LAT TV
- Do not confuse this with LATV, another over-the-air spanish-language television network in the United States.
LAT TV | |
Type | Broadcast television network |
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Country | United States |
Availability | 2006 |
Owner | |
Key people | Wallace (Rocky) Springstead, President and CEO |
Launch date | May 19, 2006 |
Website | http://www.lattv-english.com (English) http://www.lattv.com (Español) |
LAT TV is a Spanish-language television network emphasizing family-oriented and educational programming. It is owned by of Houston, Texas and launched in May 2006, initially on five low-power television stations in Texas and Arizona, four of which were in top-ten Hispanic markets.
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History
LAT TV launched on May 19, 2006 with television stations in Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas, and in Phoenix, Arizona. On April 10, 2007, LAT TV announced a partnership with Equity Broadcasting that would affiliate 26 stations owned or controlled by Equity with LAT TV, effective May 30, 2007.[1] The new affiliation expands LAT TV coverage to 31 stations and to 27 markets in 15 states.
Programming
LAT TV is headed by Patricia Torres-Burd and her team, consisting of Roxana Sibrian, Frida Villalobos and Ana Bzdusek.
LAT TV offers a wide variety of programming from Mexico, Latin America, Europe and the United States to serve a diverse Hispanic market. The schedule includes telenovelas, sports, comedy, and children's programming. A half-hour network news program, Noticias LAT TV, airs each night. Weekday mornings include a block of public-service programs. Friday nights feature boxing matches, and the afternoon children's programming block includes Topo Gigio, a show that has been popular in the Latino community since the 1960s.
Technology
LAT TV is entirely based on internet protocol. Its systems administrator Aaron Ward and network operations manager Jay Ross oversee the process.
LAT TV Stations
Network-owned
- KCVH-LP channel 30, Houston, Texas (LAT TV flagship station)
- KVPA-LP channel 42, Phoenix, Arizona
Affiliates
Charter affiliates
- KVAT-LP channel 17, Austin, Texas
- KJJM-LP channel 34, Dallas, Texas
- KISA-LP channel 40, San Antonio, Texas
- channel 59, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- channel 32, Fort Smith, Arkansas - repeating KRBF-LP
- KHBS channel 40, Fort Smith, Arkansas - to be digital subchannel, repeating KRBF-LP
- channel 14, Little Rock, Arkansas
- KWBF, channel 42, Little Rock, Arkansas - to be digital subchannel, repeating KHUG-LP
- channel 20, Palm Springs, California
- KIMG-LP channel 23, Ventura, California
- WEVU-CA channel 4, Fort Myers, Florida
- W56EJ channel 56, Gainesville, Florida - not yet on the air as of April 21, 2007
- W43CE channel 43, Saint Petersburg, Florida
- channel 35, Port Saint Lucie, Florida
- WYGA-CA channel 55, Atlanta, Georgia
- WUHQ-LP chanell 29, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- WJXF-LP channel 49, Jackson, Mississippi
- channel 16 (DT), Scottsbluff, Nebraska - to be digital subchannel
- KEGS-LP channel 30, Las Vegas, Nevada
- KRRI-LP channel 25, Reno, Nevada
- channel 64, Lawton, Oklahoma
- KUOK-CA channel 11, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- KTVC channel 18 (DT), Roseburg, Oregon - to be digital subchannel
- KEAT-LP channel 22, Amarillo, Texas
- KEYU channel 31 (DT), Amarillo, Texas - to be digital subchannel
- KADY-LP channel 34, Sherman, Texas
- KCBU channel 3 (DT), Price, Utah - to be digital subchannel
- KUSE-LP channel 58, Seattle, Washington
- KDEV channel 11 (DT), Cheyenne, Wyoming - to be digital subchannel
References
External links
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KCVH (Houston) · KVPA (Phoenix) · KVAT (Austin) · KJJM (Dallas) · KISA (San Antonio) |