KDTF-LD (channel 36) is a

low-power television station Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly ...

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, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language

UniMás UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which is ...

network. It is owned by

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alongside Class A

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and inclu ...

affiliate KBNT-CD (channel 17); it is also

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affiliate XHAS-TDT (channel 33) and Milenio Televisión affiliate

XHDTV-TDT XHDTV-TDT (channel 49) is a television station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, affiliated with Milenio Televisión and serving the Tijuana–San Diego international metropolitan area. The station's license and transmitter are owned by Mex ...

(channel 49). The latter two stations are owned by

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-based Televisora Alco, which is 40% owned by Entravision. All four stations share studios on Ruffin Road in San Diego's

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section; KDTF-LD's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in Spring Valley.

History

The station affiliated with Telefutura, the forerunner to UniMás, sometime in 2006, after talks reportedly broke down with sister station and former

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affiliate XHUPN (channel 49, now XHDTV-TDT).

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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: KDTF began broadcasting its digital signal on UHF channel 51 on May 14, 2009, multicasting KBNT-CA and XHDTV.

References

External links

* Low-power television stations in the United States UniMás network affiliates DTF-LD Television channels and stations established in 1997 DTF-LD Entravision Communications stations 1997 establishments in California {{California-tv-station-stub