KDTV-DT, channel 14, is a 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...

-owned and operated station in San Francisco

San Francisco, California

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History

KDTV began operation in 1975 on channel

Television channel

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 60 as the Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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's first exclusively Spanish-language TV station. The station was owned by a local group headed by Reynold Anselmo and affiliated with the Spanish International Network. On March 5, 1979 KDTV traded facilities with KCSM

KCSM-TV

KCSM-TV, virtual channel 60, is an independent, non-commercial television station located in San Mateo, California, USA. Until 2009, KCSM-TV was a PBS member station...

, San Mateo

San Mateo, California

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, obtaining Channel 14.

By the mid-1980s, The Spanish International Network became known as Univision. KDTV continued its format of full-time Spanish language programming. Finally, it became owned and operated by Univision in 1992. Univision 14 is also rebroadcast on KDTV-CA channel 28, in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, California

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News operation

Enrique Gratas

Enrique Gratas

Enrique Gratas is an award winning journalist and the former anchor of Univision's Última Hora , the second most popular Spanish newscast in the United States. Gratas was fired in March 2009 along with 300 other Univision employees...

, host of Univision's late night newscast Noticiero Univision Última Hora

Noticiero Univision

Noticiero Univision is the nightly 6:30 p.m. ET/PT/5:30 p.m. CT/MT newscast on United States Spanish language television network Univision. It is produced by Noticias Univision, the network's news division....

, anchored KDTV's first newscasts. In November 2007, the Bay Area's highest ratings among all viewers aged 25 to 54 for a 6 p.m. local news broadcast went to KDTV. This was the Bay Area's first occurrence in which a Spanish-language news program earned higher ratings than its English-language counterparts.

News team

Anchors

• Maria Leticia Gomez - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• Alejandro Mendoza - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• Ramon Adame - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.

Weather

• Guillermo Quiroz - lead meteorologist; nightly at 6 and 11 p.m.

Sports

• William Bonilla - lead sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.

Reporters

• Beatriz Ferrari - general assignment reporter
• Flavio Lacayo - general assignment reporter
• Edgardo Quijano - general assignment reporter

Digital television

On June 12, 2009, KDTV started broadcasting exclusively in digital.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Virtual Channel	Physical 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,...	Programming
14.1	51.1	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 ...	Main KDTV/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...  programming (HD)
14.2	51.2	480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...	4:3	KFSF/Telefutura TeleFutura TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time... programming (SD)

External links

• Univision 14 Official Website (in Spanish)