KTAS is a Spanish-language television station

Television station

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 in San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...

, broadcasting locally on 34 (digital) as an affiliate of Telemundo

Telemundo

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. The station is owned by Raul & Consuelo Palazuelos. KTAS can also be seen on repeater station K07TA in Santa Maria

Santa Maria, California

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 and K09UF in Morro Bay

Morro Bay, California

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.

History

Channel 33 first signed on in January 1990 as KADE, owned by the owners of KADY in Oxnard, California

Oxnard, California

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 (now KBEH

KBEH

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), rebroadcasting its sister station in Oxnard with the exception of nightly Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 network programming. KADE signed off in 1993.

Channel 33 returned to the air in 1997 as KTAS, 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...

 affiliate. KTAS switched to Telemundo in 2001 when KPMR

KPMR

KPMR is a full-service Spanish-language television station in Santa Barbara, California. Owned by Entravision Communications, it broadcasts locally on digital UHF channel 21 as an affiliate of Univisión...

 signed on the air. KTAS terminated analog broadcasting on channel 33 on February 17, 2009. Through the use of PSIP, digital sets continue to show KTAS by its virtual channel

Virtual channel

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number, 33.1

External links

• Telemundo official site

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