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| Los Angeles, California | |
| Branding | Univision 34 |
| Slogan | A Su Lado (On Your Side) |
| Channels | Digital: 34 (UHF) |
| Translators | K39DW 39 Daggett, etc. |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Univision Communications, Inc. (KMEX License Partnership, GP) |
| First air date | September 30, 1962 |
| Call letters’ meaning | MEXico |
| Sister station(s) | KFTR-DT, KLVE, KRCD, KSCA, KTNQ |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 34 (1962-2009) Digital: 35 |
| Former affiliations | SIN (1962-1987) |
| Transmitter Power | 392 kW |
| Height | 956 m |
| Facility ID | 35123 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 34°13′36″N 118°3′59″W / 34.22667°N 118.06639°W |
| Website | KMEX |
KMEX-DT, "Univisión 34 Los Angeles", is the Univision owned-and-operated station in Los Angeles and the network's flagship station for the West Coast. Since KMEX went on the air, they opened the way for a cultural phenomenon in the U.S. to establish a Spanish language TV network. KMEX-DT offers a Spanish programming format featuring news, talk shows, dramas, movies and other first rate Spanish programming.
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History
KMEX-TV first began broadcasting on September 30, 1962 as a Spanish-language television station. Its newscast, Noticias 34, is the top rated newscast among Spanish-speaking viewers in Southern California and often draws more viewers than any of the English speaking newscasts (although that has changed recently as KVEA has improved the quality of their newscast). Currently, Noticias 34 has led the ratings in the 18-34 and 18-49 demographic at 6 p.m. for the last twelve years, a remarkable feat for any station.[1] Part of the reason for this is that the Latino population in Southern California is younger than the non-Latino population.
KMEX has long been known for its news coverage. News director Ruben Salazar was killed by the LAPD in 1970 when covering the National Chicano Moratorium March. Its news feature, El 15% de los Estados Unidos, which tells about the impact of Latinos on the United States, won a Peabody Award in 2006, and the station has won its share of Emmys and Golden Mics in the Los Angeles market.
While many stations in the region have begun producing local newscasts and other locally-produced programming in High Definition, KMEX will be presented in High Definition on January 1, 2010. Their Spanish-language rival KVEA and KWHY, as well as all English-language stations now produce local news in High Definition.
KMEX had a fully-equipped Bell Jetranger ENG helicopter for its aerial coverage of breaking news[2] shown here with pilot/reporter Desiree Horton, but the contract expired in mid 2008 and it is not known when or if they will get another one.
In 2008, The Washington Post compared Southern California English newscasts with KMEX's Spanish newscasts and concluded, "The sharpest coverage of state and local issues -- government, politics, immigration, labor, economics, health care -- is now found on Spanish-language TV."[3]
On June 12, 2009 at 11:59 PM, after some past memories from KMEX since 1962 and a brief countdown to "La Era Digital", KMEX discontinued its analog TV broadcasts and became a digital-only station.[4] Following the analog-to-digital transition, KMEX moved its digital signal back to channel 34. Digital channel 35, currently used by KMEX-DT will be the final digital channel assignment for KRCA-DT. KRCA is required to abandon its pre-transition digital channel 68, as it lies outside of the post transition core channels 2 through 51.
Newscasts
Weekdays
- Noticias Univision 34: Primera Edicion - 5:00 - 7:00 a.m.
- Noticias Univision 34 A Las 6PM - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
- Noticias Univision 34 Solo A Las Once - 11:00 - 11:30 p.m.
Saturdays
- Noticias Univision 34 Fin De Semana - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
- Noticias Univision 34 Fin De Semana - 11:00 - 11:15 p.m.
- Accion Deportiva 34 - 11:15 - 11:30 p.m.
Sundays
- Noticias Univision 34 Fin De Semana - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
- Noticias Univision 34 Fin De Semana - 11:00 - 11:15 p.m.
- Accion Deportiva 34 - 11:15 - 11:30 p.m.
News team
Anchors
- Teresa Quevedo
- Raul Peimbert
- Gabriela Teissier
- Fabiola Kramsky
- Rolando Nichols
- Francisco Pinto
Weather
- Guillermo Quiroz
- Gisela Gilbert
Sports
- Bernardo Osuna
Reporters
- Karina Dalmas
- Pepe Barreto
- Cecilia Bogran
- Oswaldo Borraez
- Claudia Botero
- Norma Roque
- Francisco Ugalde
- Antonio Valverde
- Luis Zaragoza
Voz y Voto (Local affairs program)
- Xochilt Arellano
Notes
- ^ "KMEX-TV "Sweeps" the November 2005 Competition" (PDF). Univision Press Release. November 20, 2005. http://www.univision.net/corp/en/ir/kmex_sweeps_nov05_competition.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5290/1808/1600/Picture%20073.jpg
- ^ Mathews, Joe (May 11, 2008). "Switch to Español". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902540.html?hpid=opinionsbox1. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ YouTube video of analog TV shutoffs in Los Angeles
External links
- Univisión 34 Los Angeles section of univision.com
- Karina Dalmas
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KMEX
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K39DW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMEX-DT
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