KUKC-LD

KUKC-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a low-powered Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, United States and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by Media Vista Group, LLC. KUKC-LD's offices and master control facilities are located on West 31st Street in the Westside South section of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located near 27th Street in the city's Western Blue Township section. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 26 and AT&T U-verse channel 48.

KUKC-LD
Kansas City, Missouri
United States
CityKansas City, Missouri
ChannelsDigital: 20 (UHF)
(to move to 14 (UHF))
Virtual: 20 (PSIP)
BrandingUnivision Kansas City
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerMedia Vista Group, LLC
(Media Vista Kansas City, LLC)
History
First air date1989 (1989)
Former call signs
  • K29CF (1989–1997)
  • K48FS (1997–2005)
  • KUKC-LP (2005–2013)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 29 (UHF, 1989–1996)
  • Digital:
  • 48 (PSIP, until 2018)
Former affiliationsValueVision / ShopNBC (1991–2005)
Call sign meaningK
Univision
Kansas
City
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID53843
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT259.8 m (852 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°4′24″N 94°29′7″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.univisionkansascity.com

KUKC has the distinction of being the only standalone Spanish-language television station in the Kansas City market (KSMO-TV (channel 62) carried MundoMax on its second digital subchannel before that network's shutdown in late November 2016), and is the only Univision network affiliate in the state of Missouri.

History
ValueVision station ID for KUKC's predecessor, K29CF.
Logo introduced on the station's former website.

The station first signed on the air in 1989 as K29CF; it originally operated as an affiliate of the home shopping network ValueVision. To allow full-power outlet KCWB (channel 29, now KCWE) to sign on the air, the station relocated to UHF channel 48 in 1996, and changed its callsign to K48FS. It remained a ValueVision affiliate, however it also carried children's programming during the afternoon hours (such as The Flintstones and Mighty Max).

Station identification card in Equity era; all Equity Univision stations featured the same layout for their on-air IDs.

In 2004, the station was purchased by Equity Media Holdings. Shortly after it was finalized, in January 2005, the station became the market's Univision affiliate; reflecting this, its callsign was changed to KUKC-LP (for "Univision Kansas City").[1] On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection;[2] it then began to sell off its television station properties. KUKC was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009.[3] The sale closed on August 17, 2009.[4] SP Television reached a deal to sell KUKC to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.[5]

Digital channel
Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[6]
20.11080i16:9KUKCMain KUKC-LD programming / Univision

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2006-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  3. "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  4. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
  5. Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013). "Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold". Television Business Report. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  6. RabbitEars TV Query for KUKC
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