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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KTFF-DT
| callsign = KTFF-DT
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| logo = KTFF-DT logo 2021.png
| logo = KTFF-DT logo 2021.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_size = 250px
| branding = UniMás 61 Fresno
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás 61 Fresno}}
| digital = 23 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 23 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 61
| virtual = 61
| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators = ''KTFF-LD 41 (31 UHF) Fresno<br />[[KFTV-DT]] 21.6 (UHF) [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]''
| translators = {{ubl|KTFF-LD 41 Fresno|[[KFTV-DT]] 21.6 [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]}}
| affiliations = '''61.1:''' [[UniMás]] ('''[[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]'''; 2013–present)<br />'''61.2:''' Blank<br />'''61.3:''' [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''61.1:''' [[UniMás]]|'''61.2:''' [[Univision]]|'''61.3:''' [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]}}
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee = UniMas Fresno [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| licensee = UniMas Fresno [[LLC]]
| location = [[Porterville, California|Porterville]]/[[Fresno, California]]
| location = [[Porterville, California|Porterville]][[Fresno, California]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|5|6|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|5|6|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning = '''T'''ele'''F'''utura '''F'''resno
| callsign_meaning = Telefutura Fresno
| sister_stations = [[KFTV-DT]]
| sister_stations = [[KFTV-DT]]
| former_callsigns = KKAK (1992–1994)<br />KKAG (1994–1998)<br />KPXF (1998–2003)<br />KTFF (2003)<br />KTFF-TV (2004–2009)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KKAK (1992–1994)|KKAG (1994–1998)|KPXF (1998–2003)|KTFF (2003)|KTFF-TV (2004–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br />61 (UHF, 1992–2009)<br />'''Digital:'''<br />48 (UHF, 2003–2018)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 61 (UHF, 1992–2009)|'''Digital:''' 48 (UHF, 2003–2018)}}
| former_affiliations = [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1992–1998)<br />[[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (1998–2003)<br />'''Secondary:'''<br />[[The Worship Network]] (2003–?, overnight)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1992–1998)|[[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (1998–2003)|[[The Worship Network]] (overnight, 2003–?)}}
| erp = 330 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 330 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|811|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|811|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 35512
| facility_id = 35512
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|17|13.5|N|118|50|19|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}<br />{{nowrap|{{coord|36|17|13.5|N|118|50|19|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} (CP)
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|17|13.5|N|118|50|19|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = [http://tv.univision.com/unimas/ UniMás]
| website = {{URL|https://www.univision.com/unimas}}
}}
}}


'''KTFF-DT''', [[virtual channel]] 61 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 23), is a [[UniMás]] [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] [[television station]] serving [[Fresno, California]], United States that is [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Porterville, California|Porterville]]. Owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of [[TelevisaUnivision]], it is part of a [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]-licensed [[Univision]] owned-and-operated station [[KFTV-DT]] (channel 21). Both stations share studios on Univision Plaza near the corner of North Palm and West Herndon avenues in northwestern Fresno, while KTFF's transmitter is located on Blue Ridge in rural northwestern [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]].
'''KTFF-DT''' (channel 61) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Porterville, California]], United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language [[UniMás]] network to the [[Fresno]] area. It is [[owned and operated]] by [[TelevisaUnivision]] alongside [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]-licensed [[Univision]] outlet [[KFTV-DT]] (channel 21). The two stations share studios on Univision Plaza near the corner of North Palm and West Herndon avenues in northwestern Fresno; KTFF's transmitter is located on Blue Ridge in rural northwestern [[Tulare County]].


The station's programming is relayed to the northern half of the [[media market|market]] on [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] '''KTFF-LD''' (virtual channel 41, UHF digital channel 31) in Fresno, with transmitter on [[Bald Mountain (California)|Bald Mountain]] near [[Meadow Lakes, California|Meadow Lakes]]. It is also [[simulcast]] in [[high-definition television|high-definition]] on KFTV-DT's sixth digital subchannel (virtual and UHF channel 21.6) from a separate transmitter on Bald Mountain.
The station's programming is relayed to the northern half of the [[media market|market]] on [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] '''KTFF-LD''' (channel 41) in Fresno, with transmitter on [[Bald Mountain (California)|Bald Mountain]] near [[Meadow Lakes, California|Meadow Lakes]]. It is also [[simulcast]] in [[high-definition television|high-definition]] on KFTV-DT's sixth digital subchannel (channel 21.6) from a separate transmitter on Bald Mountain.


==History==
==History==
The station first signed on the air on May 6, 1992 as '''KKAK'''; originally operating as an [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]], the station aired a mix of [[infomercial]]s, [[religious broadcasting|religious]] and [[home shopping]] programs. The station changed its call letters to '''KKAG''' in 1994. In 1998, KKAG was sold to Paxson Communications (now [[Ion Media|Ion Media Networks]]). On August 31 of that year, the station became an owned-and-operated station of Paxson's family-oriented television network [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] upon its launch, and changed its call letters to '''KPXF'''. In 2003, Paxson sold KPXF to [[Univision Communications]], creating a duopoly with Univision O&O KFTV (channel 21); after the sale was finalized, the station's calls were changed to '''KTFF''', it also became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on February 7, 2013).
The station first signed on the air on May 6, 1992, as KKAK; originally operating as an [[independent station]], it aired a mix of [[infomercial]]s, [[religious broadcasting|religious]] and [[home shopping]] programs. The station changed its call letters to KKAG in 1994. In 1998, KKAG was sold to Paxson Communications (now [[Ion Media Networks]]). On August 31 of that year, the station became an owned-and-operated station of Paxson's family-oriented television network [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] upon its launch, and changed its call letters to KPXF. In 2003, Paxson sold KPXF to [[Univision Communications]], creating a duopoly with Univision O&O KFTV (channel 21); after the sale was finalized, the station's calls were changed to KTFF, it also became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on February 7, 2013).


Univision subsequently purchased [[Shop at Home]] affiliate '''KAJA-LP''' (channel 68, now on channel 41) from [[Cocola Broadcasting]] to become a fill-in translator for KTFF, adopting the KTFF-LD call letters (ironically, the KAJA calls are currently used as a brand name for [[low-power broadcasting|low-power]] station [[K68DJ]] in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], which also broadcasts on UHF channel 68).
Univision subsequently purchased [[Shop at Home]] affiliate KAJA-LP (channel 68, now on channel 41) from Cocola Broadcasting to become a fill-in translator for KTFF, adopting the KTFF-LD call letters (ironically, the KAJA calls are currently used as a brand name for [[low-power broadcasting|low-power]] station [[K68DJ]] in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], which also broadcasts on UHF channel 68).


In 2007, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) issued an order concerning KTFF and former owner Paxson Communications, denying a review of the sale of KTFF to Univision; it also implemented a deal with Christian Network, Inc. (CNI), parent company of [[The Worship Network]] (which formerly carried its programming on Pax TV's stations as both a late night block and later as a dedicated subchannel service), giving the religious broadcaster the right to program KTFF seven days a week from 1 to 6 a.m. In addition, the station was required to provide a digital channel for CNI's exclusive use (so long as certain conditions are met), after KTFF signed on its digital signal, if it used two or more subchannel slots.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} However, {{as of|2014|lc=y}}, KTFF broadcasts UniMás programming full-time,<ref>Per channel listings at [[zap2it]].com, zip:"93705".</ref> though the date the station stopped carrying The Worship Network is unknown. It is also unknown if the discontinuance is tied to Pax's successor, [[Ion Television]], ending carriage of The Worship Network in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worship.net/article/january-2010-newsletter/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.worship.net |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123203229/http://www.worship.net/article/january-2010-newsletter/ |archive-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2007, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) issued an order concerning KTFF and former owner Paxson Communications, denying a review of the sale of KTFF to Univision; it also implemented a deal with Christian Network, Inc. (CNI), parent company of [[The Worship Network]] (which formerly carried its programming on Pax TV's stations as both an overnight block and later as a dedicated subchannel service), giving the religious broadcaster the right to program KTFF seven days a week from 1 to 6 a.m. In addition, the station was required to provide a digital channel for CNI's exclusive use (so long as certain conditions are met), after KTFF signed on its digital signal, if it used two or more subchannel slots.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} However, {{as of|2014|lc=y}}, KTFF broadcasts UniMás programming full-time,<ref>Per channel listings at [[zap2it]].com, zip:"93705".</ref> though the date the station stopped carrying The Worship Network is unknown. It is also unknown if the discontinuance is tied to Pax's successor, [[Ion Television]], ending carriage of The Worship Network in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worship.net/article/january-2010-newsletter/ |title=The Worship Network > Articles > January 2010 Newsletter |website=www.worship.net |access-date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123203229/http://www.worship.net/article/january-2010-newsletter/ |archive-date=January 23, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Technical information==
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KTFF-DT<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTFF#station RabbitEars TV Query for KTFF]</ref>
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
! Programming
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTFF#station RabbitEars TV Query for KTFF]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 61.1
| 61.1 || rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || KTFF-DT || Main KTFF-DT programming / [[UniMás]]
| rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=4|[[16:9]] || KTFF-DT || [[UniMás]]
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" | [[KFTV-DT|61.2]]
| KFTV-DT || [[Univision]] ([[KFTV-DT]])
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 61.3
| [[KFTV-DT|61.2]] || KFTV-DT || Simulcast of [[KFTV-DT]] / [[Univision]]
| rowspan=2|[[480i]]|| Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 61.4
| 61.3 || [[480i]]|| Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
| NVSN || [[Nuestra Visión]] (soon)
|}
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}


===Translator===
===Translator===
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|23272|3=KTFF-LD}}''' 31 [[Fresno]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! City of license
! Callsign
! Channel
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
|-
|| [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|23272|3=KTFF-LD}}'''|| 31 || 15&nbsp;kW || {{convert|565|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 23272 || {{coord|37|4|21.8|N|119|25|54.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KTFF-LD}}
|}


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KTFF-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 61, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
KTFF-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 61.


===Spectrum auction repack===
===Spectrum auction repack===
KTFF-DT is one of nearly 1,000 television stations that were required to change their digital channel allocation in the spectrum auction repack in late 2017 or early 2018. KTFF was to reallocate its digital signal to UHF channel 23 in phase one of the repack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/repackchannels.php?country=B&city=Porterville&state=CA&mktid=&owner=Univision&sort=|title=Repack Info For Univision In Porterville, CA|work=Ericson, Trip|publisher=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> The FCC licensed the station to broadcast on channel 23 on December 20, 2018.
KTFF-DT is one of nearly 1,000 television stations that were required to change their digital channel allocation in the spectrum auction repack in late 2017 or early 2018. KTFF was to reallocate its digital signal to UHF channel 23 in phase one of the repack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/repackchannels.php?country=B&city=Porterville&state=CA&mktid=&owner=Univision&sort=|title=Repack Info For Univision In Porterville, CA|last=Ericson|first=Trip|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> The FCC licensed the station to broadcast on channel 23 on December 20, 2018.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BIA|KTFF|TV|DT}}


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[[Category:Television stations in Fresno, California|TFF-DT]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in California]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in California]]
[[Category:UniMás network affiliates]]
[[Category:Porterville, California]]
[[Category:Quest (American TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Quest (American TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Porterville, California]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in California|TFF-DT]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in California|TFF-DT]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:Television stations in Fresno, California|TFF-DT]]
[[Category:UniMás affiliates]]

Latest revision as of 04:13, 30 March 2024

KTFF-DT
CityPorterville, California
Channels
BrandingUniMás 61 Fresno
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KFTV-DT
History
First air date
May 6, 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-05-06)
Former call signs
  • KKAK (1992–1994)
  • KKAG (1994–1998)
  • KPXF (1998–2003)
  • KTFF (2003)
  • KTFF-TV (2004–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 61 (UHF, 1992–2009)
  • Digital: 48 (UHF, 2003–2018)
Call sign meaning
Telefutura Fresno
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35512
ERP330 kW
HAAT811 m (2,661 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°17′13.5″N 118°50′19″W / 36.287083°N 118.83861°W / 36.287083; -118.83861
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.univision.com/unimas

KTFF-DT (channel 61) is a television station licensed to Porterville, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the Fresno area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Hanford-licensed Univision outlet KFTV-DT (channel 21). The two stations share studios on Univision Plaza near the corner of North Palm and West Herndon avenues in northwestern Fresno; KTFF's transmitter is located on Blue Ridge in rural northwestern Tulare County.

The station's programming is relayed to the northern half of the market on low-power translator station KTFF-LD (channel 41) in Fresno, with transmitter on Bald Mountain near Meadow Lakes. It is also simulcast in high-definition on KFTV-DT's sixth digital subchannel (channel 21.6) from a separate transmitter on Bald Mountain.

History

[edit]

The station first signed on the air on May 6, 1992, as KKAK; originally operating as an independent station, it aired a mix of infomercials, religious and home shopping programs. The station changed its call letters to KKAG in 1994. In 1998, KKAG was sold to Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks). On August 31 of that year, the station became an owned-and-operated station of Paxson's family-oriented television network Pax TV upon its launch, and changed its call letters to KPXF. In 2003, Paxson sold KPXF to Univision Communications, creating a duopoly with Univision O&O KFTV (channel 21); after the sale was finalized, the station's calls were changed to KTFF, it also became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on February 7, 2013).

Univision subsequently purchased Shop at Home affiliate KAJA-LP (channel 68, now on channel 41) from Cocola Broadcasting to become a fill-in translator for KTFF, adopting the KTFF-LD call letters (ironically, the KAJA calls are currently used as a brand name for low-power station K68DJ in Corpus Christi, Texas, which also broadcasts on UHF channel 68).

In 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order concerning KTFF and former owner Paxson Communications, denying a review of the sale of KTFF to Univision; it also implemented a deal with Christian Network, Inc. (CNI), parent company of The Worship Network (which formerly carried its programming on Pax TV's stations as both an overnight block and later as a dedicated subchannel service), giving the religious broadcaster the right to program KTFF seven days a week from 1 to 6 a.m. In addition, the station was required to provide a digital channel for CNI's exclusive use (so long as certain conditions are met), after KTFF signed on its digital signal, if it used two or more subchannel slots.[citation needed] However, as of 2014, KTFF broadcasts UniMás programming full-time,[2] though the date the station stopped carrying The Worship Network is unknown. It is also unknown if the discontinuance is tied to Pax's successor, Ion Television, ending carriage of The Worship Network in 2010.[3]

Technical information

[edit]

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTFF-DT[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
61.1 720p 16:9 KTFF-DT UniMás
61.2 KFTV-DT Univision (KFTV-DT)
61.3 480i Quest Quest
61.4 NVSN Nuestra Visión (soon)
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Translator

[edit]

Analog-to-digital conversion

[edit]

KTFF-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48,[5] using virtual channel 61.

Spectrum auction repack

[edit]

KTFF-DT is one of nearly 1,000 television stations that were required to change their digital channel allocation in the spectrum auction repack in late 2017 or early 2018. KTFF was to reallocate its digital signal to UHF channel 23 in phase one of the repack.[6] The FCC licensed the station to broadcast on channel 23 on December 20, 2018.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTFF-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Per channel listings at zap2it.com, zip:"93705".
  3. ^ "The Worship Network > Articles > January 2010 Newsletter". www.worship.net. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  4. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KTFF
  5. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Ericson, Trip. "Repack Info For Univision In Porterville, CA". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 18, 2017.