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{{short description|Univision TV station in Boulder, Colorado}}
{{short description|Univision TV station in Boulder, Colorado}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
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| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee = Spanish Television of Denver, Inc.
| licensee = Spanish Television of Denver, Inc.
| operator = [[Entravision Communications]]<br>''(via [[local marketing agreement|LMA]])''
| operator = [[Entravision Communications]] via [[local marketing agreement|LMA]]
| location = [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]/[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
| location = [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]–[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1991|7|8|p=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1996|2|22|p=y}}
| founded = 1989
| callsign_meaning = Drawn from K49CE, the call letters of the predecessor low-power Univision station; "KCEC" was used as a brand
| callsign_meaning = Drawn from K49CE, the call letters of the predecessor low-power Univision station; "KCEC" was used as a brand
| sister_stations = [[KTFD-TV]]; [[KJMN]], [[KMXA (AM)|KMXA]], [[KXPK]]
| sister_stations = [[KTFD-TV]]; [[KJMN]], [[KMXA (AM)|KMXA]], [[KXPK]]
| former_callsigns = KSHP (1990–1991)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KTVJ (1996–2003)|KTFD-DT (2009–2017)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 50 (UHF, 1990–2009)|'''Digital:''' 51 (UHF, until 2015), 26 (UHF, 2015–2017), 15 (UHF, 2017–2020)|'''Virtual:''' 50 (until 2017)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 14 (UHF, 1996–2009)|'''Digital:''' 15 (UHF, until 2020)|'''''Translator:''' KDVT-LP 36 (UHF) Denver''}}
| former_affiliations = [[Independent station|Independent]] (1990–1991)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1996–2003)|[[UniMás]] (2003–2017)}}
| erp = 650 kW
| erp = 650 kW
| haat = {{convert|363|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|363|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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==History==
==History==
The station first signed on the air on February 22, 1996, as KTVJ. Founded by [[Roberts Broadcasting]], it originally aired programming from the [[HSN|Home Shopping Network]]. In January 2003, Roberts sold the station to Univision Communications. Two months later on March 10, 2003, the station changed its call sign to KTFD-TV (which was modified to KTFD-DT on June 23, 2009, in correspondence with the callsign modifications to the "-DT" suffix applied by all Univision-owned stations following the [[digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]]), and became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura.
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|date=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}}


KTFD's signal was formerly relayed on [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[analog television|analog]] [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] KDVT-LP (channel 36) in Denver, which was owned by Entravision Communications. The translator was never converted to digital, and its license was canceled on September 13, 2017.<ref>https://fccdata.org/?facid=24516&appid=595256&i=1 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>
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>

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|title=Entravision completes move into new facility|work=Denver Business Journal}}</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>


On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KCEC and sister station KTFD swapped licenses and channel numbers, with KCEC moving from Entravision's digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 facility to the Univision-owned license using 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 licenses and channel numbers, with KCEC moving from Entravision's digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 facility to the Univision-owned license using digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14.
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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>
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>


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-TV]] 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>
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-TV]] has increased its ratings over the course of the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ostrow |first=Joanne |date=March 31, 2016 |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=August 24, 2022}}</ref>


==Technical information==
==Technical information==
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===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KCEC shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 50, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=August 11, 2014 |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 }}</ref> The station was licensed to move its digital signal to channel 26 on May 20, 2015. Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 50.
KCEC (as KTFD-TV) shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 14, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television 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 15,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |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 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 14.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 03:21, 24 November 2023

KCEC
CityBoulder, Colorado
Channels
Branding
  • Univision Colorado
  • Noticias Univision Colorado (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
OperatorEntravision Communications via LMA
KTFD-TV; KJMN, KMXA, KXPK
History
First air date
February 22, 1996 (28 years ago) (1996-02-22)
Former call signs
  • KTVJ (1996–2003)
  • KTFD-DT (2009–2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 14 (UHF, 1996–2009)
  • Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2020)
  • Translator: KDVT-LP 36 (UHF) Denver
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 ID57219
ERP650 kW
HAAT363 m (1,191 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°40′17.4″N 105°13′8.0″W / 39.671500°N 105.218889°W / 39.671500; -105.218889
Links
Public license information
Websitenoticiasya.com/colorado

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 station first signed on the air on February 22, 1996, as KTVJ. Founded by Roberts Broadcasting, it originally aired programming from the Home Shopping Network. In January 2003, Roberts sold the station to Univision Communications. Two months later on March 10, 2003, the station changed its call sign to KTFD-TV (which was modified to KTFD-DT on June 23, 2009, in correspondence with the callsign modifications to the "-DT" suffix applied by all Univision-owned stations following the digital television transition), and became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura.

KTFD's signal was formerly relayed on low-power analog translator station KDVT-LP (channel 36) in Denver, which was owned by Entravision Communications. The translator was never converted to digital, and its license was canceled on September 13, 2017.[2]

On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KCEC and sister station KTFD swapped licenses and channel numbers, with KCEC moving from Entravision's digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50 facility to the Univision-owned license using digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14.

On April 29, 2020, KCEC moved from digital channel 15 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.[3] 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.[4] A live 10 p.m. newscast debuted in 2001.[5]

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."[6]

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,[7] Telemundo station KDEN-TV has increased its ratings over the course of the 2010s.[8]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KCEC[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
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 (as KTFD-TV) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 14, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television 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 15,[10] using virtual channel 14.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCEC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ https://fccdata.org/?facid=24516&appid=595256&i=1 [bare URL]
  3. ^ Saunders, Dusty (December 26, 1993). "Specializing in success: Denver's Spanish-language TV stations gear for growth". Rocky Mountain News. p. 4N.
  4. ^ "Rodolfo Cárdenas to lead news operation for Channel 50". Rocky Mountain News. January 30, 1995. p. 6N.
  5. ^ Saunders, Dusty (January 2, 2001). "'Lot' dishes the lowdown on Hollywood". Rocky Mountain News. p. 2D.
  6. ^ Kirksey, Jim (June 11, 1997). "TV tip takes bite out of INS sting". The Denver Post. p. A1.
  7. ^ Ostrow, Joanne (January 22, 2010). "Denver's Noticias is strong at 5 p.m." The Denver Post. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Ostrow, Joanne (March 31, 2016). "Telemundo sneaks up on Spanish-language TV rival Univision in Denver". The Denver Post. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KCEC". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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