KASA-TV
 
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Santa Fe/Albuquerque, New Mexico United States |
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| Branding | Telemundo Nuevo Mexico (general) MeTV Albuquerque (DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 2 () |
| Subchannels | 2.1 Telemundo 15.1 MeTV 29.1 Heroes & Icons 33.1 Movies! |
| Translators | 41 low-power translators; see article |
| Affiliations | Telemundo (2017–present) |
| Owner | Ramar Communications (Ramar Communications, Inc.) |
| First air date | 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | Based on Spanish word casa, meaning "home" or "house". |
| Sister station(s) | KTEL-CD, KRTN-LD, KUPT-LD |
| Former callsigns | KSAF-TV (1983–1985) KNMZ-TV (1985–1989) KKTO-TV (1989-1993) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1983–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Independent (1983–1992) Dark (1992–1993) Fox (1993–2017) DT2: The Tube (2005–2007) TheCoolTV (2010–2013) Cozi TV (2015–2017) DT3: Ion Television (2015–2017) |
| Transmitter power | 255 kW |
| Height | 1278 m |
| Facility ID | 32311 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′50.2″N 106°27′1.7″W / 35.213944°N 106.450472°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
telemundonewmexico MeTV Abq Facebook page |
KASA-TV (more commonly known as Telemundo Nuevo Mexico) is the Telemundo-affiliated station for most of New Mexico. It is licensed to the state capital, Santa Fe and broadcasts on digital channel 27 but is displayed as channel 2, its former analog channel number.
It is owned by Ramar Communications. The station has a studio on Broadcast Plaza in Albuquerque. A sale to Ramar Communications was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017 as part of the merger between Media General and Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Ramar moved the Telemundo affiliation from the low-power KTEL-CD to KASA on January 18.
In addition to the main KASA signal, there are 41 low-powered repeaters that carry its programming throughout New Mexico and parts of Colorado.
The KASA intellectual unit began as KGSW on May 8, 1981 on channel 14. It was the state's second English-language general entertainment station. The callsign was derived from the station's original owners, Galaxy Communications and Southwest Television. Initially, the station carried drama shows, movies from the 1940s through the 1970s, sitcoms, and religious shows. In the fall of 1983, KGSW added more sitcoms and began running cartoons in the 7-9 a.m. and the 3-5 p.m. weekday slots.
KGSW was managed by Erik Steffens. Its first programming director was legendary network sports producer Don McGuire, a native of Albuquerque. McGuire attained rights to UNM Lobo football and hired Connie Alexander and Gary Ness as announcers.
In 1984, the Providence Journal Company bought KGSW from the original owners. The station affiliated with the Fox network when the network launched on October 9, 1986. The station continued a general entertainment format with a lot of cartoons, sitcoms and movies well into the 1990s.
KASA-TV signed on as KSAF-TV in 1983 as a locally owned general entertainment independent station. The station initially ran old movies, westerns, drama shows, and religious programming. In the spring of 1985, channel 2 became known as KNMZ-TV and began running cartoons, old sitcoms and other shows that had previously aired on KNAT-TV (channel 23), which had recently gone dark (it returned the next year as a TBN affiliate).
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