KASA-TV

KASA-TV
CitySanta Fe, New Mexico
Channels
BrandingTelemundo Nuevo México; Noticias Telemundo Nuevo México
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KTEL-CD, KRTN-LD, KUPT-LD
History
First air date
October 31, 1983 (41 years ago) (1983-10-31)
Former call signs
  • KSAF-TV (1983–1985)
  • KNMZ-TV (1985–1989)
  • KKTO-TV (1989–1993)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1983–2009)
Call sign meaning
Based on Spanish word casa, meaning "home" or "house"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID32311
ERP380 kW
HAAT1,278 m (4,193 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′49.8″N 106°27′3.3″W / 35.213833°N 106.450917°W / 35.213833; -106.450917
Translator(s)see § Rebroadcasters
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.telemundonuevomexico.com

KASA-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving the Albuquerque area and most of the state as an owned-and-operated station of the Spanish-language network Telemundo. KASA-TV's studios are located on Monroe Street NE in Albuquerque; its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest, with translators in much of the state and southwestern Colorado extending its signal and on subchannels of two high-power stations, KTEL-TV in Carlsbad and KUPT in Hobbs.

Channel 2 in Santa Fe was established in 1983 and struggled for its first decade on air as an independent station. It went silent in 1992 during a merger with KGSW-TV, which resulted in 1993 in its relaunch as Fox affiliate KASA-TV. KASA remained the Albuquerque market's Fox affiliate until a merger led to Fox's move to a subchannel of KRQE; at that time, channel 2 and its translators were sold to Lubbock, Texas-based Ramar Communications and switched to Telemundo, which had previously aired on that company's KTEL-CD. Telemundo's parent company, NBCUniversal, purchased all of Ramar's stations in New Mexico in 2021.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KASA-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.