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Telemundo Station Group

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Telemundo Station Group
Company typeDivision
IndustryBroadcasting
Founded1984
Headquarters
United States
Area served
United States, Puerto Rico
Key people
Valari Staab (leadership since 2013)
ProductsTelevision stations, TeleXitos network
OwnerNBCUniversal (Comcast)
ParentNBCUniversal Owned Television Stations

Telemundo Station Group represents the segment of NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations (NBCUniversal), a Comcast-owned entity, responsible for overseeing their owned-and-operated Telemundo television stations as well as the TeleXitos network. The NBC owned-and-operated stations are managed separately under the NBC Owned Television Stations division.

History

The origins of Telemundo trace back to 1984 when it was initially launched as NetSpan by the proprietors of WNJU (serving the New York City area) and KSTS (San Jose, California). In 1985, these stations were joined by KVEA in Los Angeles. The following year, Reliance Group Holdings, a part-owner of KVEA, acquired John Blair & Co., which owned WKAQ-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico (known as Telemundo), along with WSCV in South Florida. Subsequently, Reliance took control of WNJU and KSTS, consolidating these assets into the Telemundo Group in 1987. At this time, NetSpan was rebranded as Telemundo, and the network expanded its reach by adding KTMD in Houston and KVDA in San Antonio.

In 1995, Telemundo purchased a 74.5% controlling stake in Chicago's WSNS-TV for $44.7 million, eventually acquiring full ownership by 2003. The company's majority ownership shifted in 1997 when Liberty Media and Sony Pictures Entertainment obtained controlling interests; they later sold Telemundo to NBC in 2001. That same year, the acquisition of Dallas's KXTX-TV was completed.

Following this, NBC broadened Telemundo's footprint by acquiring several stations including KTAZ in Phoenix (2002), WPXB in Boston (later renamed WNEU), and additional affiliates across Arizona and California by early 2003. In 2005, NBC purchased Las Vegas's KBLR (TV) for $32.1 million. The following year saw the acquisition of Denver's KDEN-TV, further strengthening market presence.

As part of preparations for its Comcast merger, NBCUniversal divested Spanish-language independent station KWHY-TV to Meruelo Group in 2011. Then, in 2013, NBCUniversal acquired Philadelphia’s WWSI for $20 million, establishing a duopoly alongside NBC-owned WCAU.

In July 2013, leadership under Valari Staab unified NBC Owned Television Stations with Telemundo’s owned stations under the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division.

The year 2017 witnessed NBCUniversal launching a new Telemundo affiliate in San Diego via a subchannel of KNSD and later acquiring KUAN-LD to serve as the main station. That year also included the purchase of ten Spanish-language stations from ZGS Communications, finalized by early 2018.

Expansion continued with the acquisition of KCSO-LD (Sacramento) and KTMW (Salt Lake City) from Serestar Communications in 2019.

On July 30, 2021, NBCUniversal revealed plans to acquire Albuquerque’s Telemundo affiliate KASA-TV and its repeater stations from Ramar Communications for $12.5 million. This increased the group’s station count to 31 and ended Ramar’s 23-year affiliation ownership within that market. During this transition, a services agreement was arranged with Gray Television.

Stations

Albuquerque Providence Rhode Island rowspan= "3"
City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF) 		Owned since Secondary owned
networks
Phoenix KTAZ 39 (29) 2002 TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Tucson, Arizona KHRR 40 (16) 2003 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Fresno, California KNSO 51 (27) 2003 TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Corona/Los Angeles KVEA 52 (25) 1985 TeleX
Sacramento, California KCSO-LD 33 (3) 2019 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ
KMUM-CD
(Repeater of KCSO-LD) 		33 (31) 2019
KMMW-LD
(Repeater of KCSO-LD) 		33 (14) 2019
Poway/San Diego KUAN-LD 48 (17) 2017 TeleX
San Jose/San Francisco KSTS 48 (19) 1984 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Salinas/Monterey K15CU-D 15 (15) 1990 Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, TeleX, Oxygen
Denver KDEN-TV 25 (29) 2006 TeleX, Cozi, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Hartford WRDM-CD 19 (31) 2018 TeleX
Washington, D.C. WZDC-CD 44 (34) 2018 TeleX
Fort Myers WWDT-CD 43 (43) 2018 NBC True CRMZ
Miami WSCV 51 (30) 1987 TeleX, Telemundo Palm Beach
Orlando WTMO-CD 31 (31) 2018 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ
Tampa WRMD-CD 49 (30) 2018 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Chicago WSNS-TV 44 (33) 1996 TeleX
Merrimack, New Hampshire/Boston, Massachusetts WNEU 60 (29) 2002 NBC True CRMZ
Springfield, Massachusetts WDMR-LD 14 (23) 2018 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen
Las Vegas KBLR 39 (20) 2005 TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Cozi, Oxygen
Linden, New Jersey/New York, New York WNJU 47 (35) 1984 TeleX 
  KASA-TV

  2 (27)

  2021

  TeleX, Roar, Cozi TV 

  KUPT-LD

  2 (32)

  2021 

  TeleX, NBC True CRMZ, Oxygen, Movies!, Roar, Cozi 

  Mount Laurel, New Jersey/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  WWSI

  62 (28) 

  2013 

  TeleX 

  Raleigh, North Carolina

  WRTD-CD

  54 (15) 

  2018 

   
    San Juan, Puerto Rico

   WKAQ-TV

   2 (28) 

   1987 

   Spanish Independent programming alongside NBC via WNBC New York City and NBC True CRMZ 

   WRIW-CD

   51 (17) 

   2018 

   Cozi and Oxygen networks  

   WYCN-LD  

   8 (36)  

   2016  

   TeleX , Cozi , NBC True CRMZ  

    
     Dallas/Fort Worth

    KXTX-TV  

    39 (36)  

    2001  

    TeleX  

    
     Houston

    KTMD  

    47 (22)  

    1987  

    TeleX , NBC True CRMZ , Cozi , Oxygen  

    [ [ Template:
     El Paso-Ciudad Juárez-Las Cruces Television|
     Las Cruces/New Mexico/El Paso/Texas ]]

     ' ' ' [ [ KTDO ] ] ' ' '  

     '48' '(26)'  

     '2018'  

     'TeleX , NBC True CRMZ'  

      [ [ Template:
       Rio Grande Valley TV|
       Rio Grande City/Texas ]]

        ' ' ' [ [ KTLM ] ] ' ' '   

        '40' '(14)'   

        '2013'   

        'TeleX , Cozi , NBC True CRMZ,Oxygen'   

         [ [ Template : San Antonio TV ] ]   

         ' ' ' [ [ KVDA ] ] ' ' '   

         '60' '(15)'   

         '1989'   

         'TeleX , Cozi , NBC True CRMZ , Oxygen'   

          [ [ Template : SLC TV ] ]   

          ' ' ' [ [ KTMW ] ] ' ' '   

          '20' '(20)'   

          '2019'   

          rowspan= "3"   
          'TeleX , [ [ TheGrio ] ] , NBC True CRMZ , Oxygen'   

           ' ' ' [ [ KULX-CD ] ] ' ' '
'(Repeater of KTMW)'   

           '10' '(14)'   

           '2019'   

            ' ' ' [ [ KTMW\|\KEJT-CD ] ] ' ' '
'(Repeater of KTMW)'   

            '50' '(21)'   

            '1993'   

             [ [ Template : Richmond TV ] ]   

             ' ' ' [ [ WZTD-LD ] ] ' ' '   

             '45' '(34)'   

             '2018'   

             'NBC True CRMZ , Oxygen'


Former

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF) 		Years held Present condition
Phoenix KPSW-LP 41 2002 Affiliate of Canal de la fe, currently operating as KPDF-CD, under ownership of HC2 Holdings.
KDRX-CA 48 2002–2006 No longer in operation
KPHZ-LP 58 2002–2006 Previously an owned-and-operated station of Daystar, now identified as KDTP-LP
Los Angeles KWHY-TV 22 (4) 2001–2011 Formerly affiliated with the Scientology Network, presently KSCN-TV, owned by the Church of Scientology
Steamboat Springs KMAS-TV 24 (10) 2002–2007 Once a PBS member station, now operating as KRMZ, owned by Rocky Mountain PBS
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