KUVS-DT
  
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Sacramento//Modesto, California United States |
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| City | Modesto, California |
| Branding | Univision 19 (general) Noticias 19 (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
La que nos Une (The one that unites us) |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 19 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Univision (O&O) |
| Owner |
Univision Communications (KUVS License Partnership, GP) |
| First air date | August 15, 1966 |
| Call letters' meaning | UniVision Sacramento |
| Sister station(s) |
KTFK-DT KEZT-CD |
| Former callsigns | KLOC-TV (1966–1981) KCSO (1981–1997) KUVS (1997–2003) KUVS-TV (2004–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 19 (UHF, 1966–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1966–1970s) SIN (1970s–1987) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 555 m |
| Facility ID | 58609 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°7′7″N 120°43′27″W / 38.11861°N 120.72417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Univision 19 |
KUVS-DT, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 18), is a Univision owned-and-operated television station serving Sacramento, California, United States that is licensed to Modesto. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with UniMás owned-and-operated station KTFK-DT (channel 64). The two stations share studio facilities located on Arden Way in Sacramento, KUVS's transmitter is located near Valley Springs. It is repeated on translator station KEZT-CD in Sacramento.
The station first signed on the air on August 15, 1966 as KLOC-TV, operating as an independent station. It was founded by country and western performer Chester Smith, who also owned KLOC radio (920 AM, now KVIN) in Ceres. His company, Sainte Partners II, L.P. previously owns KCSO-LP (channel 33) locally, and also owned stations in the Chico/Redding, Eureka, Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz and Medford, Oregon markets.
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