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KFWD digital channel 51 and analog channel 52 is an independent television station in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas. Owned by HIC Broadcasting and managed by Belo Corporation, the station runs sitcoms, dramas, movies, talk shows, religious shows, broadcasts of WFAA-TV, and a live sports talk show.
In 1988, the station signed on as a Telemundo affiliate. When NBC bought Telemundo and KXTX, they pulled the affiliation from KFWD. KFWD then picked up English programming dropped by both KXTX and KSTR. This station also picked up live sporting events (including FC Dallas soccer) dropped from KLDT.
Belo Corp. has an option to buy KFWD and create a duopoly with ABC affiliate WFAA-TV. As of 2008, that has not happened. However, Belo does provide advertising sales assistance, certain technical services and facilities to support the operations of KFWD, as well as airing repurposed editions of WFAA's newscasts every evening. Belo also operates KFWD.tv, the station's website, in a visual format similar to all Belo stations.
In February 2009 digital KFWD, channel 51 will move to channel 9 and analog KFWD, channel 52 will cease transmitting.
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Broadcast television in the Dallas / Fort Worth market (Nielsen DMA #5) |
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KDTN 2 (DS) - KDFW 4 (FOX, 4 Warn Weather Radar on DT2) - KXAS 5 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WFAA 8 (ABC, Xpress 8.2 on DT2, DFW Airport Towercam on DT3) - KTVT 11 (CBS) - KERA 13 (PBS) - KTXA 21 (Ind) - KNAV-LP 22 (Genesis) - KUVN 23 (UNI) - K25FW 25 (HSN) - KODF-LP 26 / KLEG 44 (AZA) - KDFI 27 (MNTV) - KHPK-LP 28 (Genesis) - KMPX 29 (Ind) - K31GL 31 (Ind) - KDAF 33 (The CW, LATV) - KJJM-LP 34 (Silent) - KVFW-LP 38 / KZFW-LP 53 (Religious) - KXTX 39 (TEL) - KTAQ 47 (Religious) - KSTR 49 (TFU) - KATA-CA 50 (MTV Tr3́s) - KFWD 52 (Ind) - KSEX-LP 57 (Ind) - KDTX 58 (TBN, The Church Channel on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace USA on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - KPXD 68 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4)
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Robert W. Decherd (Chairman and CEO) · Dennis A. Williamson · Lawrence Nicholson · John L. Sander · Dunia A. Shive · Donald F. Cass · David Lougee · Guy H. Kerr · Marian Spitzberg · James M. Moroney
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¹ = Belo manages this station owned by HIC Broadcasting
² = Belo manages this station owned by Corridor Television, LLP
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| Annual Revenue: 1.52 Billion (USD) · Employees: 6,600 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC · Website: belo.com |
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Other English-Language Television Stations in the state of Texas |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious and Other Spanish Language stations in Texas |
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