KPDF-CA

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KPDF-CA
Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	Azteca America Phoenix
Slogan	Es tu casa
Channels	41 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	Azteca America
Owner	Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Founded	June 14, 1995
Call letters meaning	Phoenix XHDF (TV Azteca flagship)
Former callsigns	KPSW-CA, KPSW-LP, K41EN, K69HJ (CP only)
Former affiliations	ACN, Home Shopping Español
Transmitter Power	45.9 kW
Height	471 m
Class	Class A
Facility ID	73764
Website	http://www.uvmtv.com

KPDF-CA is a low-power Class A television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 41 as an Azteca America affiliate. The station is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC of Dallas, Texas, and is carried on several cable systems in the Phoenix area.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Newscast 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

KPDF-CA began as an original construction permit for station K69HJ, issued on June 14, 1995 to World Television, a subsidiary of Venture Technologies Group, LLC. In October 1997, the FCC granted the station a modification to its permit to construct facilities on channel 41, with new callsign K41EN. The station was licensed on October 20, 1999 and shortly thereafter, took the call letters KPSW-LP.

The station's license was converted to Class A in October 2001, and in May 2002, Venture Technologies sold KPSW-CA, along with stations KPHZ (now KTAZ) and KPHZ-LP (now KDTP-LP), to NBC Telemundo. The following December, NBC Telemundo acquired stations KHRR and KDRX-CA (now KDTP-CA) from Television Apogeo, a company owned by Roy Disney. As part of payment for the stations, NBC Telemundo transferred KPSW-CA to Television Apogeo. In August 2003, the FCC approved the sale of KPSW-CA to Una Vez Mas, and in January 2004, the sale was consummated and KPSW-CA became KPDF-CA.

On February 19, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KPDF-CA will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

[edit] Programming

The station was an affiliate of Home Shopping Español (HSE), likely from sign-on in 1999 until HSE was shut down in 2002. The station is also listed as an ACN affiliate (now Jewelry TV); presumably for the last half of 2002 and the first half 2003. In July 2003, the station became an Azteca America affiliate.

[edit] Newscast

In early 2007, KPDF will start a local newscast, which will be produced in Davenport, Iowa by the Independent News Network. The station plans on having at least one reporter on duty in the Phoenix area filing news reports for the new news program. [1]

[edit] See also

• KQBN-LP and KDFQ-LP, co-owned LPTV stations in the Sun City and Prescott areas carrying Azteca America

[edit] External links

• Una Vez Mas

[edit] References

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KPDF
• Station Index: KPDF-CA
• Station license from the FCC (document always shows current licensee)
• Backchannel Media DRTV Research: KPDF-CA
• Phoenix Business Journal: Mexican TV network now in Phoenix (misidentifies station as channel 43)
• AZCentral.com: World staying tuned to Mexican telenovelas
• Phoenix Business Journal: Spanish-language TV outlets boost power, viewers