KTFV-CD,

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and

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channel 32, is a low-power, Class A licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language

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network. It is owned by

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alongside McAllen-licensed

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affiliate KNVO (channel 48), Harlingen-licensed

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affiliate KFXV, channel 60 (and

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KMBH-LD and KXFX-CD), and primary CW+ affiliate and secondary

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member KCWT-CD (channel 21). The stations share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen, while KTFV-CD's transmitter is located near

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Outline profile

After XHRIO dropped the Fox affiliation for

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, residents of the lower Rio Grande Valley had trouble receiving the new low-power Fox signal. Due to this, it was decided to add a feed of KFXV to the second subchannel of KTFV and display it as 67.1 (same display channel as KFXV) in an attempt to reach a larger audience. In addition to its own digital signal, KTFV-CD is simulcast in

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on KNVO's second digital subchannel (UHF channel 49.2 or virtual channel 48.2 via

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) from a transmitter on Farm to Market Road 493, near

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Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

Television stations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley UniMás network affiliates Spanish-language television stations in Texas Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1998 Entravision Communications stations {{Texas-tv-station-stub