KWEX-TV
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| KWEX-TV | |
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| San Antonio, Texas | |
| Branding | Univision 41 |
| Channels | Analog: 41 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Univision Communications, Inc. (KWEX License Partnership, LP) |
| First air date | June 10, 1955 |
| Sister station(s) | KNIC-TV |
| Former callsigns | KCOR-TV (1955-1961) KUAL-TV (1961-1962) |
| Former affiliations | Spanish independent (1955-1962) SIN (1962-1987) |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 400 kW (digital) |
| Height | 432 m (analog) 414 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 35881 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | Univision 41 |
KWEX-TV is the local Univisión owned and operated station in San Antonio, Texas. The station is the first commercially-based Spanish language television station in the United States.
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[edit] History
KWEX-TV channel 41 began as KCOR-TV in 1955, named after its radio sister station, which itself was named for Raoul CORtez, the owner and pioneer of the first full time spanish language radio and television stations in the United States. KWEX-TV was also the first UHF channel in south Texas. In 1961, after years of losing money with KCOR-TV, Mr. Cortez sold the station to his son-in-law, Emilio Nicolas, Sr., Renold Anselmo, Emilio Azcarraga Vidaurreta, Julian Kaufman and Frank Fouce, Sr. Emilio Nicolas, Sr. worked side by side with Cortez since the stations inception, not only running the station, but producing many of its variety shows. Nicolas made the station a financial success and in 1962 Nicolas and his partners built their second station in Los Angeles, KMEX-TV channel 34. Thus the first Spanish language television network began to form.
[edit] Newscasts
- Noticias 41 Univision a las 5 PM (Mondays thru Fridays 5:00 PM-5:30 PM)
- Noticias 41 Univision Solo a las Diez (Mondays thru Fridays 10:00 PM-10:30 PM)
- Noticias 41 Univision Fin de Semana (Saturdays and Sundays 5:00 PM-5:30 PM & 10:00 PM-10:30 PM)
[edit] News Team
Anchors
- Jorge Nunez:Weeknight Evening Anchor/Reporter
- Brenda Jimenez:Weeknight Evening Anchor
- Antonio Guillen:Reporter
- Monica Navarro:Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Arantxa Loizaga:Reporter
- Anabel Monge:Reporter
Weather
- Keyhla Calderon Lugo:Weekday Meteorologist
- Monica Yoas:Weekend Meteorologist
Sports
- Jaime Becerril:Sports Anchor/Accion Deportivo Sunday nights at 10:15P.M
[edit] External links
- Univision 41 website
- Brief history
- History of the Spanish International Network
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KWEX
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWEX-TV
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