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| Company type | Division |
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| Industry | Broadcast television |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Entertainment (majority) (1997–2001) Liberty Media (majority) (1997–2001) |
| Parent | NBC Broadcasting (2001–2013) NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (2013–present) |
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| Website | together |
Telemundo Station Group is the division ofNBCUniversal Owned TV Stations (NBCUniversal), a subsidiary ofComcast that oversees theirTelemundoowned-and-operatedtelevision stations and theTeleXitos network. TheNBC owned-and-operated stations are held in the separateNBC Owned Television Stations division.
Telemundo was formed as NetSpan in 1984 by the owners ofWNJU inLinden, New Jersey (serving theNew York City area) andKSTS inSan Jose, California. These stations joinedKVEA inLos Angeles in 1985.[1] The following year, KVEA's part-owner,Reliance Group Holdings, purchased John Blair & Co., which ownedWKAQ-TV inSan Juan, Puerto Rico, branded on air as Telemundo, andWSCV inFort Lauderdale–Miami-West Palm Beach. In late 1986, Reliance took control over WNJU and KSTS.
In 1987, Reliance merged all these stations into the Telemundo Group.[2] The new corporation quickly wentpublic, and in 1987, Reliance decided to rebrand NetSpan as Telemundo. It then establishedKTMD inHouston andKVDA inSan Antonio.
On November 9, 1995, Essaness Communications sold a 74.5% controlling interest inWSNS-TV inChicago to Telemundo for $44.7 million, with Essaness retaining a 25.5% stake.[3] Essaness would later sell its stake in the partnership to Telemundo in 2003.
In 1997,Liberty Media andSony Pictures Entertainment purchased a majority interest in Telemundo from Reliance Capital Group.[4]NBC would then purchase Telemundo from Sony and Liberty Media in 2001.[5] Telemundo in 2001 would also acquireKXTX-TV inDallas.[6]
In April 2002, NBC bought thenHolbrook, Arizona stationKPHZ (now KTAZ) and its translators unPhoenix, Arizona (KPHZ-LP andKPSW-LP) from Venture Technologies Group for $7,5 million.[7] It was finalized on September 26, 2002.[8] In 2005, NBC/Telemundo successfully gotFCC approval to swap licenses with theDaystar Network's ownedKDTP: the KPHZ license moved from Holbrook to Phoenix, broadcasting on channel 39. Daystar's KDTP license then moved from Phoenix to Holbrook, broadcasting on channel 11. These changes were completed in 2006.[9]
In September 2002, NBC agreed to acquire WPXB in theBoston area fromPaxson Communications, with the intention of making it a Telemundo owned-and-operated station.[10][11] Paxson, which was in the process of selling some of its stations in order to raise $100 million, had originally planned to sell WPXB to another company, but NBC had aright of first refusal on Paxson's stations in the fifty largest markets,[12] which it had obtained when it acquired a 32 percent stake in Paxson in 1999.[13] NBC completed its purchase of WPXB on October 29, 2002;[14] two days later, the call letters were changed toWNEU.
On October 8, 2002, NBC announced that it would acquire three Telemundo affiliates:KHRR (inTucson) andKDRX-CA (inPhoenix) from Television Apogeo, andKNSO (inFresno) fromSainte Partners II, L.P.[15] The sale of Arizona stations were completed on January 1, 2003;[16][17] while the acquisition of the Telemundo-affiliate in Fresno was completed on April 30, 2003.[18]
On February 23, 2005, NBC bought Telemundo affiliateKBLR for $32.1 million.[19][20]The sale was completed on May 24, 2005.[21]
In January 2006, NBCUniversal agreed to buy Denver'sKDEN-TV from Longmont Broadcasting.[22] The acquisition was completed on July 13.[23] In November, NBCUniversal agreed to donate Steamboat Springs' KMAS-TV (who was the main Telemundo affiliate for Denver before NBC's acquisition of KDEN) toRocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network.[24] The donation was completed on July 26, 2007.[25]
On January 26, 2011, NBCUniversal announced the sale of its Spanish-languageindependent stationKWHY-TV to the Meruelo Group due to its pending merger with Comcast.[26] The sale was completed on July 1.[27]
On March 21, 2013, NBCUniversal entered into an agreement to acquireWWSI fromZGS Communications for $20 million. Prior to the sale agreement, WWSI had been the largest station (in terms of market size) aligned with Telemundo that was not anowned-and-operated station of the network. The deal created a duopoly with NBC-owned Philadelphia station WCAU.[28] The sale was completed on July 2.[29]
In July 2013,NBC Owned Television Stations and Telemundo's owned stations were brought together under a newly formed division, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, under NBC TV Station president Valari Staab.[30]
In 2017, NBCUniversal announced that it was hiring people for NBC-ownedKNSD inSan Diego with the intention of launching a new Telemundo-owned station in the area, replacingTijuana,Mexico-licensed stationXHAS-TDT (whose affiliation expired at the end of June 2017). The new Telemundo affiliate, branded as "Telemundo 20", launched on July 1 on KNSD's digital 39.20 subchannel. On September 12, 2017, NBCUniversal acquiredKUAN-LD from NRJ TV, LLC, to serve as San Diego's Telemundo station instead;[31] the sale was completed on December 21, 2017.[32]
On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal announced its purchase ofZGS Communications's ten Spanish-language television stations.[33]The sale was completed in early 2018.[34] Two of the stations (WRIW-CD andWZGS-CD) were filed separately, as ZGS were negotiatingchannel sharing agreements at the time of the sale. Those sales were completed in July 2018.[35][36]
On March 5, 2019,KCSO-LD inSacramento, California andKTMW inSalt Lake City (and their respective repeater stations) were acquired from Serestar Communications.[37]
On July 30, 2021 NBCUniversal announced it was buyingAlbuquerque,New Mexico Telemundo affiliateKASA-TV and its repeater stations for $12.5 million dollars. In the short term NBC announced it was entering a transitional services agreementGray Television, which had purchasedFox affiliateKJTV-TV and other Ramar television assets inLubbock,Texas earlier in 2021. The deal will give NBCU Telemundo station group 31 stations and marks the end of 23 years of Ramar's ownership of the Telemundo affiliation in the city.[38]
| City of license /Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Owned since | Secondary owned networks[39] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | KTAZ | 39 (29) | 2002 | TeleX,Cozi,NBC True CRMZ,Oxygen |
| Tucson, Arizona | KHRR | 40 (16) | 2003 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Fresno, California | KNSO | 51 (27) | 2003 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Corona/Los Angeles | KVEA[n1 1] | 52 (25) | 1985 | TeleX |
| Sacramento, California | KCSO-LD[n1 2] | 33 (3) | 2019 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ |
| KMUM-CD[n1 2] (Repeater of KCSO-LD) | 33 (31) | 2019 | ||
| KMMW-LD[n1 2] (Repeater of KCSO-LD) | 33 (14) | 2019 | ||
| Poway/San Diego | KUAN-LD | 48 (17) | 2017 | TeleX |
| San Jose/San Francisco | KSTS[n1 1] | 48 (19) | 1984 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Salinas/Monterey | K15CU-D[n1 3][n1 4] | 15 (15) | 1990 | Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, TeleX, Oxygen |
| Denver | KDEN-TV | 25 (29) | 2006 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Hartford | WRDM-CD[n1 5] | 19 (31) | 2018 | TeleX |
| Washington, D.C. | WZDC-CD[n1 5] | 44 (34) | 2018 | TeleX |
| Fort Myers | WWDT-CD[n1 5] | 43 (43) | 2018 | NBC True CRMZ |
| Miami | WSCV[n1 1] | 51 (30) | 1987 | TeleX, TelemundoPalm Beach |
| Orlando | WTMO-CD[n1 5] | 31 (31) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ |
| Tampa | WRMD-CD | 49 (30) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Chicago | WSNS-TV[n1 6] | 44 (33) | 1996 | TeleX |
| Merrimack, New Hampshire/Boston, Massachusetts | WNEU | 60 (29) | 2002 | NBC True CRMZ |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | WDMR-LD[n1 5] | 14 (23) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Las Vegas | KBLR | 39 (20) | 2005 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Cozi, Oxygen |
| Linden, New Jersey/New York, New York | WNJU[n1 1] | 47 (35) | 1984 | TeleX |
| Albuquerque | KASA-TV[n1 7] | 2 (27) | 2021 | TeleX,Roar, Cozi TV |
| KUPT-LD[n1 7] | 2 (32) | 2021 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen,Movies!, Roar, Cozi | |
| Mount Laurel, New Jersey/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WWSI | 62 (28) | 2013 | TeleX |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | WRTD-CD[n1 5] | 54 (15) | 2018 | |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | WKAQ-TV[n1 3][n1 8] | 2 (28) | 1987 | Spanish Independent, NBC (viaWNBC in New York City), NBC True CRMZ |
| Providence, Rhode Island | WRIW-CD[n1 5] | 51 (17) | 2018 | Cozi, Oxygen |
| WYCN-LD[n1 3][n1 9] | 8 (36) | 2016 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ | |
| Dallas/Fort Worth | KXTX-TV | 39 (36) | 2001 | TeleX |
| Houston | KTMD[n1 3] | 47 (22) | 1987 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Cozi, Oxygen |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico/El Paso, Texas | KTDO[n1 5] | 48 (26) | 2018 | TeleX, NBC True CRMZ |
| Rio Grande City, Texas | KTLM | 40 (14) | 2013 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| San Antonio | KVDA[n1 3] | 60 (15) | 1989 | TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| Salt Lake City | KTMW[n1 2] | 20 (20) | 2019 | TeleX,TheGrio, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| KULX-CD[n1 2] (Repeater of KTMW) | 10 (14) | 2019 | ||
| KEJT-CD (Repeater of KTMW) | 50 (21) | 1993 | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | WZTD-LD[n1 5] | 45 (34) | 2018 | NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen |
| City of license /Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years owned | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | KPSW-LP | 41 | 2002 | Canal de la fe affiliate,KPDF-CD, owned byHC2 Holdings. |
| KDRX-CA | 48 | 2002-2006 | Defunct | |
| KPHZ-LP | 58 | 2002-2006 | Daystar owned-and-operated (O&O),KDTP-LP | |
| Los Angeles | KWHY-TV | 22 (4) | 2001–2011 | Scientology Network affiliate,KSCN-TV, owned bySunset Boulevard Broadcasting |
| Steamboat Springs | KMAS-TV | 24 (10) | 2002–2007 | PBS member station,KRMZ, owned byRocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network |