KUKC-LP
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KUKC-LP is a low-powered broadcast television station in Kansas City, Missouri
and is licensed to the city with offices in Kansas City,Missouri. KUKC is a licensed Univision
network affiliate and the only Spanish-language television station in the area. KUKC-LP is the only local Univision affiliate in the state of Missouri. It is owned and operated by SP Television LLC.
affiliate, K29CF. To make way for the new, full-powered KCWB
, the station moved in the mid-1990s to channel 48, as K48FS. In January 2005, after Equity Media Holdings's purchase of channel 48, the station was re-called KUKC-LP, to reflect its new Univision affiliation. http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67838&Callsign=KUKC-LP KUKC was sold to Silver Point Finance on June 2, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009.
KUKC-LP reaches an estimated 1,500,000 persons over-the-air. It has cable carriage into over 480,000 households in the Kansas City DMA through Time Warner Cable, AT&T- Uverse, Comcast Cable and Charter Cable .
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
and is licensed to the city with offices in Kansas City,Missouri. KUKC is a licensed Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
network affiliate and the only Spanish-language television station in the area. KUKC-LP is the only local Univision affiliate in the state of Missouri. It is owned and operated by SP Television LLC.
History
KUKC began its broadcasting operation as late as the early-1990s as a low-powered Value VisionShopNBC
ShopNBC is an American broadcast and cable home shopping network, owned and operated by ValueVision Media, which is in turn 30% owned by GE Equity and NBC Universal...
affiliate, K29CF. To make way for the new, full-powered KCWB
KCWE
KCWE is the CW-affiliated television station for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area licensed to the Missouri side. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter at the East 23rd Street/Topping Avenue intersection in Kansas City, Missouri's Blue Valley section...
, the station moved in the mid-1990s to channel 48, as K48FS. In January 2005, after Equity Media Holdings's purchase of channel 48, the station was re-called KUKC-LP, to reflect its new Univision affiliation. http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67838&Callsign=KUKC-LP KUKC was sold to Silver Point Finance on June 2, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009.
KUKC-LP reaches an estimated 1,500,000 persons over-the-air. It has cable carriage into over 480,000 households in the Kansas City DMA through Time Warner Cable, AT&T- Uverse, Comcast Cable and Charter Cable .