KFTR-TV
Encyclopedia
KFTR-DT "TeleFutura 46 Los Angeles" is an Univisión
operated television station in the Los Angeles
area, operating on digital
UHF channel 29.1 (46.1 virtual) and it's the West Coast
flagship station of the TeleFutura
network, its second Spanish language
24-hour network founded in January, 2002. KFTR is licensed to Ontario and serves the Los Angeles
area as a sister station to KMEX. Significant programs include sports, particularly boxing
and soccer, productions from Mexico
and Venezuela
and major motion pictures dubbed in Spanish. KFTR doesn't air any local news
but advertises the newscasts from KMEX instead.
Channel 46 began broadcasting on August 16, 1972 as KBSA, licensed to Guasti
, a community known for vineyards near Ontario. The station originally broadcast as an independent
, showing mostly film features. In 1973, the station was the original home of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
, then hosted by Paul Crouch
and Jim Bakker
. When Trinity left KBSA for KLXA, the station was acquired by Berean Bible Ministries and continued to broadcast Christian programming. The sale of KBSA was pending to Hispanic Broadcasters (the station was already broadcasting some programs in Spanish) when KBSA left the air in 1977.
It returned to the air in 1984 as KIHS, a short-lived religious channel. Then owned by HBI Acquisition, the station affiliated with Santa Fe Communications and showed Catholic
based programming. In 1986, KIHS started showing movies and sports programming, but was sold later that year to Silver King, and then emerged in 1986 as KHSC-TV, a full-power affiliate of the Home Shopping Network
. By 1998, HSN's owners USA Broadcasting
had decided to switch all of their over-the-air HSN affiliates to a general entertainment format and was looking to sell the stations to The Walt Disney Company
, which would have made Channel 46 a sister to ABC's west coast flagship KABC-TV
. However, Univision bought the stations, switching most of them to its second network TeleFutura
, including Channel 46 (redubbed KFTR-TV).
On June 12, 2009, KFTR-TV ended its analog signals for digital signals with past memories from Telefutura along with the static clouding the logo.
As of 2010, KFTR has been transmitting some of their newer shows in HD and also movies from their Cine de las Estrellas programming. In June of 2010, they'll be transmitting the 2010 FIFA World Cup
making it the first time ever that soccer games are transmitted in HD in this channel.
On December 5, 2010, sister station KMEX-DT had begun Mobile DTV broadcasts of its own signal, and of KFTR-DT. KMEX-DT has two Mobile DTV feeds, one of of subchannel 34.1, labelled "KMEX-MH1", and of sister station KFTR-TV 46.1, labelled "KFTR-MH2", broadcasting at 3.67 Mbps. This is the highest bitrate of any Los Angeles television station mobile feed
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
operated television station in the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
area, operating on digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
UHF channel 29.1 (46.1 virtual) and it's the West Coast
West Coast of the United States
West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
flagship station of the TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
network, its second Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
24-hour network founded in January, 2002. KFTR is licensed to Ontario and serves the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
area as a sister station to KMEX. Significant programs include sports, particularly boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and soccer, productions from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
and major motion pictures dubbed in Spanish. KFTR doesn't air any local news
Local news
In journalism, local news refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.-Television:...
but advertises the newscasts from KMEX instead.
Channel 46 began broadcasting on August 16, 1972 as KBSA, licensed to Guasti
Guasti, California
Guasti, formerly known as South Cucamonga and Zucker, is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Guasti is east of downtown Ontario. Guasti has a post office with ZIP code 91743. The first post office in the community opened under the name Zucker in 1887...
, a community known for vineyards near Ontario. The station originally broadcast as an independent
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
, showing mostly film features. In 1973, the station was the original home of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
, then hosted by Paul Crouch
Paul Crouch
Paul Franklin Crouch is a religious broadcaster and, along with his wife Jan, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network .-Biography:...
and Jim Bakker
Jim Bakker
James Orsen "Jim" Bakker is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, and a former host of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry...
. When Trinity left KBSA for KLXA, the station was acquired by Berean Bible Ministries and continued to broadcast Christian programming. The sale of KBSA was pending to Hispanic Broadcasters (the station was already broadcasting some programs in Spanish) when KBSA left the air in 1977.
It returned to the air in 1984 as KIHS, a short-lived religious channel. Then owned by HBI Acquisition, the station affiliated with Santa Fe Communications and showed Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
based programming. In 1986, KIHS started showing movies and sports programming, but was sold later that year to Silver King, and then emerged in 1986 as KHSC-TV, a full-power affiliate of the Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
. By 1998, HSN's owners USA Broadcasting
USA Broadcasting
USA Broadcasting was an American media company owned by veteran entertainment industry executive Barry Diller. This network was the over-the-air broadcasting arm of USA Network....
had decided to switch all of their over-the-air HSN affiliates to a general entertainment format and was looking to sell the stations to The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
, which would have made Channel 46 a sister to ABC's west coast flagship KABC-TV
KABC-TV
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale, California...
. However, Univision bought the stations, switching most of them to its second network TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
, including Channel 46 (redubbed KFTR-TV).
On June 12, 2009, KFTR-TV ended its analog signals for digital signals with past memories from Telefutura along with the static clouding the logo.
As of 2010, KFTR has been transmitting some of their newer shows in HD and also movies from their Cine de las Estrellas programming. In June of 2010, they'll be transmitting the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
making it the first time ever that soccer games are transmitted in HD in this channel.
On December 5, 2010, sister station KMEX-DT had begun Mobile DTV broadcasts of its own signal, and of KFTR-DT. KMEX-DT has two Mobile DTV feeds, one of of subchannel 34.1, labelled "KMEX-MH1", and of sister station KFTR-TV 46.1, labelled "KFTR-MH2", broadcasting at 3.67 Mbps. This is the highest bitrate of any Los Angeles television station mobile feed