Subchannels 31.1 Univision Operator Gray Television | Affiliations Univision | |
Branding Univision Kansas (general)
Noticias Univision Kansas (newscasts) Channels Digital: 31 (UHF)
Virtual: 31 (PSIP) Owner Entravision Communications
(Entravision Holdings, LLC) | ||
KDCU-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 31, is a Univision-affiliated television station located in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by the Entravision Communications Corporation; Gray Television, which owns CBS affiliate KWCH-DT (channel 12) and CW affiliate KSCW-DT (channel 33), operates KDCU under a joint sales agreement. KDCU maintains offices and master control operations based at KWCH and KSCW's joint studio facilities on 37th Street in northeast Wichita; KDCU maintains transmitter facilities located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County (northeast of Colwich. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 15 and AT&T U-verse channel 31 in standard definition, and in high definition on Cox digital channel 2015 and U-verse channel 1031.
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History
The station first signed on the air on August 20, 2009, becoming the first (and so far only) full-power Spanish-language television station to sign on in the state of Kansas; because it signed on after the June 12 digital television transition that year, KDCU was also the first full-power television station to sign-on in the Wichita/Hutchinson Plus market without a companion analog signal.
Prior to the station's sign-on, Entravision entered into a joint sales agreement with KWCH and KSCW owner Schurz Communications, in which Schurz would provide advertising, production and promotional responsibilities as well as back office and master control services for KDCU. Schurz also leased a transmission tower located near Colwich to house the station's transmitter facilities; KSCW, which previously used the tower, moved its transmitter facilities to a tower near Hutchinson in Reno County. Since KDCU is licensed as a full-power station, it is able to mandate carriage on cable and satellite providers in the Wichita/Hutchinson Plus market.
Schurz announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including KWCH-DT, KSCW-DT, and the JSA with KDCU-DT, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. The FCC approved the sale on February 12, 2016.
Newscasts
KDCU-DT presently broadcasts 2½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with a half-hour on weekdays); the station does not air newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays. In April 2011, KWCH began producing a half-hour nightly Spanish-language newscast for KDCU, Noticias Univision Kansas, airing at 10:00 p.m. each weeknight (which competes against KWCH's own local newscast in that timeslot).