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{{Short description|Television station in El Paso, Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KINT-TV
| city                   = El Paso, Texas
| logo                   = KINT26.png
| logo_size              =
| branding               = {{ubl|{{lang|es|italic=no|Univision 26}}|{{lang|es|Noticias 26 Univision}} (newscasts)}}
| digital                = 25 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 26
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''26.1:''' [[Univision]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner                  = [[Entravision Communications]]
| licensee               = Entravision Holdings, [[LLC]]
| location               = {{ubl|[[El Paso, Texas]]|[[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]|[[Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua]]}}
| country                = United States–Mexico
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1984|5|5|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = {{lang|es|Internaciónal}}
| sister_stations        = {{ubl|'''TV:''' [[KTFN]]|'''Radio:''' [[KHRO]], [[KINT-FM]], [[KOFX]], [[KYSE]]}}
| former_callsigns       = 
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 26 (UHF, 1984–2009)
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 1,000 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|439.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 51708
| coordinates            = {{coord|31|47|46|N|106|28|59|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://noticiasya.com/el-paso/}} 
}}

'''KINT-TV''' (channel 26) is a [[television station]] in [[El Paso, Texas]], United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network [[Univision]]. It is owned by [[Entravision Communications]] alongside [[UniMás]] affiliate [[KTFN]] (channel 65). The two stations share studios on North Mesa Street/[[Texas State Highway 20|Highway 20]] in northwest El Paso; KINT-TV's transmitter is located atop the [[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]] on the El Paso city limits.

==History==
The station first signed on the air on May 5, 1984; it was founded by a consortium of local businessmen including Larry Daniels (former manager of KROD-TV (channel 4, now [[KDBC-TV]]), and owner of KINT radio (1590 AM, now [[KELP (AM)|KELP]] and [[KINT-FM|97.5 FM, now at 93.9]]) as well as other businesses) and Jose Angel Silva Sr., owner of a grocery store in downtown El Paso. The consortium originally planned to use KEHB-TV as the station's call letters, but it was changed to KINT (standing for "K-Internaciónal") prior to sign on. For many years, it was the only [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish-language]] television station in the El Paso [[media market|market]].

El Paso is divided by a prominent natural ridge (part of the Franklin Mountains), where all of the U.S.-based television stations in the market maintain their transmitter towers and antennas. There are four general sites ranging from {{convert|600|to|1800|ft|m}} above average terrain, the {{convert|300|ft|m|adj=on}} self-supporting tower just above Scenic Drive (long used by [[KVIA-TV]] (channel 7)), the "Old Channel 4" site with a {{convert|288|ft|m|adj=on}} tower first used by KROD-TV), the "New 4 site", Channel 0, and ch. 14 (used by [[KFOX-TV]]). In founding the station, Daniels worked out a partnership between KDBC-TV and Larry Gallatin's two-way company. A new {{convert|440|ft|m|adj=on}} self-supporting tower was put up, with channel 4 at its top, channel 26's being side-mounted, on a {{convert|100|ft|m}} tower that was long vacant (now occupied by radio station [[KSII]] (93.1 FM) and KINT-FM) and two-way space at the bottom.

==News operation==
KINT-TV presently broadcasts 12 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). Newscasts for the [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]–[[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]] and [[San Angelo]] markets are broadcast live from KINT's studios.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KINT-TV<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KINT#station RabbitEars TV Query for KINT]</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=5|[[16:9]] || KINT-DT || [[Univision]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.2 
| rowspan=4|[[480i]] || Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.3 
| LATV || [[LATV]] 
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.4 
| Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.5 
| CourtTV || [[Court TV]]
|}

On March 16, 2010, KINT's main channel was upgraded to [[1080i]] high definition in order to allow the carriage of Univision programming produced in the format. The station also added a second digital subchannel, carrying a simulcast of [[sister station]] KTFN. On December 3, 2010, the KTFN simulcast was replaced with [[LATV]] on KINT subchannel 26.2 and KTFN digital channel 65.2. The following week, the SD simulcast of KTFN was restored on the second subchannels of both stations, with LATV being moved to digital subchannels 26.3 and 65.3. For a brief period prior to the [[Digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]], the station's second digital subchannel falsely identified itself as "KINT-HD", while it was still only available in 480i [[standard definition]]. As of June 12, they have corrected the problem.

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KINT-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 26, at noon on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25,<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 |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]] 26. After regular programming was discontinued on its analog signal, the station, as well as sister station KTFN, transmitted a repeated [[news ticker|crawl]] in Spanish informing viewers about the digital transition and advising viewers of their options to continue receiving programming, which ran until KINT permanently ceased analog transmissions at 11:59&nbsp;p.m.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://noticiasya.com/el-paso/}}

{{El Paso TV}}
{{Univision Texas}}
{{New Mexico Spanish stations}}
{{Entravision Communications}}

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