KLMV-LD

KLMV-LD
Laredo, Texas United States

Branding	Buena Vida Broadcasting
Slogan	Gateway To Mexico
Channels	Digital: 15.1
Subchannels	15.2 Infomercials 15.3 Vida Vision 15.4 Color bars
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	J. B. Salazar
Founded	January 12, 1998
Call letters' meaning	KLaredo's Most Valueable
Former callsigns	K68FU (1998–2000) KLMV-LP (2000–11)
Former affiliations	Vida Communications HSN Almavision
Transmitter power	15 kW
Website	Buena Vida Broadcasting

Former analog channel 68 KLMV logo

KLMV-LD Channel 15.1 is a low-powered digital broadcasting television station serving the Laredo, Texas/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico markets. It has a broadcasting power of 15 kW. KLMV is Buena Vida Broadcasting's flagship station that airs independent Spanish Christian programming 24 hours a day and distributes programming to repeater stations in South Texas.^[1] The network, KLMV, and the repeaters are owned and operated by J. B. Salazar. On July 2012 KLMV started broadcasting on subchannel 15.3 a general programming channel called Televida Laredo. In late December 2012, KLMV announced that it would start broadcasting TeLe-Romántica programming on subchannel 15.2 in the first quarter of 2013. On February 2013 TeLe-Romantica programming could be seen on channel 15.2 and Vida Vision TV on 15.4. On March 2013 KLMV dropped TeLe-Romántica programming and replaced it with infomercials and switched Televida Laredo on 15.4 and Vida Vision on 15.3. In early 2014, KLMV dropped Televida Laredo programming and replaced it with color bars.

History

From 1999-2000, KLMV channel 68 was named K68FU and was affiliated with Vida Communications, then HSN. From 2003 through 2006, the station was affiliated with Almavision. In September 2006, KLMV stopped its affiliation with Almavision and went independent. Potential viewership is about 600,000. On February 2011, KLMV stopped transmitting analog signal on channel 68 and started transmitting digitally on channel 15.1. In late December 2012, KLMV announced that it would start broadcasting TeLe-Romantica programming on subchannel 15.2 in the first quarter of 2013.

Digital services

KLMV also contains four subchannels; 15.1, which shows independent Spanish religious programming, 15.2 which shows infomercials, 15.3 which retransmits Vida Vision programming and 15.4 which shows color bars.

Ch	Video	Aspect	Programming
15.1	480i	4:3	Independent religious programming
15.2	480i	4:3	Infomercials
15.3	480i	4:3	Vida VIsion
15.4	480i	4:3	Color bars

Repeaters

Buena Vida Broadcasting has four repeaters and three currently have a construction permit in Texas and one in California, all of which are O&O by J. B. Salazar:^[2]^[3]

Ch	Call sign	ERP	City
19.1	Application	9 kW	Beaumont, Texas
14.1	Application	15 kW	Del Rio, Texas
16.1	K16IY-D^CP	15 kW	Eagle Pass, Texas
29.1	K29KS-D^CP	15 kW	Gustine, California
27.1	KDJB-LD	8 kW	Hondo, Texas
21.1	K21KW-D^CP	15 kW	Lubbock, Texas
6.1	KJBA-LD^CP	15 kW	San Angelo, Texas
35.1	KAXX-LD	7 kW	San Antonio, Texas
42	KSSJ-LP	50 kW	San Antonio, Texas
17	K17GL-LP	10 kW	Uvalde, Texas

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Coordinates: 27°31′29″N 99°31′21″W / 27.5246°N 99.5225°W / 27.5246; -99.5225

Broadcast television in the Laredo Borderplex (Laredo / Nuevo Laredo)

American stations	KGNS (8.1 NBC, 8.2 ABC, 8.3 TMD) K10QK-D (10.1 CP) KYLX-LD (13.1 CBS, 13.2 CW) KLMV-LD (15.1 Ind., 15.2 Info, 15.3 Vida Vision, 15.4 Test) KLDO (27.1 UNI, 27.2 LATV) KETF-CD (31.1 UniMás, 31.2 Fox/MNTV) KXOF-CD (39.1 Fox/MNTV, 39.2 MundoMax) K40NU-D (40.1 CP)

Mexican stations	XEFE (2.1 Televisa local) XHBR (11.1 Canal de las Estrellas) XHLNA (21.1 Azteca 13, 21.2 Proyecto 40) XHLAT (33.1 Azteca 7, 13.20 Blank) XHNAT (45.1 Multimedios, 45.2 Milenio TV, 45.3 TeleRitmo) XHNAN 55 (TVNL, Anahuac) XHLAR (57.1 Televisa Regional)

Out-of-market channels	KLRN 9 (PBS) The CW Plus

Defunct stations	KVTV (13.1 CBS)

Texas broadcast television areas by city Abilene/Sweetwater Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) Austin (Hill Country) Beaumont/Port Arthur Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth (North Texas) Ciudad Acuña – Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso (West Texas) Houston Laredo Lubbock (South Plains) Midland–Odessa (Permian Basin) Presidio Rio Grande Valley San Angelo San Antonio Sherman/Ada, OK Texarkana/Shreveport, LA Tyler/Longview (East Texas) Victoria Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK Tamaulipas broadcast television areas by city Matamoros / Reynosa Nuevo Laredo Tampico

Other Spanish-language television stations in the state of Texas

Multimedios Televisión	K24FW 24 (Lubbock) K26KJ-D 25.1 (El Paso) KHLM 43.1 (Houston) XHNAT 45.1 (Laredo) K51JF 51 (San Antonio) K20JT-D 54 (Corpus Christi)

Other stations	KZFW 6 (Religious, Royse City / Dallas) KTSM-TV 9.2 (Estrella TV, El Paso) KLMV-LD 15.1 (Religious, Laredo) KVAW 16 (Tr3́s, Eagle Pass) KVAT-LD 17.1 (Mexicanal, Garfield / Austin) KBOP 20.3 (Esperanza TV, DeSoto / DFW) KLDO 27.3 (LATV, Laredo) KUGB-CD 28.1 (Uniglobe, Houston) KMPX 29.1 (Estrella TV, Decatur / DFW) KWDA 30 (30.1 – 30.3 & 30.5 – 30.7 Religious, DFW) KEYU 31.2 (LATV, Amarillo) KTXD 47.3 (Mexicanal, Greenville / DFW) KVFW-LD 38 (Religious, Fort Worth) KZHO 38 (Religious, Houston) KATA-CD 50.1 (LATV, Mesquite / DFW) KTBU 55.1 (Mega TV, Conroe / Houston) KETK 56.2 (Estrella TV, Jacksonville / Tyler) KDTX 58.4 (Enlace, Dallas) KZJL 61 (Estrella TV, Houston)

Defunct	KAMM 30 (Tr3́s, Amarillo) K45HW 45 (San Angelo) K69IT 69 (Midland)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas See also Telemundo UniMás Univision Azteca MundoMax Religious Other Spanish-language stations in Texas

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