KORO (TV)
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.
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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: Ion 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 |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | noticiasya |
On cable, KORO is available on Charter Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 2.
History
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 | Short name | Programming[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KORO-DT | Main KORO programming / Univision |
| 28.2 | 480i | Mystery | Ion 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.