KORO (TV)
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Corpus Christi, Texas United States | |
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Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 28 |
Branding | Univision 28 (general) Noticias Univision 28 (newscasts) |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 28.1: Univision 28.2: Court TV Mystery 28.3: Laff 28.4: Comet 28.5: Bounce TV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
KCRP-CD | |
History | |
First air date | April 1977[1] |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 28 (UHF, 1977–2009) |
Analog/DT1: SIN (1977–1987) DT2: UniMás (via KCRP-CD, until 2019) | |
Call sign meaning | ORO = Spanish for gold |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 64877 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 287.3 m (943 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°42′29″N 97°38′0″W / 27.70806°N 97.63333°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | noticiasya |
KORO, virtual channel 28 (UHF digital channel 27), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is a sister station to low-power, Class A UniMás affiliate KCRP-CD (channel 41). The two stations share studios on North Mesquite Street in Downtown Corpus Christi; KORO's transmitter is located between Petronila and Robstown.
On cable, KORO is available on Charter Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 2.
History[]
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KORO was founded in 1977 as a locally owned, mostly independent station airing programming from the Spanish International Network, a forerunner of Univision. The original owners included lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.
The nearly 1,000-foot-tall (300 m) tower was shared by KORO and radio station KBCB (now KRYS-FM).
KORO's call letters are pronounced in station IDs as "Kah-ORO".
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
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28.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KORO-DT | Main KORO programming / Univision |
28.2 | 480i | Mystery | Court TV Mystery | |
28.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
28.4 | Comet | Comet | ||
28.5 | Bounce | Bounce TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KORO shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations 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 27.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 28.
Newscasts[]
- En Punto de las Cinco - Noticias Univision 28 (Mondays thru Fridays 5:00–5:30 p.m.)
- Sólo a las Diez - Noticias Univision 28 (Mondays thru Fridays 10:00–10:30 p.m.)
References[]
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says April 15, while the Television and Cable Factbook says April 13.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KORO
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Television channels and stations established in 1977
- 1977 establishments in Texas
- Univision network affiliates
- Court TV Mystery affiliates
- Laff (TV network) affiliates
- Comet (TV network) affiliates
- Television stations in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Spanish-language television stations in Texas
- Entravision Communications stations
- Texas television station stubs