KSTR-TV

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KSTR-TV

Irving / Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas
Channels	49 (UHF) analog, 48 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	TeleFutura
Owner	Univision
Founded	June 27, 1983
Call letters meaning	K Star
Former callsigns	KLTJ (1983-1987) KHSX (1987-1999)
Former affiliations	TBN (1984-1986) HSN (1986-1999)
Transmitter Power	4470 kW/519 m(analog) 225 kW/535 m (digital)
Website	TeleFutura.com

KSTR-TV, channel 49, is a Spanish-language general entertainment television station in Irving, Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is currently owned by Univision, and broadcasts as a TeleFutura affiliate.

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KLTJ-TV ran Christian teaching programming from Trinity Broadcasting Network from March 1984 to September 1986. The station was then sold to the Home Shopping Network and switched to Shop at Home programs from HSN as KHSX.

Silver King owned the HSN stations, and USA Broadcasting bought them by 1996. In 1999, USA Broadcasting switched the station to a general entertainemnt format under the call sign KSTR-TV (Meaning "K-Star") with cartoons, reality shows, sitcoms, talk shows, and movies. During this period, it was the official Dallas/Fort Worth station for Dallas Mavericks Basketball.

In 2001, Univision bought KSTR and switch the station to a Spanish format. KSTR's English programming though would move to former Telemundo affiliate KFWD. All Dallas Mavericks games were moved to now-former UPN affiliate KTXA-TV.

There were rumors that Tribune Company would buy KSTR-TV from Univision, essentially creating a duopoly in Dallas/Fort Worth with CW affiliate KDAF-TV (channel 33). As of 2006, this has not occurred.

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Broadcast television in the Dallas / Fort Worth market (Nielsen DMA #6)
KDTN 2 (DS) - KDFW 4 (Fox) - KXAS 5 (NBC) - WFAA 8 (ABC) - KTVT 11 (CBS) - KERA 13 (PBS) - KTXA 21 (Ind) - KNAV 22 (Genesis) - KUVN 23 (UNI) - K25FW 25 (HSN) - KODF 26 / KLEG 44 (AZA) - KDFI 27 (MNTV) - KHPK 28 (Genesis) - KMPX 29 (Ind) - K31GL 31 (Almavision) - KDAF 33 (The CW/The Tube on DT 2) - KJJM 34 (LAT TV) - KVFW 38 (Religious) - KXTX 39 (TEL) - KTAQ 47 (ShopNBC) - KSTR 49 (TFU) - KATA 50 (Multimedios) - KFWD 52 (Ind) - KLDT 55 (Ind) - KSEX 57 (Ind) - KDTX 58 (TBN) - KPXD 68 (i)

Telefutura Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KNIC 17 (Blanco) - KETF-CA 25 (Laredo) - KANG-CA 41 (San Angelo) - KCRP-CA 41 (Corpus Christi) - KSTR 49 (Irving) - KBVO-CA 51 (Austin) - KTFN 65 (El Paso) - KFTH 67 (Alvin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telemundo, Univision, i, Religious, Independent, Home Shopping and Other Spanish stations in Texas

Univision Communications

Television assets: Galavisión | TeleFutura | Univision

Record labels: Univision Records | Fonovisa | Disa Records

Other Television Stations: KUVI (UPN affiliate - to be MNTV September 2006)

^{1: Managed by Entravision Communications}

Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbols: NYSE: UVN | Website: www.univision.net/corp/intro.jsp