KTFF-DT

KTFF-DT

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HAAT	811 m (2,661 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°17′13.5″N 118°50′19″W / 36.287083°N 118.83861°W / 36.287083; -118.83861
Translator(s)	KTFF-LD 41 Fresno KFTV-DT 21.6 Hanford
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.univision.com/unimas

KTFF-DT (channel 61) is a

.

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

The station first signed on the air on May 6, 1992, as KKAK; originally operating as an

, 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

, 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^[update], 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

Subchannels

The station's signal is

:

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)

Translator

• KTFF-LD 31
  Fresno

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTFF-TV shut down its analog signal, over

61.

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.[6] The FCC licensed the station to broadcast on channel 23 on December 20, 2018.

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