KFTV

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KFTV
Hanford / Fresno, California
Branding	Univision 21
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 20 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Univision
Founded	1972
Call letters meaning	K Futura de Televisión
Former callsigns	KDAS (1962-1964)
Former affiliations	Independent
Website	www.univision.com

KFTV is a full-power television station in Hanford, California, serving the Fresno area as a Univisión owned-and-operated affiliate. KFTV broadcasts locally on channel 21, and airs Spanish-language entertainment programming.

In 1962, Fresno's Channel 21 was home to an English-language independent station, KDAS-TV. The station survived for two years before leaving the air in 1964. Channel 21 would not return to the air until 1972, when Univisión acquired a construction permit and began broadcasting as KFTV.

On June 27, 2006, Univision announced that it accepted a $12.7 billion dollar bid from a private investors group lead by children's television mogul Haim Saban -- founder of Saban Entertainment. This marks Saban's return to broadcast ownership, as Saban (minus partner Shuki Levy) was 50% owner, along with News Corporation, of the Fox Family Channel (now known as the Disney-owned ABC Family Channel). The purchase needs to be given the green light by government regulators and could be consummated by the second quarter of 2007. There is no word if there will be any program changes.

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.

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Used during 2000-Early 2006

Currently being used

[edit] External links

• Univisión official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFTV

Broadcast television in the Fresno / Visalia market  (Nielsen DMA #56)
KVHF-LP 4 (JTV) - K12OZ 12 (3ABN) - KCWB-LP 13 / KVVG-LP 54 (Tvida) - KHMM-CA 14 (MTV Tr3s) - KHSC-LP 16 (HSN) - KVPT 18 (PBS) - KFTV 21 (UNI) - KZMM-CA 22 (MTV Tr3s) - KSEE 24 (NBC) - KMPH 26 (Fox) - KFSN 30 (ABC) - KJEO-LP 32 / KBID-LP 31 (A1) - KSDI-LP 33 (TSC) - KMCF-LP 35 (AS) - KMSG-LP 39 / KFAZ-LP 8 (AZA) - KGMC 43 (Ind/JTV/A1) - KGPE 47 (CBS) - KNXT 49 (Ind) - KNSO 51 (TEL) - KAIL 53 (MNTV) - KFRE 59 (The CW) - KTFF 61 (TFU)

Univision Network Affiliates in the state of California
KVER-CA 4 / KVES-LP 28 (Indio / Palm Springs) - KVYE 7 (El Centro) - KDTV 14 / 28 (San Francisco / Santa Rosa) - KBNT-CA 17 / KHAX-LP 49 / KNSD-LP 62 (San Diego / Vista / La Jolla) - KUVS 19 (Modesto) - KFTV 21 (Hanford) - KUCO-LP 27 (Chico) - KEUV-LP 31 (Eureka) - KMEX 34 (Los Angeles) - KPMR 38 (Santa Barbara) - KABE-LP 39 (Bakersfield) - KSMS 67 (Monterey)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California