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KXLN-TV
Rosenberg, Texas
Branding	Univision 45
Channels	Analog: 45 (UHF) Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Univision (UVN Texas LP)
Founded	October 16, 1985
Transmitter Power	5000 kW (analog) 363 kW (digital)
Height	594 m (analog) 578 m (digital)
Website	Univision 45

KXLN-TV, Channel 45, is the Univision-owned and operated station in Houston, Texas, and its surrounding area.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 News Team 4 External links

History

Founded in 1984 by businessmen A.C. Pena and J. Adan Trevino, KXLN was the first Spanish language television station in the Houston area. From the beginning, it has been affiliated with the Univision network. In September 1987, the station became full power and expanded its signal to cover a larger area. In 1988, a news department began producing primetime news updates which eventually evolved into full 30-minute newscasts.

In 1993, KXLN was acquired by the Univision Network, and had upgrades and improvements in every department. The year also marked the debut of Houston's first Spanish language morning show, "Houston Ahora" as well as an innovative late evening newscast called "15 Minutos".

As the station has grown in size and renown throughout the area and nationally, its ratings have increased to the point of challenging several of the English language stations in local news during the quarterly ratings periods. A number of reporters and anchors have been able to move on to positions for Noticiero Univision, the network's news division and several network newsmagazines.

In 2001, Telefutura was launched by Univision. The Houston affiliate KFTH-TV, Channel 67, began operating in a local partnership with KXLN. This means that some KXLN produced programs and breaking news events may air on KFTH.

In 2002, Univision, for several million dollars, purchased a six-story building in Houston's Uptown area now serves as facilities for KXLN-TV, sister station KFTH-TV, and several radio stations under the Univision umbrella. They moved into this building in 2006, after spending 22 years at their location along Kirby Drive near the Astrodome.

In 2003, KXLN's then News Director, Deanna Landron, initiated one of the first in the nation Spanish language investigative local news franchises "En Su Defensa" (in your defense) segments that garnered regional acclaim, and "En Su Defensa" month was proclaimed by Mayor Bill White in 2004. Led by Investigative reporter Patricio Espinoza, the segment generated strong community following and historic ratings along with several awards. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 the investigative reports earned, for the first time, KXLN several Emmyawards and nominations.

Newscasts

• Noticias 45 Univision a las 5 PM (Mondays thru Fridays 5:00 PM-5:30 PM)
• Noticias 45 Univision a las 10 PM (Mondays thru Fridays 10:00 PM-10:30 PM)
• Noticias 45 Univision Fin de Semana (Saturdays and Sundays 5:00 PM-5:30 PM & 10:00 PM-10:30 PM)

News Team

Anchors

• Osvaldo Corral
• Pedro Rojas
• Andrea Gomez
• Lourdes Montoya
• Marine Hernandez

Weather

• Carlos Alejandro Robles

Sports

• Felipe Valenzuela
• Haldrin Guerra

Correspondents

• Fernando Pizarro (based in Washington, D.C.)
• Siria Gastelum (based in Mexico City, Mexico)

External links

• http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9655&schid=9656&secid=0
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KXLN

v • d • e Broadcast Television in the Houston market (Nielsen DMA #10)

Local television stations serving Greater Houston/Galveston/Sugar Land/Baytown KPRC 2 (NBC, WX+ on DT2, LATV on DT3) - KJIB-LP 5 (Ind) - KUHT 8 (PBS, PBS-X on DT2, V-me on DT3) - KHOU 11 (CBS, HD Doppler on DT2) - KTRK 13 (ABC, news on DT2, AccuWX TV on DT3) - KETH 14 (TBN, The Church Channel on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - KTXH 20 (MNTV) - KVQT 21 (Span. Rel.) - KLTJ 22 (DS) - KRIV 26 (Fox) - KCVH 30 (LAT TV) - KUVM 34 (AZA) - KHCW 39 (The CW) - KHLM 43 (Multimedios) - KXLN 45 (UNI) - KTMD 47 (TEL) - KPXB 49 / KBPX 33 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - KNWS 51 (Ind) - KTBU 55 (A1) - KAZH 57 / KHMV 28 / KVVV 53 (TuV) - KZJL 61 (Ind) - KFTH 67 (TFU) Defunct television stations KVVV 16 (Ind) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location KBTX 3 (CBS, Bryan)

v • d • e Univision Network Affiliates in the state of Texas
KUWF-LP 14 (Wichita Falls) - KUPB 18 (Midland) - KUNU-LP 21 (Victoria) - KUVN 23 (Garland / Dallas / Fort Worth) - KINT 26 (El Paso) - KLDO 27 (Laredo) - KORO 28 (Corpus Christi) - KEUS-LP 31 (San Angelo) - KEYU 31 / KEAT-LP 22 (Borger / Amarillo) - KWEX 41 (San Antonio) - KXLN 45 (Rosenberg / Houston) - KNVO 48 (McAllen) - KBZO-LP 51 (Lubbock) - KAKW 62 / 31 (Killeen / Austin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas

v • d • e Univision Communications, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media Partners Inc.)
Corporate Directors:	Joe Uva, Ray Rodriguez, Andrew W. Hobson, C. Douglas Kranwinkle
Television Networks:	Galavisión · TeleFutura · Univision
Record Labels:	Univision Records · Fonovisa · Disa Records
Radio Stations:	KAMA · KBAE · KBBT · KBNA · KBNA · KBTQ · KCOR · KCOR · KDOS · KDXX · KESS · KFLC · KFZO · KGBT · KGBT · KHOT · KHOV · KINV · KIOT · KISF · KJFA · KKMR · KKRG · KKSS · KLAT · KLNO · KLNV · KLQV · KLSQ · KLTN · KLTO · KLVE · KMRR · KNGT · KOMR · KOND · KOVE · KPTI · KPTY · KQBT · KQBU · KQMR · KRCD · KRCV · KROM · KRTX · KSCA · KSOL · KSQL · KTNQ · KVVF · KVVZ · KXTN · KXTN · KZOL · WADO · WAMR · WAQI · WCAA · WKAQ · WKAQ · WOJO · WPPN · WQBA · WQBU · WRTO-AM · WRTO-FM · WUKQ · WUKQ · WVIV · WVIX
Univision Owned and/or Operated Stations:	KABE · KAKW · KDTV · KFTV · KMEX · KTVW · KUTH4 · KUVE · KUVN · KUVS · KWEX · KXLN · WGBO · WLII · WLTV · WQHS · WSUR · WUVC · WUVG · WUVP · WXTV
TeleFutura Owned and/or Operated Stations:	KFPH · KFSF · KTFB · KTFD1 · KTFF · KFTH · KTFK · KTFQ2 · KFTR · KFTU · KNIC · KSTR · WAMI · WFPA · WFTT1 · WFTY · WFUT · WOTF · WTNC · WUTF1 · WXFT
Other Television Stations:	KUVI (MNTV affiliate) · WSTE (Independent)
1Univision owns the licenses. However these stations are operated by Entravision under a Local Marketing Agreement. 2Univision owns the license. However this station operates in a Joint Sales Agreement with Entravision. 3The station is locally owned. However thorugh WLII and WSUR-TV, Univision operates the station under a Local Marketing Agreement. 4Univision owned the station, but is operated Equity Broadcasting.
Annual Revenue: $2.9 billion USD (2006) · Employees: 4,233 · Stock Symbols: None, privately held. · Website: www.univision.net