KLDO-TV

Laredo, Texas Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas United States–Mexico
City	Laredo, Texas
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 27
Branding	Univision Laredo
Programming
Affiliations	27.1: Univision for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KXOF-CD KETF-CD
History
First air date	December 17, 1984 (39 years ago) (1984-12-17)
Former call signs	KJTB (1984, CP)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1984–2009)
Former affiliations	ABC (1984–1988, per program 1988–1993) Telemundo (1988–1996)
Call sign meaning	"Laredo"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51479
ERP	150 kW
HAAT	135 m (443 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	27°39′54.9″N 99°36′31.4″W / 27.665250°N 99.608722°W / 27.665250; -99.608722
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	noticiasya.com/laredo/

KLDO-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Laredo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside two low-power, Class A stations: UniMás affiliate KETF-CD (channel 39) and Fox affiliate KXOF-CD (channel 31). The three stations share studios on Monarch Drive in Laredo; KLDO-TV's transmitter is located in Ranchos Penitas West, Texas.

In the early 1980s, five applications were received to start a new TV station for Laredo, the city's third, on UHF channel 27. In December 1982, the Federal Communications Commission designated four of them for hearing, from K-RIO Broadcasting Company; Carlos Ortiz; Tierra del Sol Broadcasting Company, owner of KVEO-TV in Brownsville; and Panorama Broadcasting Company.^[2] Ortiz, a pastor proposing to operate channel 27 as a Christian station, later dropped his proposal because of the multiple competing applications from secular groups; Oro Broadcasting Company was disqualified because its principal owner was not a United States citizen.^[3]

As a result of a downturn in the regional economy, Tierra del Sol withdrew; Panorama then reimbursed K-RIO for its expenses in a settlement that paved the way for it to be granted the permit in April 1983.^[4] A tower was erected in the parking lot of Laredo's Riverdrive Mall, where studios were set up.^[5] Having been known as KJTB during construction, KLDO-TV signed on December 17, 1984, as an ABC affiliate; the affiliation had belonged to KGNS-TV. Laredo thus became among the last markets with three-network service. In addition to ABC programming, KLDO-TV produced local news under the title Laredo Eyewitness News.^[6] In January 1987, KLDO became a secondary affiliate of Fox.^[7]

The station switched to Telemundo in October 1988, retaining select ABC programs including sports, Good Morning America,^[8] and Nightline. The move coincided with Panorama signing a management agreement with Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano, the president of Mexico City-based Grupo Siete, which at the time owned several radio stations in Nuevo Laredo.^[9][10] The switch to primarily Spanish-language programming led to an upturn in ratings, moving from dead last to first place in the February 1989 Nielsen survey.^[8]

In 1996, KLDO changed affiliations from Telemundo to Univision; by this time, in total-day audience ratings, it was the market's number-one station.^[11] Entravision acquired KLDO-TV in 1997,^[12] and the station moved out of the Riverdrive Mall and into a new facility on Loop 20 in 2000.^[13] KLDO-TV continued to be the most-watched station in the market, but KGNS-TV brought in twice as much revenue.^[14]

Until February 28, 2018, the station produced Spanish-language newscasts, branded as Noticias Univision 27; the KLDO news operation was discontinued in favor of a regional newscast produced out of McAllen sister station KNVO.^[15]

The station's signal is multiplexed:

• Official website