KVEA

KVEA
CityCorona, California
Channels
BrandingTelemundo 52
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KNBC
History
First air date
June 29, 1966
(58 years ago)
 (1966-06-29)
Former call signs
  • KMTW-TV (1966–1968)
  • KBSC-TV (1968–1985)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 52 (UHF, 1966–2009)
  • Digital: 39 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning
"Vea" is Spanish for "watch"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID19783
ERP620 kW
HAAT988.9 m (3,244 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°12′47.8″N 118°3′41″W / 34.213278°N 118.06139°W / 34.213278; -118.06139
Translator(s)K14AT-D Ridgecrest
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.telemundo52.com

KVEA (channel 52) is a television station licensed to Corona, California, United States, serving as the Los Angeles area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside KNBC (channel 4). The two stations share studios at the Brokaw News Center in the northwest corner of the Universal Studios Hollywood lot off Lankershim Boulevard in Universal City; KVEA's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

Channel 52 was established as KMTW, an independent station owned by Kaiser Broadcasting, which became KBSC-TV in 1968. Kaiser explored several pay television systems to operate using the station, but none materialized until Oak Industries acquired the station and made it the first and most successful operation in ON TV, boasting as many as 400,000 subscribers at its zenith. As subscription television declined, Oak sold KBSC-TV in 1985 to a group that relaunched it as Spanish-language KVEA and was instrumental in the foundation of Telemundo.

  1. ^ Arar, Yardena (November 23, 1985). "New TV station says buenos días to L.A.". Los Angeles Daily News. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVEA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.