Two years after Univision’s KDTV first announced plans to move from its San Francisco headquarters, the station has finally relocated to San Jose.
KDTV had been based in the 41st floor of a skyscraper in San Francisco’s Financial District since 1998. It was previously housed further south in the city, in an industrial park on Palou Ave.
The move was prompted by the high cost of doing business in San Francisco and an opportunity to be closer to where most of the market’s Hispanic population lives.
KDTV broadcast its first newscast from the new location on Monday, October 17.
Radio stations: KSOL (98.9/99.1), KBRG (100.3 Mas Variedad), and KVVF (Hot 105.7/100.7) also relocated to San Jose.
An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place in January of 2017.
San Francisco is univision’s most neglected market. This change was way overdue. The arrogance of keeping the station in that place fired back to the corporation, they lost the market after telemundo went back after the Texas fiasco.