KTDO

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KTDO
Las Cruces, New Mexico/El Paso, Texas

City of license	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Branding	Telemundo 48 (general) Telenoticias El Paso (newscasts)
Channels	Digital: 47 (UHF) Virtual: 47 (PSIP)
Subchannels	47.1 Telemundo HD (1080i) 48.3 Inmigrante TV SD (480i)
Translators	K48IK 48 (El Paso, Texas)
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	ZGS Communications, Inc. (ZGS El Paso Television, LP)
First air date	November 1984^[1]
Call letters' meaning	TelemunDO
Former callsigns	KASK-TV (1984-1989) KZIA (1989-1997) KMAZ (1997-2001) KTYO (2001-2004)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 48 (UHF, 1984-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1984-1995) UPN (1995-1999)
Transmitter power	200 kW
Height	555 m
Facility ID	36916
Transmitter coordinates	31°48′19″N 106°28′59″W / 31.80528°N 106.48306°W / 31.80528; -106.48306
Website	elpaso.holaciudad.com

KTDO, digital channel 47 (virtual channel 48), is a television station affiliated with Telemundo, serving the El Paso, Texas and Juarez Mexico television market. It is licensed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, it transmits in analog and digital. It is also aired on cable channel 11 and HD channel 209.

The station signed on the air in November 1984, as English-language independent station KASK-TV. Five years later, it became KZIA, and in 1995, the station joined UPN as a charter member. In 2004, the ZGS Group of Arlington, Virginia purchased the station for $11.8 million,^[2] changed the language of broadcast to Spanish, 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. On November 16, 2010 Telemundo El Paso aired first 5pm and 10pm newscasts, "Telenoticias El Paso," in high definition, making these the first HD Spanish newscasts in the city.

News staff

Ricardo Vela - Main News Anchor
Georgina Terrazas - Main Meteorologist
Antonio Favela - Sports Anchor
Gabriel Preciado- Reporter
Benjamin Zamora- Reporter
Ivette Sanchez - Reporter

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Subchannel	Programming
47.1	Main KTDO Programming
47.3	Inmigrante TV

External links

References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says November 11, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 18.
↑ KTYO sold to ZGS Communications in 2004

v t e Television stations in the El Paso/Las Cruces/Juárez area

Local stations	KDBC (4.1 CBS, 4.2 MNTV) KVIA (7.1 ABC, 7.2 CW, 7.3 StormTRACK 24/7, 7.4 KAEP-LP/AZA) KTSM (9.1 NBC, 9.2 Estrella TV) KCOS (13.1 PBS, 13.2 EPCC-TV, 13.3 Create), KFOX (14.1 Fox, 14.2 RTV) KINT (26.1 UNI, 26.2 UniMás, 26.3 MundoFox) KSCE (38.1 Religious Ind, 38.2 Spanish releigious Ind, 38.3 Scriptures) K26KJ (40.1 Multimedios Televisión) KTFN (65.1 UniMás, 65.2 MundoFox, 65.3 LATV)

Las Cruces	KCWF-CA (4.1 CBS, 4.2 MNTV) K41KY-D (7.1 ABC, 7.2 CW, 7.3 StormTRACK 24/7, 7.4 KAEP-LP/AZA) K54GR (9.1 NBC, 9.2 Estrella TV) KRWG (22.1 PBS main, 22.2 PBS secondary, 22.3 V-me) KLCP 30 (GLC) KAEP-LP 42 (42.1 AZA) KTDO (48.1 TMD, 48.2 Inmi)

Ciudad Juárez	XEPM 2 (2.1 Televisa Regional HD) XEJ 5 (5.1 Galavisión, 5.2 Spanish Independent HD) XHCJE 11 (11.1 Azteca 13 HD, 11.2 Proyecto 40 HD) XHCJH 20 (20.1 Azteca 7 HD) XHJCI 32 (32.1 Canal de las Estrellas HD, 32.2 Canal de las Estrellas SD) XHIJ 44 (44.1 cadenatres, 44.2 Cadenatres/IND, 44.3 Educational, 44.4 Milenio Television) XHJUB 56 (56.1 Canal 5 HD)

Texas Broadcast television areas by city Abilene/Sweetwater Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) Austin (Hill Country) Beaumont/Port Arthur Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth (North Texas) Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso (West Texas) Houston Laredo Lubbock (South Plains) Midland–Odessa (Permian Basin) Presidio Rio Grande Valley San Angelo San Antonio Sherman/Ada, OK Texarkana/Shreveport, LA Tyler/Longview (East Texas) Victoria Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK New Mexico Broadcast television areas by city Albuquerque/Santa Fe Amarillo, TX El Paso, TX Odessa/Midland, TX Chihuahua Broadcast television areas by city Balleza Camargo Cuauhtemoc Chihuahua City Ciudad Juárez Delicias Ciudad Madera Hidalgo del Parral Jimenez Nuevo Casas Grandes Ocampo Ojinaga Riva Palacio San Buenaventura Santa Barbara

v t e ZGS Communications

Radio Stations	WAMA WGES WILC¹

Telemundo Network Affiliates	KNSO² KTDO KVDA² WDMR-LP³ WNEU/WTMU-LP² WRDM-CD³ WRIW-CD WRMD-CD WTMO-CD WWDT-CD WZTD-LD WZDC-CD

Other stations:	WZGS-CD (silent)

¹ Operated under a local marketing agreement by Wallis Communications. ² The station is owned by NBCUniversal, but is controlled by ZGS. ³ The station airs the Jewelry Television Shopping network during the overnight hours.

v t e Spanish-language television stations in the state of New Mexico

KNME 5.2 (V-me) KOAT 7.2 (Estrella TV) KTFQ 14 (UniMás) KNAT 23.4 (TBN Enlace USA) KQDF-LP 25 (AZA) KYNM-LD 30.1 (MundoFox) KLUZ 41 (Univision) KAEP-LP 42 (AZA) KTEL-LP 47 (TEL) KTDO 48 (48.1 TMD, 48.2 Inmi)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New Mexico See also Religious and Spanish TV stations

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