KTFV-CD

{{Short description|Television station in McAllen, Texas}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox television station

| name =

| callsign = KTFV-CD

| city =

| logo = KTFV-CD (2021).svg

| logo_size = 200px

| branding = UniMás Rio Grande Valley

| digital = 32 (UHF)

| virtual = 32

| subchannels =

| translators = KNVO-DT 48.2 (17.2 UHF) McAllen

| affiliations = {{ubl|32.1: UniMás|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}

| founded = August 14, 1997

| airdate = {{start date and age|2002|1|14|p=y}}

| location = McAllen, Texas
Reynosa, Tamaulipas

| country = United States–Mexico

| callsign_meaning = Telefutura Rio Grande Valley (referring to previous network name)

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|890310SQ (CP)|K32ER (1997–2000)|KLIA-LP (2000–2006)|KTFV-CA (2006–2012)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Digital: 48 (UHF, until 2020)}}

| owner = Entravision Communications

| licensee = Entravision Holdings, LLC

| sister_stations = KFXV, KNVO, KMBH-LD, KCWT-CD, KXFX-CD

| former_affiliations =

| erp = 15 kW

| haat = {{convert|266.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 28280

| class = CD

| coordinates = {{coord|26|5|19|N|98|3|45|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website =

}}

KTFV-CD (channel 32) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network UniMás. 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|KMBH-LD#History}}

{{See also|XHRIO-TDT#As a Fox affiliate}}

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After XHRIO dropped the Fox affiliation for MundoFox (later MundoMax), 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 (48.2) from a transmitter on Farm to Market Road 493, near Donna, Texas.

Technical information

=Subchannels=

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable"

|+Subchannels of KTFV-CD{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTFV#station|title = RabbitEars.Info}}

! Channel

! Res.

! Aspect

! Short name

! Programming

scope = "row" | 32.1

| 1080i || rowspan="2"|16:9 || || Main KTFV programming / UniMás

scope = "row" | 32.2

| rowspan="3"|480i || FOXHD || Charge!

scope = "row" | 32.3

| rowspan="2"|4:3 || || TBD

scope = "row" | 32.4

| || The Nest

References