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{{short description|Univision affiliate in Santa Barbara, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KPMR
| city                   = Santa Barbara, California
| logo                   = KPMR-TV 38.1 (Santa Barbara) (2013–2019) logo (cropped).png
| logo_size              = 200px
| branding               = {{lang|es|italic=no|Univision Costa Central}}
| digital                = 21 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 38
| translators            = K32LT-D (UHF) [[San Luis Obispo]]
| subchannels            =
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''38.1:''' [[Univision]]|'''[[KTSB-CD|38.3]]:''' [[UniMás]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| network                =
| country                = United States
| founded                =
| airdate                = {{start date and age|2001|4|1|p=y}}
| last_airdate           =
| location               = {{ubl|[[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]–[[Paso Robles]]–|[[San Luis Obispo, California]]}}
| callsign_meaning       =
| former_callsigns       =
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 38 (UHF, 2001–2009)
| owner                  = [[Entravision Communications]]
| licensee               = Entravision Holdings, [[LLC]]
| sister_stations        = [[KTSB-CD]]
| former_affiliations    =
| erp                    = 1,000 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|930|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  =
| facility_id            = 12144
| coordinates            = {{coord|34|31|27.9|N|119|57|38.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://noticiasya.com/costa-central/}}
}}
'''KPMR''' (channel 38) is a  [[television station]] licensed to [[Santa Barbara, California]], United States, serving the [[Central Coast of California]] as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network [[Univision]]. It is owned by [[Entravision Communications]] alongside [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]–licensed [[UniMás]] affiliate [[KTSB-CD]] (channel 35). The two stations share studios on Fairway Drive in Santa Maria north of [[Santa Maria Public Airport]]; KPMR's transmitter is located atop Broadcast Peak, between Santa Barbara and [[Santa Ynez]] in the [[Santa Ynez Mountains]].
==History==
[[Image:KPMR Univision38.jpg|thumb|left|KPMR's logo from April 1, 2001, through December 31, 2012.]]
On May 23, 1997, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) granted a [[construction permit]] to Coast TV to build a full-service television station on channel 38 to serve Santa Barbara and California's Central Coast. Originally identified by its application identification, "840720&nbsp;kg", the station took call letters KPMR in February 1998. Entravision Communications acquired the station from Coast TV in a deal finalized in January 2001, and applied for a license for the station a month later, bringing the station on the air under [[program test authority]] as a Univision affiliate. The FCC granted the license on April 12, 2002.
On June 15, 2015, the studios of KPMR and KTSB-CA were broken into by former station employee Pablo Quiroz Jr., destroying computers, cars, windows, and hard drives. He also documented his vandalism on [[Twitter]] during the spree.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KPMR Entravision Vandalism - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmToh92_Vs&feature=youtu.be |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ClmToh92_Vs |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 2, 2020|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Programming==
KPMR airs Spanish-language programming such as [[telenovela]]s, comedies, [[feature film|movies]], sports and news, as well as Univision network programming. Local programming includes a newscast originally called {{lang|es|Noticias Costa Central}}, and recently rebranded as {{lang|es|Noticias A Su Lado}}, which airs nightly at 6 and 11 p.m.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=13363 |title=KPMR-TV Univision Launches Local Spanish-Language Newscast 'Noticias Univision Costa Central' |access-date=October 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225424/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=13363 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Competing news stations in the area announced that KPMR's news department would be shut down on December 30, 2011;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcoy.com/story/16395559/no-chance-to-save-spanish-broadcasting-station-kpmr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517024844/http://www.kcoy.com/story/16395559/no-chance-to-save-spanish-broadcasting-station-kpmr|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2012|title=No Chance to Save Spanish-Broadcasting Station KPMR|publisher=[[KCOY-TV]]|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> however, the station continues to air local newscasts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kpmrtv.com/noticias/160-locales.html |title=Noticias Locales |access-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511195646/http://www.kpmrtv.com/noticias/160-locales.html |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The station also continues to operate as a Univision affiliate.
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KPMR<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KPMR#station RabbitEars TV Query for KPMR]</ref>
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 38.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=5| [[16:9]] || KPMR-DT || [[Univision]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 38.2
| rowspan=4| [[480i]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" | [[KTSB-CD|38.3]]
| KTSBDT2 || [[UniMás]] ([[KTSB-CD]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 38.4
| Comet || [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 38.5
| Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
The FCC granted KPMR a construction permit in March 2001 to build companion digital facilities to broadcast on channel 21 with 1000 [[kW]] ERP. After two extensions of the construction permit, the station applied for and was granted Special Temporary Authority (STA) to build reduced-power facilities in October 2003. After several extensions of the STA, KPMR-DT applied for a license for its full-power digital facilities in July 2006. The station has elected to remain on channel 21 after the end of the DTV transition.
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KPMR shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 38, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to [[Digital television transition in the United States|transition from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21,<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 |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 38.
KPMR also broadcasts sister station KTSB-CD as a [[digital subchannel]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://noticiasya.com/costa-central/}}
**{{FCC-LMS-Facility|29885|K32LT-D}}
{{Central Coast TV}}
{{Univision California}}
{{Entravision Communications}}
[[Category:2001 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Comet (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Entravision Communications stations]]
[[Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in California|PMR]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:Television stations in San Luis Obispo, California|PMR]]