KUDF-LP

An original construction permit for a low-power television station on channel 14 was granted to K. Sandoval Burke, one of the two co-owners of Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson, on February 28, 1989. The station, K14HR "KHR-TV", signed on April 1 as Tucson's first Telemundo affiliate and first locally programmed Spanish-language station.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948326/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=March 23, 1989|work=Tucson Citizen|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948386/ 4B]|first=Dan|last=Sorenson|title=All-Spanish TV station debuts April 1}} The station was profitable within eight months, ahead of projections.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948567/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=October 15, 1990|title=Tucson Telemundo channel on a roll|first=Francine|last=Knowles|pages=1F, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948659/ 10F]|work=Tucson Citizen}} Hispanic Broadcasters, owned by Burke and Jay S. Zucker, also owned the low-power Telemundo station in Phoenix, K64DR.

In 1991, Jay Zucker purchased the license of silent KPOL (channel 40) out of bankruptcy for $45,000.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-11-18.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=November 18, 1991|accessdate=December 24, 2020|title=For the Record|pages=85, 86}} On July 1, 1992, channel 40 returned to the air as KHRR, K14HR's full-power replacement.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65945514/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|title=Channel 40 now a Telemundo outlet|page=11B|work=Arizona Daily Star|date=July 21, 1992}} On January 1, 1993, with Telemundo now on channel 40, channel 14 relaunched as an English-language station carrying FamilyNet programming and branded as "KFAM".{{cite news|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948944/ 2A]|date=December 29, 1992|work=Arizona Daily Star|first=Frank|last=Cermak|title=New Tucson TV station to debut with family fare|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65949071/new-tucson-tv-station-to-debut-with/}} KFAM aired such shows as The 700 Club, kids shows, other religious shows, sports specials, and pet shows. The station had no cable carriage, and shows soon moved to stations that were on cable: "Shepherd's Chapel", for instance, moved to KTTU (channel 18, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate).

In April 1996, Zucker relaunched "KFAM" as KQBN-LP "Qué Bien", aiming to target upper-income Hispanic households. The station was described as "like CNN in the daytime and HBO in primetime", showing news from Telenoticias (now Telemundo Internacional) in the day, uncut Spanish-language movies in the evening, and novelas at other times.http://secure-wildcat.arizona.edu//papers/89/128/07_1_m.html{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Among launch programs included the soap opera Las aguas mansas between the newscasts from 8 to 9pm.{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Robert|title=TV news station geared for upper-income Hispanics|work=Inside Tucson Business|date=April 15, 1996|pages=12–13}}

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In 1999, Hispanic Broadcasters sold itself to the Apogee Companies; by this time, KQBN-LP was entirely rebroadcasting programming from Telemax, the state network of the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65952116/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=January 20, 1999|work=Tucson Citizen|title=Spanish-language station sold|first=David|last=Pittman|page=5C}} In January 2004, Una Vez Más Holdings bought the station from Apogee and changed the call letters to KUDF-LP, intending to switch to Azteca America. However, the station went silent and was not seen on air until November 2005, when it began broadcasting Azteca America programming.

LM Media Group bought KUDF-LP in 2012 for $810,000.{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2012 |title=LM Media Buys Tucson LPTV For $810,000 |language=en |work=TVNewsCheck |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/58344/lm-media-buys-tucson-lptv-for-810000/ |access-date=December 24, 2020}} The LM represents Mexican businessman Roberto Lemmen Meyer.{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/mcserres/docs/biztucson_fall_2013_e-edition|work=BizTucson|date=Fall 2013|title=Sipping Margaritas for Charity|first=Edie|last=Jarolim|accessdate=December 24, 2020}}

Although Una Vez Más replaced the call letters when they took control of operations in January 2004, KQBN-LP has since been assigned to two other Una Vez Más stations – channel 43 in Phoenix took the call letters in March 2005, then when they sold the station the following November, Una Vez Mas transferred the KQBN-LP call letters to channel 28 in Prescott.

The station's signal is multiplexed:

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