KTFV-CD

KTFV-CD

McAllen, Texas United States
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 32
Branding	UniMás Rio Grande Valley
Programming
Affiliations	32.1: UniMás for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KFXV, KNVO, KMBH-LD, KCWT-CD, KXFX-CD
History
Founded	August 14, 1997
First air date	January 14, 2002 (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 ID	28280
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	266.8 m (875 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°5′19″N 98°3′45″W
Translator(s)	KNVO-DT 48.2 (17.2 UHF) McAllen
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

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 information: KMBH-LD § History

See also: XHRIO-TDT § As a Fox affiliate

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:

Subchannels of KTFV-CD

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
32.1	1080i	16:9		Main KTFV programming / UniMás
32.2	480i		FOXHD	Charge!
32.3		4:3		TBD
32.4				The Nest