KPMR

KPMR, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 21), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Santa Barbara, California, United States and serving the Central Coast of California. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is a sister station to Santa Maria-licensed UniMás affiliate KTSB-CD, channel 35 (which is simulcast on KPMR's third digital subchannel). The two stations share studios on Fairway Drive in Santa Maria north of Santa Maria Public Airport; KPMR's transmitter is located atop Broadcast Peak, between Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez in the Santa Ynez Mountains.

KPMR
Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/
San Luis Obispo, California
United States
CitySanta Barbara, California
ChannelsDigital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 38 (PSIP)
BrandingUnivision Costa Central
Programming
Affiliations38.1: Univision
38.2: Ion Television
38.3: UniMás
38.4: Comet
38.5: Grit
Ownership
OwnerEntravision Communications
(Entravision Holdings, LLC)
History
First air dateApril 1, 2001 (2001-04-01)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
38 (UHF, 2001–2009)
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID12144
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT930 m (3,051 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°31′27.9″N 119°57′38.5″W
Translator(s)K32LT-D (UHF) San Luis Obispo
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitenoticiasya.com/costa-central/

History
KPMR's logo from April 1, 2001 through December 31, 2012.

On May 23, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit to Coast TV to build a full-service television station on channel 38 to serve Santa Barbara and California's Central Coast. Originally identified by its application identification, 840720 kg, the station took call letters KPMR in February 1998. Entravision Communications acquired the station from Coast TV in a deal finalized in January 2001, and applied for a license for the station a month later, bringing the station on the air under Program Test Authority as a Univision affiliate. The FCC granted the license on April 12, 2002.

Programming

KPMR airs Spanish-language programming such as telenovelas, comedies, movies, sports and news, as well as Univision network programming. Local programming includes a newscast originally called Noticias Costa Central, and recently rebranded as Noticias A Su Lado, which airs nightly at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.[1]

Competing news stations in the area announced that KPMR's news department would be shut down on December 30, 2011;[2] however, the station continues to air local newscasts.[3] The station also continues to operate as a Univision affiliate.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[4]
38.11080i16:9KPMR-DTMain KPMR programming / Univision
38.2480iIONIon Television
38.3KTSBDT2Simulcast of KTSB-CD / UniMás
38.4CometComet
38.5GRITGrit

The FCC granted KPMR a construction permit in March 2001 to build companion digital facilities to broadcast on channel 21 with 1000 kW ERP. After two extensions of the construction permit, the station applied for and was granted Special Temporary Authority (STA) to build reduced-power facilities in October 2003. After several extensions of the STA, KPMR-DT applied for a license for its full-power digital facilities in July 2006. The station has elected to remain on channel 21 after the end of the DTV transition.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KPMR shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 38, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21.[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 38.

KPMR also broadcasts sister station KTSB-CA as a digital subchannel.

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References
  1. "KPMR-TV Univision Launches Local Spanish-Language Newscast 'Noticias Univision Costa Central'". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
  2. "No Chance to Save Spanish-Broadcasting Station KPMR". KCOY-TV. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. "Noticias Locales". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for KPMR
  5. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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