KSTS

KSTS

San Jose–San Francisco– Oakland, California United States
City	San Jose, California
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 48
Branding	Telemundo 48 Telemundo Área de la Bahía ("Telemundo Bay Area") Noticiero Telemundo 48
Programming
Affiliations	48.1: Telemundo 11.3: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Telemundo Station Group (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
Sister stations	KNTV, NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California
History
First air date	May 31, 1981 (43 years ago) (1981-05-31)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 48 (UHF, 1981–2009) Digital: 49 (UHF, until 2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1981–1989)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64987
ERP	500 kW
HAAT	703 m (2,306 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°29′57″N 121°52′20″W / 37.49917°N 121.87222°W / 37.49917; -121.87222
Translator(s)	KNTV-DT 48.3 (11.3 VHF) San Jose
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.telemundoareadelabahia.com

KSTS (channel 48) is a television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet KNTV (channel 11); it is also sister to regional sports networks NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California. KSTS and KNTV share studios on North 1st Street in the North San Jose Innovation District; KSTS's transmitter is located on Mount Allison, and two of its subchannels are also broadcast from the KNTV tower on San Bruno Mountain.

KSTS was established in 1981 to provide subscription television service in the South Bay and Santa Clara Valley. The STV programming ended in 1983, and the station mostly became noted for specialty programming about business and computers as well as some ethnic programs. Telemundo purchased the station in 1987, giving the Bay Area a second station focusing on Spanish-language programming and a second choice for Spanish-language local news.