KUNS-TV

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KUNS-TV "Univision Seattle" is a full-power commercial television station licensed to Bellevue, Washington. As an affiliate of the Univision Spanish-language network, this station serves the entire Seattle-Tacoma, Washington metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Fisher Communications and is sister station to the area's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV 4. Fisher also owns ABC affiliate KATU and Univision affiliate KUNP in neighboring Portland, Oregon. KUNS is also one of only three television stations with the Univision network affiliation along side WUDT-CA in Detroit, Michigan and network owned and operated WQHS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio in or near Canadian bordering markets.

Technical Information

The station's analog broadcasts are on UHF channel 51, with a Effective Radiated Power of 3.8 megawatts and its digital broadcasts on channel 50, also on the UHF dial operates with an ERP of 240 kilowatts. Its transmitter is situated atop West Tiger Mountain -- which is also known as West Tiger #3 and in turn is located near Interstate 90 and State Route 18 on the outer fringe of the Seattle metropolis. Its transmitter measures about 2,358.92 feet (or 719 meters) above the average terrain level, and because of this the station can be received through many areas of Western Washington. Previously locally owned and operated and at one point being minority owned, the station was sold to Fisher Communications on September 29,2006. [1]

History

On February 10, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for television station KBEH, however the station never made it to the air. Channel 51 would begin its broadcasting operation on August 8, 1999 -- transmitting programs from the ValueVision Network, which later became ShopNBC in 2000 after NBC (now part of NBC Universal) acquired a 37% ownership stake in that network -- in December of that same year, the station would change its call letters to KWOG. On October 31, 2006, the station would change its call letters one more time. This time, from KWOG to the current KUNS-TV. On January 1, 2007, it rang in the year by going from broadcasting home retail programs to broadcasting Hispanic programming as a Univision affiliate almost instantly, providing viewers with programs such as Sabado Gigante, Despierta América and El Gordo y La Flaca, in addition to primetime telenovelas such as Duelo de Pasiones, La Fea Mas Bella and Mundo de Fieras, along with many other programs. The station will begin a local newscast sometime in the Fall of 2007. However, it is unclear if the newscast is that of its own or it would be produced by KOMO-TV.

Availability on Cable and Satellite

"Must-carry" regulations imposed by the FCC require most cable television systems across Western Washington to carry KUNS on their lineups. But even with the station's affiliation with Univision, the station is not available on all cable systems, opting for the network's national feed somewhere on their lineups -- or even no Univision service at all.

KUNS is not yet available on satellite television through DirecTV, but is available on Dish Network -- the network's national East and West Coast feeds are also still available to satellite customers.

Also, neither the station nor the network are available on cable or satellite systems in Canada. This is because the CRTC has not approved the network or any of its affiliates to be made available for Canadian audiences -- although some of its shows are seen on Telelatino, which is a part Spanish, part Italian cable channel. Telelatino does have plans to launch an all Spanish network in the future.

Cable & Satellite Locations

Cable / Satellite Provider Service Areas Package Fare Channel Position(s)
Comcast Aberdeen Analog 28
Arlington Analog 29
Bremerton Analog Classic 29
Cable Ready Rebuild
Centralia Analog 28
Seattle Analog 29
Snohomish Analog 29
Tacoma Analog 29
Click Network Tacoma Analog 27
Dish Network Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia-Bellingham Metro Analog 51 / 8624
Millennium Digital Media Duvall and Eastern King County Analog 66
Port Townsend Analog 62
Seattle Analog 31
Wave Broadband Camano Island Analog 16
Port Orchard Analog 20

Call Sign History

This is the station's call sign history according to the FCC. [2]

Call Sign First Used Last Used
KBEH February 10, 1988 December 13, 2000
KWOG December 13, 2000 October 31, 2006

Translators

KUNS also has four translator stations, serving the Yakima-Walla Walla-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick market of Eastern Washington. All of these stations are owned by WatchTV, Inc., but are operated by Fisher Communications under a Local Marketing Agreement.

Station City of License Analog Channel Began Operation Service Area Effective Radiated Power
KKFQ-CA Yakima 2 (VHF) March 4, 1996 Yakima 0.8 kW Analog
KWWA-CA Ellensburg 49 (UHF) 1997 Yakima 8 kW Analog
KVVK-CA Kennewick 15 (UHF) March 15, 1996 Pasco -
Walla Walla -
Kennewick 		81.9 kW Analog
KORX-CA Walla Walla 16 (UHF) 2001 Pasco -
Walla Walla -
Kennewick 		84.8 kW Analog

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