KUAN-LD (channel 48) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language

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network to the

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area. It is owned and operated by

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's Telemundo Station Group alongside

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outlet

KNSD KNSD (channel 39) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations alongside Poway-licensed Telemundo outlet KUAN-L ...

(channel 39). The two stations share studios on Granite Ridge Drive in the

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section of San Diego. Despite KUAN-LD legally holding a low-power license, it transmits using KNSD's full-power spectrum from an

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southeast of Spring Valley. This ensures complete reception across the San Diego television market. KUAN is known on-air as Telemundo 20; as with KNSD's main branding, it is derived from its channel 20 cable position on

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and

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–based multicultural

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for the San Diego market, airing on low-power

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channel 48. It flash-cut to digital channel 36 on June 20, 2016. In January 2017, NBC announced that it was hiring people for KNSD with the intention of launching a new Telemundo O&O station in San Diego, replacing

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-based station XHAS-TDT (whose affiliation expired at the end of June 2017). The new Telemundo affiliate, branded as "Telemundo 20", launched on July 1 on KNSD's digital 39.20 subchannel. As with

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's former

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affiliation using their 10.15 subchannel (which XHAS would take over), the unusual numbering was to connect to Telemundo's channel 20 cable position on

and other pay TV providers in the area, which was transferred from XHAS. Additionally, KNSD launched

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, a Spanish equivalent to

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, on channel 39.21 the same day. On September 12, 2017, NBCUniversal acquired KUAN from NRJ TV, LLC, the owner of KSCI, for $650,000; the sale was completed on December 21, 2017. Concurrently, KUAN entered into a channel-sharing agreement with KNSD. This was done with the separate KUAN-LD transmitter ending service, and 39.20 and 39.21 becoming identified with KUAN-LD instead and re-numbered to KUAN's channel 48.Modification of a Licensed Facility for LPTV Station Application
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News operation

KUAN broadcasts 10 hours of locally produced newscasts each week. Newscasts were launched on July 3, 2017. KUAN is one of the 11 Telemundo owned and operated stations that do not produce midday newscasts.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuan-Ld Telemundo network affiliates Telemundo Station Group UAN-LD Television channels and stations established in 1980 1980 establishments in California TeleXitos affiliates UAN-LD

News operation

Technical information

Subchannels

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