KPFW-LP is a Spanish-language independent religious television station

Television station

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 in Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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, owned by Iglesia JesuCristo es mi Refugio, Inc.

History

KPFW-LP began as K61HP, a translator for Gainesville, Texas

Gainesville, Texas

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 of Dallas-based KNOK-LP (now KZFW-LP

KZFW-LP

KZFW-LP is a low-powered television station for Dallas, Texas, licensed in Dallas to Iglesia Jesucristo Es Mi Refugio, Inc. It is the flagship station for Tele Restauracion, a Spanish religious network owned and operated by Iglesia JesuCristo Es Mi Refugio, Inc...

). They changed to their current call letters of KPFW-LP in 2008

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, and began broadcasting in digital on channel 61 from Cedar Hill, Texas

Cedar Hill, Texas

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, southwest of Dallas.

In 2010

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, KPFW-LP moved to RF

Radio frequency

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 channel 29 while keeping its virtual channel assignment of 61. Shortly thereafter, KPFW-LP changed its virtual channel to 18 in anticipation of a future swap of RF channels with KTXA

KTXA

KTXA, virtual channel 21 , is an independent television station based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth designated market area. With its transmitter in Cedar Hill, KTXA is owned by CBS Corporation and is the sister station of CBS outlet KTVT .KTXA was originally an...

. On January 20, 2011 KTXA began transmitting on channel 29. KPFW has been licensed to transmit on channel 18 since February 28, 2011.

Digital TV

The station's channel is expected to be multiplexed:

Virtual Channel	Programming
18.1	Tele Restauracion
18.2	Música Cristiana TV
18.3	Simulcast Simulcast Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often... of 18.1
18.4	Simulcast of 18.2