KTFV-CD
KTFV-CD logo.jpg
Channels
BrandingUniMás McAllen
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedAugust 14, 1997
First air date
January 14, 2002 (20 years ago) (2002-01-14)
Former call signs
  • 890310SQ (CP)
  • K32ER (1997–2000)
  • KLIA-LP (2000–2006)
  • KTFV-CA (2006–2012)
Former channel number(s)
  • Digital:
  • 48 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Telefutura Rio Grande Valley
(referring to previous network name)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28280
ERP15 kW
HAAT266.8 m (875 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°5′19″N 98°3′45″W / 26.08861°N 98.06250°W / 26.08861; -98.06250
Translator(s)KNVO-DT 48.2 (17.2 UHF) McAllen
Links
Public license information

KTFV-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 32, is a low-power, Class A licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside McAllen-licensed Univision affiliate KNVO (channel 48), Harlingen-licensed Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate KFXV, channel 60 (and translators KMBH-LD and KXFX-CD), and primary CW+ affiliate and secondary PBS member KCWT-CD (channel 21). The stations share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen, while KTFV-CD's transmitter is located near Scissors, Texas.

Outline profile

Further information: KMBH-LD § History

See also: XHRIO-TDT § As a Fox affiliate

After XHRIO dropped the Fox affiliation for MundoFox, residents of the lower Rio Grande Valley had trouble receiving the new low-power Fox signal. Due to this, it was decided to add a feed of KFXV to the second subchannel of KTFV and display it as 67.1 (same display channel as KFXV) in an attempt to reach a larger audience.

In addition to its own digital signal, KTFV-CD is simulcast in widescreen standard definition on KNVO's second digital subchannel (UHF channel 49.2 or virtual channel 48.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Farm to Market Road 493, near Donna, Texas.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[1]
32.1 1080i 16:9 UniMas Main KTFV programming / UniMás
32.2 480i Charge! Charge!
32.3 4:3 TBD TBD
32.4 Stadium Stadium

References

  1. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".

External links


Broadcast television in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including Brownsville, Harlingen, McAllen, Reynosa, and Matamoros
Spanish-language television stations by affiliation in the state of Texas
Entravision Communications
Categories