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KORO-TV is a Spanish-language television station
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 in Corpus Christi, Texas
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, broadcasting locally on digital channel 27 (virtual channel 28) as an affiliate of Univisión
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. The station is owned by Entravision.

KORO-TV was founded in 1977 as a locally owned, mostly independent station airing programs of the then SIN (Spanish International Network), a forerunner of Univision. The original owners included lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.

The nearly 1000 feet (304.8 m) tower was shared by KORO-TV and the then KBCB-FM (now KRYS-FM).

KORO-TV's call letters are pronounced in station IDs as "K-Oro" (Ka-Oro).

In early 2008, KORO-TV launched a new website featuring news, weather and more. The link to the page is on the right side and bottom of this page.

Newscasts

  • Noticias Univision 28 a las 5 PM (Mondays thru Fridays 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.)
  • Noticias Univision 28 a las 10 PM (Monday thru Fridays 10:00 P.M. - 10:30 P.M.)

News team

Anchors
  • Angel Covarrubias: Noticias 28 5 pm & 10 pm Anchor & News Director [2000-]
  • Diana Castillo: Noticias 28 5 pm & 10pm Co-anchor [2010-]
  • Gabriella Salas-Morrow: Noticias 28 Reporter [1997-]


Correspondents
  • Fernando Pizarro: Noticias Univision National Correspondent (based in Washington, D.C.
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    )


Crimestoppers
  • Angel Covarrubias: 5 p.m. & 10 p.m. every Friday.


Sports
  • Pedro Lejia: Deportes 28 5 p.m. & 10 p.m. Sports anchor. [2009-]


Weather
  • Belen DeLeon: Noticias 28 5 p.m. & 10 p.m. meteorologist [2010-]


Entertainment
  • Jessica Montoya: Noticias 28 5 p.m. & 10 p.m. Entertainment reporter [2009-]
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