KINC

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KINC-TV
Las Vegas, Nevada
Branding	Univision 15 Las Vegas
Slogan	Siempre contigo (Always With You)
Channels	15 (UHF) analog, 16 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Entravision Communications
Founded	November 10, 1993
Call letters meaning	See Trivia
Former callsigns	KZIR
Transmitter Power	1120 kW/564 m (analog) 1000 kW/570.5 m (digital)
Website	http://www.kinc.entravision.com/

KINC is a Univision station serving Las Vegas, Nevada. This station is owned by Entravision Communications. This station was formerly known as KZIR from November 10, 1993 to July 17, 1995. As of August 2006, KINC is the highest rated Spanish language television station in Southern Nevada. [1]

Contents 1 Programming 2 Newscasts 3 Digital Programming 4 Translator Channels 5 Photos 6 Trivia 7 See Also 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Programming

The majority of the programming aired on this station comes from the national Univision network. However, KINC does have a news department which produces the highest rated Spanish newscasts in the Las Vegas Valley. In 2006 KINC has aired both the Nevada Republican and Democratic Gubernatorial Primary debates translated into the Spanish Language.

[edit] Newscasts

KINC currently produces two newscasts each weekday. As of August 2006, Raul Collazo and Andrea Balsa anchor the 6PM newscast while Emmy award winning anchorwoman Vilma Velazquez and Raul Collazo anchor the 11PM newscast. Ronald Najarro (Ronnie) is the sports reporter for both newscasts. Additional news reporters are Gilberto Padilla, Rosana Romero and Alex Berron.

Weekdays

• Noticias 15 a las Seis - 6PM - 6:30PM
• Noticias 15 a las Once - 11PM - 11:30PM

KINC's news department also creates one thirty second Newsbrief which airs both on KINC and KELV-LP as well as news related Station IDs that air solely on KINC at the top of each hour 3pm-5pm and 8pm-10pm.

[edit] Digital Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
16.1 / 15.1	Main KINC programming
16.2 / 15.2	KELV-LP (Telefutura)

[edit] Translator Channels

KINC's signal is relayed on the following translator channels:

• KNTL-LP (47) Laughlin, Nevada
• KWWB-LP (45) Mesquite, Nevada

[edit] Photos

Vilma Velazquez anchors KINC's local news.

KINC-DT and KELV-LP Dual Master Control Room.

KINC-DT and KELV-LP Digital Television Equipment.

KINC-DT Master Control Switcher.

[edit] Trivia

• In phoenetic Spanish, the station's call sign spells out "quince" (fifteen), the station's analog channel number.

[edit] See Also

• List of Univision affiliates

[edit] External links

• Las Vegas Sun: New voice calls on Hispanics
• LV Business Press: Univision tops local newscasts
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Hispanics shake up local TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KINC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KNTL-LP
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KWWB-LP

[edit] References

• Knightly, Arnold (April 05, 2006). Univision tops local newscasts. Las Vegas Business Press. Retrieved on August 12, 2006.
  

Broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas market  (Nielsen DMA #48)

KVBC 3 (NBC) (NBC Weather Plus on DT2) - KVVU 5 (FOX) (Fox 5 24/7 Weather on DT2) - KLAS 8 (CBS) - KLVX 10 (PBS) (PBS HD on DT1) (Create on DT3) - KTNV 13 (ABC) (KTNV Problem Solver Traffic on DT2) - KINC 15 (UNI) (KELV-LP on DT2) - KEEN-LP 17 (TLN) - KHDF-CA 19 (AZA) - KVMY 21 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT3) - KLVD-LP 23 (DS) - KTUD-CA 25 (Ind) - KELV-LP 27 (TFU) - KVPX-LP 28 (VSEN-TV) - KPVT-LP 30 (FamilyNet) - KNBX-CA 31 (Spanish) - KVCW 33 (The CW) - KMCC 34 (Spanish) - KVTE-LP 35 (Ind) - KBLR 39 (TEL) - K41IO 41 (TBN) - KPVM-LP 41 (i) - K43FO 43 (3ABN)  KGNG-LP 47 (HSN) - KLSV-LP 50 (JTV)  KHMP-LP 62 (A1) - KEGS-LP 63 (IA/RTN)