KTFQ-TV

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KTFQ-TV
City of license	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channels	14 (UHF) analog, none digital
Affiliations	TeleFutura
Owner	TeleFutura/Univisión (licensed to TeleFutura Albuquerque LLC)
Founded	January 8, 1999
Call letters meaning	K TeleFutrua AlbuQuerque
Former callsigns	KAPX (1999-2003)
Former affiliations	PAX
Transmitter Power	5000 kW
Height	376 Meters
Facility ID	57220

KTFQ-TV channel 14 is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The station is owned by Univisión and runs a Spanish Entertainment format consisting of programming from Univisión's secondary network, TeleFutura. The KTFQ-TV studio is co located with Entravision, which operates a Joint Sales Agreement for KTFQ-TV and 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 purchased the license of Channel 2 as well and on April 5, 1993 KGSW FOX14 moved to Channel 2 and changed 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 new network, the family-oriented Pax TV. 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, including Channel 14. Channel 14 became KTFQ and took the Telefutura Spanish Network. Pax TV moved to cable only in the Albuquerque market.

[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) - KYNM-LP 30 (Almavision) - KAZQ 32 (LeSea/3ABN) - KTVS-LP 36 (Ind.) - K38IM 38 (3ABN) - KLUZ 41 (Univision) - KTFA-LP 48 (HSN) - KASY 50 (MNTV) - KTEL-LP 53 (TEL) - K56FB 56 (JTV)
Local digital television channels
KNMD 9 (PBS) - KRMU 20 (PBS/RMPBS)
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) - KRPV 27 (GLC) - KUPT 29 (MNTV) - K47DR 47 (TBN) - KTDO 48 (Telemundo)