KFTV
Encyclopedia
KFTV-DT, virtual channel
21, is a full-power television station
in Hanford, California
, serving the Fresno
area as a Univisión
-owned and operated station. KFTV broadcasts locally on digital channel 20, and airs Spanish-language entertainment programming.
, KDAS-TV. The station survived for two years before leaving the air in 1964. In 1965, Channel 21 briefly returned to the air as the short lived English language independent KSJV-TV. After KSJV ceased broadcasting, Channel 21 would not return to the air until 1972, after Univisión
acquired a construction permit and began broadcasting as KFTV.
Sharing studios in Fresno, California
with sister-station KTFF, KFTV serves California
's central valley with its full-power signal, and several low-power translator stations.
s from the Radio and Television News Directors Association
for best newscast in 2001 and 2007 and in May 2009 KFTV won an Regional News Emmy for Best Newscast. ¨Noticias 21¨ won a Regional News EMMY for ¨Best Evening Newscast in June 2011 as well as an Emmy for Best Sports Weekly Program- ¨Accion Deportiva Extra¨.
In late December 2010, KFTV became the first Spanish-language television station in Fresno to broadcast local news in high definition.
Weekends
Weather team
Sports
Reporters
Arriba Valle Central (local affairs program)
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
21, is a full-power television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Hanford, California
Hanford, California
Hanford is an important commercial and cultural center in the south central San Joaquin Valley and is the county seat of Kings County, California. It is the principal city of the Hanford-Corcoran, California Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Kings County, including the cities...
, serving the Fresno
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
area as a Univisión
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...
-owned and operated station. KFTV broadcasts locally on digital channel 20, and airs Spanish-language entertainment programming.
History
In 1962, Fresno's Channel 21 was home to an English-language independent stationIndependent 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....
, KDAS-TV. The station survived for two years before leaving the air in 1964. In 1965, Channel 21 briefly returned to the air as the short lived English language independent KSJV-TV. After KSJV ceased broadcasting, Channel 21 would not return to the air until 1972, after Univisión
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...
acquired a construction permit and began broadcasting as KFTV.
Sharing studios in Fresno, California
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
with sister-station KTFF, KFTV serves California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
's central valley with its full-power signal, and several low-power translator stations.
News operation
KFTV's news operation, Noticias 21, has won two Edward R. Murrow AwardEdward R. Murrow Award
The Edward R. Murrow Awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in recognition of what the Association terms "outstanding achievements in electronic journalism."-Judging:...
s from the Radio and Television News Directors Association
Radio and Television News Directors Association
The Radio Television Digital News Association , formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association , is a United States-based membership organization of radio, television and online news directors, producers, executives and educators...
for best newscast in 2001 and 2007 and in May 2009 KFTV won an Regional News Emmy for Best Newscast. ¨Noticias 21¨ won a Regional News EMMY for ¨Best Evening Newscast in June 2011 as well as an Emmy for Best Sports Weekly Program- ¨Accion Deportiva Extra¨.
In late December 2010, KFTV became the first Spanish-language television station in Fresno to broadcast local news in high definition.
Newscasts
Weeknights- Noticias 21 Univision a las 6PM - 6–6:30 p.m.
- Noticias 21 Univision: Solo a las Once - 11–11:30 p.m.
Weekends
- Noticias 21 Univision: Fin de Semana - 6-6:30 p.m. and 11–11:30 p.m.
News team
Anchors- David Ibarra - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Sayra Vasquez - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Francisco Mireles - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Weather team
- Guillermo Quiroz - meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Stephanie Ceverino - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Sports
- William Bonilla - lead sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Reina Cardenas - general assignment reporter
- Irma Cervantes - general assignment reporter
- Vanessa Ramirez - general assignment reporter
- Caro Rico - general assignment reporter
Arriba Valle Central (local affairs program)
- Lupita Lomelli - host