KUDF-LP
Encyclopedia
KUDF-LP is a low-power television station
located in Tucson, Arizona
. It is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
of Dallas, Texas
and is an affiliate of Azteca America
. The station broadcasts in analog
on UHF
channel 14 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow and is carried on the major cable television systems in Tucson.
under the call letters KFAM and a family-oriented format. 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. In April 1996, it relaunched under the call letters KQBN-LP, meaning Que 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. Among launch programs included the soap opera "Las Aguas Mansas" between the newscasts from 8 to 9pm.
Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson sold the station to Television Apogeo de Tucson in October 1998. By 2002, the station was broadcasting programming from Telemax
, a network of stations rebroadcasting XEWH-TV in Hermosillo
, Sonora
, Mexico
. In January 2004, Una Vez Mas bought the station from Television Apogeo de Tucson 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 they began broadcasting Azteca America programming.
channel 43 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 Prescott
channel 28.
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...
located in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
. It is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC is the owner of a group of low-power television stations, mostly in the Southwest, and is the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the United States...
of Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and is an affiliate of Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
. The station broadcasts in analog
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 14 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow and is carried on the major cable television systems in Tucson.
History
An original construction permit for a low-power television station on channel 14 was granted to K. Sandoval Burke on February 28, 1989. The station, K14HR, was constructed in three months and was licensed on May 31, 1989. In August 1990, Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson, Inc. bought the station. They ran it as a sister station to KHRRKHRR
KHRR is a full-service television station, owned and operated by NBCUniversal, and serving Tucson, Arizona as the Telemundo station. The station broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 40, with 396 kW ERP on its digital signal...
under the call letters KFAM and a family-oriented format. KFAM aired such shows as The 700 Club
The 700 Club
The 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. In production since 1966, it is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Kristi Watts, and Gordon P. Robertson, two of whom will host on any...
, 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. In April 1996, it relaunched under the call letters KQBN-LP, meaning Que 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
Telemundo Internacional
Telemundo Puerto Rico, also known as Telemundo Internacional, is a Latin American cable channel.-Launch:Telemundo Internacional began in December 1994 as Telenoticias, Latin America's second 24-hour news channel that did not broadcast from Latin America...
) in the day, uncut Spanish-language movies in the evening, and novelas at other times. Among launch programs included the soap opera "Las Aguas Mansas" between the newscasts from 8 to 9pm.
Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson sold the station to Television Apogeo de Tucson in October 1998. By 2002, the station was broadcasting programming from Telemax
Telemax (television network)
Telemax is a Mexican broadcast television network based in Hermosillo, Sonora. Its flagship station is XEWH-TV channel 6 in Hermosillo, and is available nationally through satellite and cable coverage. It is also available through a network of over-the-air repeaters, which extend its flagship...
, a network of stations rebroadcasting XEWH-TV in Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
, 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...
. In January 2004, Una Vez Mas bought the station from Television Apogeo de Tucson 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 they began broadcasting Azteca America programming.
KQBN call letters on other stations
Although Una Vez Mas replaced the call letters when they took control of operations in January 2004, KQBN-LP has since been assigned to two other Una Vez Mas stations — PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
channel 43 took the call letters in March 2005, then when they sold the station the following November, Una Vez Mas transferred the KQBN-LP
KQBN-LP
KQBN-LP is a low-power television station licensed to Prescott, Arizona. The station is licensed to operate in analog on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter in the Bradshaw Mountains...
call letters to Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....
channel 28.