KTDO, digital channel 47 (virtual channel 48), is a television station

Television station

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 affiliated with Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, serving the El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas

El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

 and Juarez Mexico television market. It is licensed to Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....

, it transmits in analog and digital. It is also aired on cable channel 11 and HD channel 864.

The station signed on the air in November 1984, as English-language independent station

Independent station

An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....

 KASK-TV. Five years later, it became KZIA, and in 1995, the station joined UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

 as a charter member. In 1999, the ZGS Group

ZGS Communications

ZGS Communications, also referred to as the ZGS Group or ZGS Broadcasting, is a television and radio station operator in the United States, based in Arlington, Virginia. The company operates 18 stations: 15 television stations , and 3 radio stations...

 of Arlington, Virginia purchased the station, changed the language of broadcast to Spanish

Spanish language

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, and affiliated it with Telemundo. The call letters were changed to KTYO, and later KTDO.

UPN, which went off the air in September 2006 after a merger with The WB to form The CW, never again had a full-time affiliate in the El Paso area.
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On November 16, 2010 Telemundo El Paso aired their first 5 and 10 pm first newscast "Telenoticias El Paso" in High Definition making it the first HD Spanish newscast in the city.

News staff

• Ricardo Vela - Main News Anchor
• Georgina Terrazas - Main Meteorologist
• Aaron Duarte- Sports Anchor
• Gabriel Preciado- Reporter
• Fernanda Camarena- Reporter
• Benjamin Zamora- Reporter

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Subchannel	Programming
47.1	Main KTDO Programming
47.3	Inmigrante TV Inmigrante TV Inmigrante TV is a United States television network featuring political news and commentary aimed at Hispanic immigrants.The station was founded in 2010 by immigration attorney Manuel Solis...