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===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
Because it was granted an original [[construction permit]] after the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] finalized the [[digital television|DTV]] allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital [[television station]]. KNIC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 17, on June 12, 2009. The station "[[flash-cut]]" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 18,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |accessdate=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-29 }}</ref> using [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]] to display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 17.
Because it was granted an original [[construction permit]] after the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] finalized the [[digital television|DTV]] allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital [[television station]]. KNIC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 17, on June 12, 2009. The station "[[flash-cut]]" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 18,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |accessdate=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-29 }}</ref> using [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]] to display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 17.


==References==
==References==

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KNIC-DT, virtual channel 17 (UHF digital channel 18), is a UniMás owned-and-operated television station serving San Antonio, Texas, United States that is licensed to Blanco. The station is owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with San Antonio-licensed Univision owned-and-operated station KWEX-DT (channel 41). The two stations share studios on Network Boulevard in Northwest San Antonio; KNIC's transmitter is located on Hogan Drive in Timberwood Park. Although Blanco is geographically within the Austin market, that city has its own UniMás station, KTFO-CD.

On cable, KNIC-DT is available on Charter Spectrum channel 19, and Grande Communications and AT&T U-verse channel 17.

History

KNIC-DT's history traces back to the March 1991 sign-on of K17BY, a low-power television station that San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) was issued a construction permit to build on March 23, 1988; operating on UHF channel 17, Clear Channel sold the station in March 1991 to Nicolas Communications. In November 1997, the station changed its calls to KNIC-LP (in reference to its owners); Nicolas Communications sold KNIC-CA in November 2001 (the station received approval to upgrade its license to Class A status that same month) to Univision Communications, a sale that was completed in January 2002; that month, it became a charter affiliate of Univision's secondary network, TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on January 7, 2013).

Univision had applied for a license to build a full-power television station in 2000 on UHF channel 52 in Blanco; after the Federal Communications Commission awarded Univision the license at auction, Univision requested that the FCC move the allocation to UHF channel 17; the request was granted in February 2003.[1] KNIC-TV was founded on July 13, 2005. The formal application for KNIC-TV called for Univision to either move KNIC-CA to another channel, or to shut it down outright,[2] KNIC-CA moved to channel 34 under special temporary authorization, before it ceased operations on September 28, 2006. KNIC-DT was one of the few television stations to have been built and signed on by Univision Communications.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
17.1 1080i 16:9 KNIC-DT Main KNIC-DT programming / UniMás
17.3 480i MYSTERY Court TV Mystery
17.4 4:3 LAFF Laff

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KNIC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 17, on June 12, 2009. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 18,[4] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 17.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2006-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=256547[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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