VasalloVision

VasalloVision
CountryUnited States
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Ownership
Key peopleCarlos Vasallo, president and CEO
History
LaunchedOctober 22, 2009
FounderCarlos Vasallo and Miguel Banojian
ClosedAugust 13, 2012
(2 years, 296 days)
Replaced byMundoFox (de facto)
Links
Websitevasallovision.tv

VasalloVision was a small Spanish-language television network in the United States that catered to the Mexican audience. Most of its schedule consisted of films, lucha libre, and children's programming. The network was made up of four stations, mostly in the western part of the country.

The network started broadcasting on October 22, 2009 in Houston.[1] The aim was to emulate Ted Turner's networks, as a superstation using its vast catalog of Mexican movies, most of which never aired on US television before. For 2010, the network aimed to reach 50% of Hispanic households.[2] All its affiliates would affiliate with MundoMax upon its launch on August 13, 2012, and the network wound down operations on that same date.

Former affiliates

City Station Channel Owner Comment
Del Rio/San Antonio, Texas KYVV-TV
10.1
SATV 10, LLC Current Grit affiliate
Aurora/Denver, Colorado KQDK-CA
(satellite of KQCK, Cheyenne, WY)
39
Fusion Communications Sold to Christian Television Network
Cheyenne, Wyoming/Denver, Colorado KQCK
33.1
Baytown/Houston, Texas KAZH
57.1
Titan Broadcast Group First station to carry VasalloVision programming.
Now KUBE-TV, a ShopHQ affiliate owned by WRNN Associates.
Laughlin/Las Vegas, Nevada KMCC
32.1
Beam Tilt, LLC Now owned by Ion Media and carrying Ion Television.
Louisville, Kentucky WBKI-TV
34.2
Fusion Communications Dropped in August 2012 after ownership switch; station taken off air in 2017 in FCC spectrum auction.

References

  1. ^ "'VasalloVision Network' in Las Vegas, Nevada" (Press release). VasalloVision Television Network. January 14, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Ramos-Weiner, Maribel (December 11, 2009). "Empresario español Carlos Vasallo lanza canal de TV abierta en EE UU: VasalloVisión". Produ (in Spanish).