KDCU-DT is a digital TV station in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

. The station, which signed on August 20, 2009, is owned by Entravision Communications Corporation

Entravision Communications

Entravision Communications Corporation is a media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic markets. They are the largest affiliate...

. It is an affiliate of the Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 network, making it the first (and so far only) full-power Spanish-language television station in Kansas. Since KDCU is licensed as a full-power station, it will be able to mandate carriage on cable and satellite systems in the Wichita/Hutchinson Plus market.

The station has a joint sales agreement

Local marketing agreement

In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...

 with Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc., Licensee of KWCH-DT and KSCW-DT, in which Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. handles advertising, production, and promotion; as a result, KDCU's offices and master control are located at the KWCH studios in Wichita. KWCH also produces for KDCU a nightly Spanish-language newscast, Noticias Univision Kansas, weeknights at 10 p.m.

Its transmitter and tower, near Colwich

Colwich, Kansas

Colwich is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,327.-Geography:Colwich is located at...

, was previously used by KSCW. KSCW moved to a transmitter and tower, near Hutchinson in Reno County.

KDCU-DT

KDCU-DT broadcasts on digital channel 31.

Channel	Video	Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...	Name	Programming
31.1	1080i 1080i 1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...	16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...	KDCU-DT	Main KDCU/Univisión Univision Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva... HD programming

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