KLDO-TV

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Television station in Laredo, Texas

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::summary Television station in Laredo, Texas ::

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Field	Value
callsign	KLDO-TV
city	Laredo, Texas
logo	KLDO27.png
branding
digital	19 (UHF)
virtual	27
affiliations
airdate
location
country	United States–Mexico
callsign_meaning	"Laredo"
former_callsigns	KJTB (1984, CP)
former_channel_numbers	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1984–2009)
owner	Entravision Communications
licensee	Entravision Holdings, LLC
sister_stations
former_affiliations
erp	150 kW
haat	135 m
facility_id	51479
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website
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History

ABC affiliate

In the early 1980s, five applications were received to start a new TV station for Laredo, the city's third, on UHF channel 27. In December 1982, the Federal Communications Commission designated four of them for hearing, from K-RIO Broadcasting Company; Carlos Ortiz; Tierra del Sol Broadcasting Company, owner of KVEO-TV in Brownsville; and Panorama Broadcasting Company. Ortiz, a pastor proposing to operate channel 27 as a Christian station, later dropped his proposal because of the multiple competing applications from secular groups; Oro Broadcasting Company was disqualified because its principal owner was not a United States citizen.

As a result of a downturn in the regional economy, Tierra del Sol withdrew; Panorama then reimbursed K-RIO for its expenses in a settlement that paved the way for it to be granted the permit in April 1983. A tower was erected in the parking lot of Laredo's Riverdrive Mall, where studios were set up. Having been known as KJTB during construction, KLDO-TV signed on December 17, 1984, as an ABC affiliate; the affiliation had belonged to KGNS-TV. Laredo thus became among the last markets with three-network service. In addition to ABC programming, KLDO-TV produced local news under the title Laredo Eyewitness News. In January 1987, KLDO became a secondary affiliate of Fox.

Spanish-language programming

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The station switched to Telemundo in October 1988, retaining select ABC programs including sports, Good Morning America, and Nightline. The move coincided with Panorama signing a management agreement with Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano, the president of Mexico City-based Grupo Siete, which at the time owned several radio stations in Nuevo Laredo. The switch to primarily Spanish-language programming led to an upturn in ratings, moving from dead last to first place in the February 1989 Nielsen survey.

In 1996, KLDO changed affiliations from Telemundo to Univision; by this time, in total-day audience ratings, it was the market's number-one station. Entravision acquired KLDO-TV in 1997, and the station moved out of the Riverdrive Mall and into a new facility on Loop 20 in 2000. KLDO-TV continued to be the most-watched station in the market, but KGNS-TV brought in twice as much revenue.

Until February 28, 2018, the station produced Spanish-language newscasts, branded as Noticias Univision 27; the KLDO news operation was discontinued in favor of a regional newscast produced out of McAllen sister station KNVO.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of KLDO-TV{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KLDO#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KLDO|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=December 14, 2024}}"]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming	27.1
1080i	16:9	Univisn	Univision
480i	LATV	LATV
CourtTV	Court TV
Majstad	Majestad TV
1080i	AltaVsn	AltaVision [[File:4 rounded rect pink.svg	14px	alt=MPEG-4 video	link=MPEG-4 Part 2]]
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References

(December 28, 1982). "Public Notice". Laredo Morning Times.
Bouldin, Bill. "Who gets Channel 27?". Laredo Morning Times.
Bouldin, Bill. (April 25, 1983). "Channel 27: Laredoans get Ok for third station". Laredo Morning Times.
Bouldin, Bill. (October 3, 1984). "Tower Ok'd: New TV station to lease mall parking area". Laredo Morning Times.
(December 16, 1984). "The Turn-On Is Tomorrow (ad)". Laredo Morning Times.
(January 11, 1987). "KLDO features Joan Rivers show". [[Laredo Morning Times]].
Sanchez, Tom. (March 31, 1989). "Surprise showing: KLDO zooms into first place in prime time TV ratings". Laredo Morning Times.
Parisi, Jim. (October 19, 1988). "KLDO announces switch to Spanish programming". Laredo Morning Times.
(January 22, 1989). "Horizons brightening for communications". Laredo Morning Times.
Garcia, Robert. (June 30, 1996). "Local television viewers following national trend". Laredo Morning Times.
Peterson, Mark. (January 1, 1997). "Entravision takes over at KLDO". Laredo Morning Times.
Garcia, Robert. (December 24, 1999). "KLDO parent company in major expansion purchase". Laredo Morning Times.
Trigoboff, Dan. (August 12, 2002). "Focus Laredo". Broadcasting & Cable.
(March 1, 2018). "Entravision shuts down Univision Laredo newscast, lays off staff". Media Moves.
"RabbitEars TV Query for KLDO".

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