\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down its news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to KSBW 8.KION-TV, which airs on channel 46 and is owned by News-Press & Gazette (NPG). NPG bought the station in December of 2013.Telemundo 23 also shares a newsroom with KION, and there is no plan for a Spanish newscast on the Central Coast.Hispanics make up 60% of the population in Monterey County, according to Data USA. Leaving the vast majority of the county without a Spanish-speaking news station.They will air KPIX news, the Bay Area CBS newscast, tonight during their 5 p.m. broadcast.NPG owns ten stations across the country, with three other stations covering California.KSBW 8 has reached out to NPG for comment.Employees who did not want to be identified said they were surprised by the news.”No warning, showed up for work and got the news.”Telemundo 23 anchor\/reporter\/producer Sandra Santas wrote on social media about the sudden shutdow:”Que tal, amigos televidentes e internautas. De esta manera me despido de mi hermoso p\u00fablico que me apoy\u00f3 y estuvo presente conmigo durante mi crecimiento como periodista y presentadora. “Hoy cierra un cap\u00edtulo en la vida de nuestro canal local, en nuestras noticias en espa\u00f1ol para la regi\u00f3n de Monterey-Salinas. No obstante, seguiremos presentes en la Costa Central. “Lamentablemente, no podre seguirlos por este medio, y de esta manera me despido de ustedes. “Con un fuerte abrazo los quiero a todos, a cada uno de los televidentes que fueron fieles a mis transmisiones. “Mi hogar es el Condado de Monterey y tricounty as\u00ed que tengan por seguro que me encontraran en la regi\u00f3n todav\u00eda.”Translated in English below:”Howdy, fellow viewers and netizens. This is how I bid farewell to my beautiful audience who supported me and were present with me during my growth as a journalist and presenter.”Today closes a chapter in the life of our local channel, in our news in Spanish for the Monterey-Salinas region. However, we will remain present on the Central Coast.”Unfortunately, I will not be able to follow you through this medium, and thus I bid you farewell.”With a big hug I love you all, each of the viewers who were faithful to my broadcasts.”My home is Monterey County and tri-county so be sure to find me in the region yet.”This is a breaking news story. Stay with KSBW 8 News for more details.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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After 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down its news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to KSBW 8.<\/p>\n
KION-TV, which airs on channel 46 and is owned by News-Press & Gazette (NPG). NPG bought the station in December of 2013.<\/p>\n
Telemundo 23 also shares a newsroom with KION, and there is no plan for a Spanish newscast on the Central Coast.<\/p>\n
Hispanics make up 60% of the population in Monterey County, according to Data USA. Leaving the vast majority of the county without a Spanish-speaking news station.<\/p>\n
They will air KPIX news, the Bay Area CBS newscast, tonight during their 5 p.m. broadcast.<\/p>\n
NPG owns ten stations across the country, with three other stations covering California.<\/p>\n
KSBW 8 has reached out to NPG for comment.<\/p>\n
Employees who did not want to be identified said they were surprised by the news.<\/p>\n
“No warning, showed up for work and got the news.”<\/p>\n
Telemundo 23 anchor\/reporter\/producer Sandra Santas wrote on social media about the sudden shutdow:<\/p>\n
“Que tal, amigos televidentes e internautas. De esta manera me despido de mi hermoso p\u00fablico que me apoy\u00f3 y estuvo presente conmigo durante mi crecimiento como periodista y presentadora. <\/p>\n
“Hoy cierra un cap\u00edtulo en la vida de nuestro canal local, en nuestras noticias en espa\u00f1ol para la regi\u00f3n de Monterey-Salinas. No obstante, seguiremos presentes en la Costa Central. <\/p>\n
“Lamentablemente, no podre seguirlos por este medio, y de esta manera me despido de ustedes. <\/p>\n
“Con un fuerte abrazo los quiero a todos, a cada uno de los televidentes que fueron fieles a mis transmisiones. <\/p>\n
“Mi hogar es el Condado de Monterey y tricounty as\u00ed que tengan por seguro que me encontraran en la regi\u00f3n todav\u00eda.”<\/p>\n
Translated in English below:<\/p>\n
“Howdy, fellow viewers and netizens. This is how I bid farewell to my beautiful audience who supported me and were present with me during my growth as a journalist and presenter.<\/p>\n
“Today closes a chapter in the life of our local channel, in our news in Spanish for the Monterey-Salinas region. However, we will remain present on the Central Coast.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, I will not be able to follow you through this medium, and thus I bid you farewell.<\/p>\n
“With a big hug I love you all, each of the viewers who were faithful to my broadcasts.<\/p>\n
“My home is Monterey County and tri-county so be sure to find me in the region yet.”<\/p>\n
This is a breaking news story. Stay with KSBW 8 News for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 56 years on air, KION-TV will shut down its news operations beginning Tuesday, two sources familiar with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[13537,105473,2356,16470,88,105470,105461,105462,105463,105471,105468,105469,19238,105464,105474,105467,105472,105465,105466,27620,11484,92,2394],"class_list":["post-177323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-air","tag-bay-area-cbs-newscast","tag-california","tag-country","tag-entertainment","tag-gazette","tag-kion","tag-kion-546","tag-kion-closing","tag-kion-news-department","tag-kion-tv","tag-kpix-news","tag-ksbw","tag-lee-solomon","tag-news-press","tag-npg","tag-p-m-broadcast","tag-salinas-local-news","tag-scott-rates","tag-station","tag-tuesday","tag-tv","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}