KNIC-DT (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Blanco, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the San Antonio area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Univision outlet KWEX-DT (channel 41). The two stations share studios on Network Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio; KNIC's transmitter is located on Hogan Drive in Timberwood Park. Although Blanco is geographically within the Austin market, that city has its own UniMás station, KTFO-CD.
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| City | Blanco, Texas |
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| Branding | UniMás 17 |
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| History | |
| Founded | July 13, 2005 |
First air date | September 28, 2006 |
Former call signs | KNIC-TV (2006–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Nicolas Communications (former owner of former station on channel 17, KNIC-CD) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 125710 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°41′48″N 98°30′45″W / 29.69667°N 98.51250°W |
| Translator(s) | KCOR-CD 34 (27 UHF) San Antonio |
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| Website | UniMás |
History
editKNIC-DT's history traces back to the March 1991 sign-on of K17BY, a low-power television station that San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) was issued a construction permit to build on March 23, 1988; operating on UHF channel 17, Clear Channel sold the station in March 1991 to Nicolas Communications. In November 1997, the station changed its calls to KNIC-LP (in reference to its owners); Nicolas Communications sold KNIC-CA in November 2001 (the station received approval to upgrade its license to Class A status that same month) to Univision Communications, a sale that was completed in January 2002; that month, it became a charter affiliate of Univision's secondary network, TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on January 7, 2013).
Univision had applied for a license to build a full-power television station in 2000 on UHF channel 52 in Blanco; after the Federal Communications Commission awarded Univision the license at auction, Univision requested that the FCC move the allocation to UHF channel 17; the request was granted in February 2003.[2] KNIC-TV was founded on July 13, 2005. The formal application for KNIC-TV called for Univision to either move KNIC-CA to another channel, or to shut it down outright,[3] KNIC-CA moved to channel 34 under special temporary authorization, before it ceased operations on September 28, 2006; its license survives as KCOR-CD, a translator of KNIC-DT. KNIC-DT was one of the few television stations to have been built and signed on by Univision Communications.
Technical information
editSubchannels
editThe station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 17.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNIC-DT | UniMás |
| 17.2 | KWEX-DT | Univision (KWEX-DT) | ||
| 17.4 | 480i | NVSN | Nuestra Visión | |
| 17.5 | SHOP LC | Shop LC | ||
| 12.5 | 480i | 16:9 | StartTV | Start TV (KSAT-TV) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
editBecause it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KNIC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 17, on June 12, 2009. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 18,[5] using virtual channel 17.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNIC-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 26, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=256547[permanent dead link]
- ^ "RabbitEars TV query for KNIC". www.rabbitears.info. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.