KTFQ-TV

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KTFQ-TV
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channels	14 (UHF) analog, none digital
Affiliations	TeleFutura
Owner	TeleFutura/Univision (operated by Entravision)
Founded	January 8, 1999
Call letters meaning	K TeleFutrua AlbuQuerque
Former affiliations	Pax (as KAPX)

KTFQ-TV channel 14 is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It runs a Spanish Entertainment format consisting of Spanish comedy shows, Spanish dramas, Spanish movies, and Spanish kids' shows. They run programming from TeleFutura the second network owned by Univision. The station however is owned by Entravision which also owns two other stations in Albuquerque: Univisión affiliate KLUZ and Home Shopping Network affiliate KTFA-LP.

[edit] History

Channel 14 signed on as KGSW-TV May 8, 1981. The callsign then was derived from the station's original owners, Galaxy Communications and Southwest Television. Initially the station on channel 14 carried drama shows, movies from the 40's through the 70's, sitcoms, and religious shows. In the Fall of 1983 KGSW added more sitcoms and began running cartoons in the 7-9 a.m. and the 3-5 p.m. weekday slots.

In 1984, the Providence Journal Company bought KGSW from the original owners. The station affiliated with the Fox network when the network launched on October 9, 1986. The station continued a general entertainment format with a lot of cartoons, sitcoms, and movies.

In the early fall of 1992 when Channel 2 KKTO went dark Providence Journal immediately folded Channel 2's programming into Channel 14's lineup. Shortly after they would buy the license of Channel 2 as well and on April 5, 1993 KGSW FOX14 would move to Channel 2 and would change call letters to KASA. The Channel 14 license was then turned into the FCC.

In 1997 Paxson Communications was awarded the Channel 14 license and in 1998 signed on as KAPX with infomercials during the day and Worship music on overnights. In the early Fall of 1998 they ran a brand new network known as Pax TV with a lot of Family entertainment shows. Originally Pax aired from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. but eventually pulled back to 4 to 11 p.m. and later 5 to 11 p.m.. This was due to financial problems at Paxson.

Another result of financial problems was that Paxson opted to sell some of its stations. They opted to sell 14 KAPX in 2003 to Entravision which already owned Univision affiliate Channel 41. Pax TV moved to cable only in the Albuquerque market. Channel 14 became KTFQ and took the Telefutura Spanish Network.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTFQ-TV

Broadcast television in the Albuquerque / Santa Fe market  (Nielsen DMA #45)
KASA 2 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - KOB 4 (NBC) - KNME 5 (PBS) - KOAT 7 (ABC) - KCHF 11 (Ind.) - KRQE 13 (CBS) - KTFQ 14 (TeleFutura) - KWBQ 19 (The CW) - KNAT 23 (TBN) - KQDF-LP 25 (AZA) - KRPV 27 (GLC) - KAZQ 32 (LeSea/3ABN) - KTVS-LP 36 (Ind.) - KLUZ 41 (Univision) - K47DR 47 (TBN) - KASY 50 (MNTV) - KTEL-LP 53 (TEL)
Local digital television channels
KNMD 9 (PBS)
Out-of-market stations covering parts of the market and other over the air stations in New Mexico KENW 3 (PBS) - KVIH 12 (ABC) - KRWG 22 (PBS) - KUPT 29 (MNTV) - KTDO 48 (Telemundo)