ranked second among adults 18-49, while its 10:00 p.m. newscast ranked second among adults 18-34.<ref name=newfacility/> On December 20, 2012, concurrent with the move to the new Mile High facility, KCEC began broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high-definition]]. |
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While the station's ratings steadily rose to become competitive with those of the market's English-language stations among adults 18–34 and 18–49 by 2010,<ref>{{cite news|title=Denver's Noticias is strong at 5 p.m.|url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2010/01/22/denvers-noticias-is-strong-at-5-p-m/2134/|first=Joanne|last=Ostrow|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Telemundo station [[KDEN]] has increased its ratings over the course of the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ostrow |first=Joanne |date=2016-03-31 |title=Telemundo sneaks up on Spanish-language TV rival Univision in Denver |language=en-US |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/03/31/telemundo-sneaks-up-on-spanish-language-tv-rival-univision-in-denver/ |access-date=2022-08-24}}</ref> |
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==Technical information== |
==Technical information== |
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The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: |
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: |
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Revision as of 07:44, 24 August 2022
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City | Boulder, Colorado |
Channels | |
Branding |
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Programming | |
Affiliations |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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Operator | Entravision Communications (via LMA) |
KTFD-TV; KJMN, KMXA, KXPK | |
History | |
Founded | 1989 |
First air date | July 8, 1991 |
Former call signs | KSHP (1990–1991) |
Former channel number(s) |
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Independent (1990–1991) | |
Call sign meaning | Drawn from K49CE, the call letters of the predecessor low-power Univision station; "KCEC" was used as a brand |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 57219 |
ERP | 650 kW |
HAAT | 363 m (1,191 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′17.4″N 105°13′8.0″W / 39.671500°N 105.218889°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | noticiasya |
KCEC (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Boulder, Colorado, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Denver area. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Entravision Communications as a sister station to UniMás affiliate KTFD-TV (channel 50). Both stations share studios on Mile High Stadium West Circle in Jefferson Park, Denver, while KCEC's transmitter is located atop Mount Morrison in western Jefferson County.
KVSN-DT (channel 48) in Pueblo operates as a semi-satellite of KCEC, expanding the Univision signal into South-Central Colorado. As such, it simulcasts all Univision programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KVSN airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. Local newscasts, produced by KCEC and branded as Noticias Univision Colorado, are simulcast on both stations. KVSN does not maintain any facilities in Pueblo or Colorado Springs; master control and internal operations are based at KCEC's studios.
History
The history of Univision in Colorado begins with the installation of the second "satellator"—satellite-fed Broadcast relay station#translator—for the then-Spanish International Network, which began broadcasting on channel 31 in 1982. It moved to channel 49 after full-power station KDVR was built on that channel, and in 1989, local operations began out of a small facility in Lakewood. The local translator had the call sign K49CE, and the station called itself "KCEC".[2] Between 1989 and 1990, the local operation, owned by Lomas de Oro Broadcasting Corporation, expanded from five personnel to 20.[2]
Simultaneously, in 1986, Lomas de Oro had applied for a construction permit for channel 50 in Denver. This was granted on November 1, 1989, and on July 8, 1991, the low-power channel 49 was replaced with a new KCEC (previously KSHP) on channel 50, a power boost that brought the station into 30,000 more households and led to a doubling of the number of viewers watching Spanish-language TV in the Denver area.[3]
Entravision Communications purchased KCEC in 1997 from the Golden Hills Broadcasting Corporation, successor to Lomas de Oro, as part of a merger of Entravision founder Walter Ulloa's broadcast interests into one company.[4] Entravision moved its studios from Lakewood to a facility on Grant Street at the end of 1999;[5] it relocated again in 2012 to its present studio facility located near Sports Authority Field (now Empower Field at Mile High), which houses the company's 60 employees.[6]
In 2009, the station debuted a locally produced telenovela titled Encrucijada: Sin Salud, no hay Nada (translated as Crossroads: Without Health, There is Nothing), in conjunction with the Colorado Health Foundation, that focused on the ongoing obesity crisis in the United States in order to educate Coloradoans on healthier eating habits; a second season of the series was ordered and broadcast in 2011.[7]
On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KCEC and sister station KTFD swapped channel numbers, with KCEC moving from digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 to digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14.
On April 29, 2020, KCEC moved to digital channel 32 as part of the FCC repack.
News operation
By 1993, KCEC was airing locally produced two-minute newsbriefs three times a day.[8] This grew into a full-length 30-minute early evening newscast on January 30, 1995, with the program originally anchored by news director Rodolfo Cárdenas (who had defected from KUBD (channel 59), the Telemundo affiliate) and Luis Canela.[9] A live 10 p.m. newscast debuted in 2001.[10]
In 1997, an anonymous tip faxed to the station led to it breaking news of an impending raid by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, which canceled the sting operation as a result. Yrma Rico, who served as KCEC's general manager, told The Denver Post, "We don't want to lose our viewers."[11]
While the station's ratings steadily rose to become competitive with those of the market's English-language stations among adults 18–34 and 18–49 by 2010,[12] Telemundo station KDEN has increased its ratings over the course of the 2010s.[13]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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14.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KCEC | Main KCEC programming / Univision |
14.2 | 480i | Bounce | Bounce TV | |
14.3 | 4:3 | GetTV | getTV | |
14.4 | 16:9 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KCEC shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51.[15] The station was licensed to move its digital signal to channel 26 on May 20, 2015. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 50.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCEC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b Accola, John. "TV station tunes in Hispanics: All-Spanish Channel 49 bullish on lucrative local market". Rocky Mountain News. p. 3B.
- ^ Mahoney, Michelle (January 3, 1992). "Spanish TV's Denver-area audience doubles in year". The Denver Post. p. 1C.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. February 3, 1997. pp. 60, 61.
- ^ Uhland, Vicky (March 19, 2000). "Univision chief insists on color, golf in new decor". Rocky Mountain News. p. 5G.
- ^ "Entravision completes move into new facility". Denver Business Journal. December 20, 2012.
- ^ "New Spanish-Language Soap Opera Focuses on Obesity, Healthy Living". PR Newswire (Press release). January 28, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Saunders, Dusty (December 26, 1993). "Specializing in success: Denver's Spanish-language TV stations gear for growth". Rocky Mountain News. p. 4N.
- ^ "Rodolfo Cárdenas to lead news operation for Channel 50". Rocky Mountain News. January 30, 1995. p. 6N.
- ^ Saunders, Dusty (January 2, 2001). "'Lot' dishes the lowdown on Hollywood". Rocky Mountain News. p. 2D.
- ^ Kirksey, Jim (June 11, 1997). "TV tip takes bite out of INS sting". The Denver Post. p. A1.
- ^ Ostrow, Joanne (January 22, 2010). "Denver's Noticias is strong at 5 p.m." The Denver Post. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ Ostrow, Joanne (2016-03-31). "Telemundo sneaks up on Spanish-language TV rival Univision in Denver". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KCEC". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.