KFTU-DT
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HAAT | 685 m (2,247 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 31°28′55.3″N 109°57′34.2″W / 31.482028°N 109.959500°W |
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KFTU-DT (channel 3) is a
KFTU-CD (channel 34) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Tucson that rebroadcasts KFTU-DT's signal to the city, as KFTU's coverage area falls well short of Tucson proper. KFTU-DT is also rebroadcast on KUVE-DT's second digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market; this signal can be seen on channel 46.2 from a transmitter atop Mount Bigelow. Likewise, KUVE is rebroadcast on KFTU's second digital subchannel. Master control and most internal operations for KFTU-DT and KUVE are based at the facilities of sister station KTVW-DT on 30th Street in southern Phoenix.
Like its sister station KFPH-DT (channel 13) in Flagstaff, KFTU brands itself as UniMás Arizona.
History
KFTU-DT
The station was granted its original
KFTU-CD
City of license | Callsign | Channel | ERP | HAAT
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Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates |
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Tucson |
KFTU-CD | 34 | 15 kW | 1,075.1 m (3,527 ft) | 53004 | 32°24′54″N 110°42′57.9″W / 32.41500°N 110.716083°W |
KFTU-CD began with an original construction permit granted on August 26, 1991, to Ponyland Broadcasting (later Venture Technologies Group) for a low-power television station to serve Tucson on UHF channel 25 with the callsign K25EA. Delays building the station caused the permit to lapse and the FCC to delete the callsign in 1993, but the station was restored and came on the air in August 1994, with the initial license granted August 29, 1994. The station changed its callsign to KTAZ-LP (for Tucson, Arizona) on December 18, 1996. In April 2001, Venture Technologies sold the station to Douglas Broadcasting, who, in turn, sold the station to Univision in September 2001. After the Telefutura network launched in January 2002, Univision dropped the station's
The KTAZ call letters would resurface in Phoenix in 2006, when the Telemundo station there began branding itself as Telemundo Arizona.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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3.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KFTU-DT | UniMás |
3.2 | KUVE-HD | Univision (KUVE-DT) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the
However, since its analog channel position was in the low-
KFTU-CD did not apply for a companion channel for the digital conversion; as a low-power television station, it was exempt from the 2009 analog shutdown. The station was issued a digital license to cover on March 19, 2012.
Former translator
KFTU-DT previously had another repeater station in Tucson, K48GX (analog channel 48), that provided over-the-air coverage to areas to the northwest of Tucson that are shielded by terrain from the KFTU-CD signal. Univision surrendered the license for K48GX to the FCC on June 5, 2015, and it was cancelled on June 8.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFTU-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "RabbitEars query for KFTU-DT". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".