KTFD-TV

KTFD-TV
Denver, Colorado; United States;
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 50;
Branding	UniMás Denver
Programming
Affiliations	50.1: UniMás; 50.2: LATV; 50.3: Stadium; 50.4: Local Now;
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications; (Entravision Holdings, LLC);
Sister stations	TV: KCEC; Radio: KJMN, KMXA, KXPK
History
First air date	February 22, 1996 (27 years ago)
Former call signs	KTVJ (1996–2003); KTFD-DT (2009–2017);
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 14 (UHF, 1996–2009); Digital:; 15 (UHF, until 2017); 26 (UHF, 2017–2019); Virtual:; 14 (PSIP, until 2017); Translator:; KDVT-LP 36 (UHF) Denver;
Former affiliations	Independent (1996–2003); TeleFutura (2003–2013);
Call sign meaning	TeleFutura Denver
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24514
ERP	400 kW
HAAT	236 m (774 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°43′58″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73278°N 105.23611°WCoordinates: 39°43′58″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73278°N 105.23611°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;

KTFD-TV (channel 50) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned by Entravision Communications, which provides certain services to Boulder-licensed Univision-owned station KCEC (channel 14) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with TelevisaUnivision. Both stations share studios on Mile High Stadium West Circle in Denver, while KTFD-TV's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden.

History

The station first signed on the air on February 22, 1996 as KTVJ. Founded by Roberts Broadcasting, it originally aired programming from the Home Shopping Network. In January 2003, Roberts sold the station to Univision Communications. Two months later on March 10, 2003, the station changed its call sign to KTFD-TV (which was modified to KTFD-DT on June 23, 2009, in correspondence with the callsign modifications to the "-DT" suffix applied by all Univision-owned stations following the digital television transition), and became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura.

KTFD's signal was formerly relayed on low-power analog translator station KDVT-LP (channel 36) in Denver, which was owned by Entravision Communications. The translator was never converted to digital, and its license was canceled on September 13, 2017.^[1]

On December 4, 2017, as part of a channel swap made by Entravision Communications, KTFD and sister station KCEC swapped channel numbers, with KTFD moving from digital channel 15 and virtual channel 14 to digital channel 26 and virtual channel 50.

On January 9, 2019, KTFD completed the migration to digital channel 28 from digital 26 as part of the FCC spectrum auction repack.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming^[2]
50.1	1080i	16:9	KTFD	Main KTFD-TV programming / UniMás
50.2	480i		LATV	LATV
50.3			Stadium	Stadium^[3]
50.4		4:3		Local Now

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTFD-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 14, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television 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 15.^[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 14.

References

^ https://fccdata.org/?facid=24516&appid=595256&i=1^{[bare URL]}
^ RabbitEars TV Query for KTFD
^ "Where to watch stadium" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-01-01.
^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

[1] ttps://fccdata.org/?facid=24516&appid=595256&i=1^{[bare URL]}

[2] RabbitEars TV Query for KTFD

[3] "Where to watch stadium" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-01-01.

[4] "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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v t e Broadcast television in Northern Colorado, including Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and Greeley
English stations	KWGN-TV 2 (.1 The CW, .2 GetTV, .3 Comet, .4 Charge!) KSBS-CD 3 (.1 Ind., .2 Grit, 7.1 ABC, 10.1 Grio, 10.2 LCN, 10.3 QVC) KCNC-TV 4 (.1 CBS, .2 Start, .3 Dabl, .4 MeTV) KMGH-TV / KZCO-LD 7 (.1 ABC, .2 Mystery, .3 Laff) KUSA 9 (.1 NBC, .2 Cozi, .3 Crime, .5 Quest, .6 Circle) KCEC 14 (.2 Bounce, .3 getTV, .4 Mystery, .5 Digi) KTVD 20 (9.4 NBC UHF, 9.7 Twist, .1 MNTV, .2 H&I, .3 LC) KDEN-TV 25 (.3 Cozi, .4 LX, .5 Oxygen) KHDT-LD 26 (.1 Movies!, .2 H&I, .3 HSN, .4 Decades, .5 La Invasora 87.7) KLPD-LD 28 (.1 HSN, .3 Ind., .4 KPKR, .5 TV Scout) KDVR 31 (.1 Fox, .2 Ant TV, .3 TBD TV) KBRO-LD 34 (.1/2 Promos, .3 Dish Studio, .4/5/6 Audio) KTFD-TV 50 (.3 Stadium, .4 LCN) KETD 53 (.4 HSN2) KPXC-TV 59 (.1 Ion, .2 Bounce, .3 Court, .4 Defy, .5 TrueReal, .6 Grit, .7 Newsy)
Public television	KRMA-TV 6 (.1 PBS, .2 PBS Kids, .3 Create) KBDI-TV 12 (.1 PBS, .2 FNX/KBDI+, .3 DW, .4 NHK)
Spanish stations	KCEC 14 (.1 UNI) KXDP-LD 18 (.1 La Invasora 87.7) KDEN-TV 25 (.1 TMD, .2 TXO) KPJR-TV 38 (.4 Enlace) KQCK / KQDK-CD 39 (.3 CTNi) KTFD-TV 50 (.1 UniMás, .2 LATV) KETD 53 (.1 Estrella, .2 Estrella News)
Religious stations	KDEO-LD 23 (.1 EWTN1, .2 My Family, .3 EWTN2, .4 Vida) KPJR-TV 38 (.1 TBN, .2 Inspire, .3 Smile, .5 Positiv) KQCK / KQDK-CD 39 (.1 CTN, .2 LifeStyle) KRMT 41 (.1 Daystar)
ATSC 3.0 digital	KWGN-TV (2.1 CW, 7.1 ABC, 9.1 NBC, 31.1 Fox) KBRO-LD 34 (.1/2 Promos, .3 Dish Studio, .4/5/6 Audio)
Cable channels	Altitude AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain CET
Local streaming channels	CBS News Denver Denver 7 Weather 24/7
Adjacent areas	Glenwood Springs KREG-TV 3 (.1 MeTV, .2 H&I, .3 Start, .4 Decades, .5 Movies!, .6 MeTV+) Cripple Creek KRDH-LD 5 (.1 SBN, .2 Azteca, .3 Cheddar, .4 Ads, .5 Shop LC, .6 Buzzr) Fort Collins / Greeley KCDO-TV 3 (.1 Ind., .2 Grit, 7.1 ABC, 10.1 Grio, 10.2 LCN, 10.3 QVC) KFCT 22 (.1 Fox, .2 ANT, .3 TBD TV) Avon / Vail K36DB-CD 36 / K34QB-D 45 (Outside)
See also Colorado TV Wyoming TV Nebraska TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Colorado
ABC	KMGH 7 / KZCO-LD 17 (Denver) KOAT 7 (Albuquerque, NM) KJCT-LP 8 (Grand Junction) KRDO 13 (Colorado Springs)
CBS	KCNC 4 (Denver) KREX 5 / KREY 10 (Grand Junction/Montrose) KREZ 6 (Durango) KKTV 11 (Colorado Springs)
Fox	KFQX 4 (Grand Junction) KREZ-DT 6.2 (Durango) KXRM 21 (Colorado Springs) KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Denver/Fort Collins)
NBC	KOAA 5 (Pueblo) KUSA 9 (Denver) KKCO 11 (Grand Junction) KOBF 12 (Farmington, NM)
The CW	KWGN 2_{ATSC 3.0} (Denver) KJCT-LP 8.2 (Grand Junction) KWBQ 19 (Santa Fe, NM) KXTU-LD 57 (Colorado Springs)
MyNetworkTV	KKTV-DT 11.2 (Colorado Springs) KTVD 20 (Denver) KGJT-CD 27 / KREX-DT 5.2 (Grand Junction) KASY 50 (Albuquerque, NM)
Ion Television	KJCT-LP 8.3 (Grand Junction) KWBQ-DT 19.4 (Santa Fe, NM) KXRM-DT 21.3 (Colorado Springs) KPXC 59 (Denver)
PBS	Rocky Mountain PBS KRMA 6 (Denver) KTSC 8 (Pueblo) KRMJ 18 (Grand Junction) KRMU 20 (Durango) KRMZ 24 (Steamboat Springs) KBDI 12 (Broomfield)
Telemundo	KRTN 2 (Durango) KKCO-DT 11.3 (Grand Junction) KDEN 25 (Longmont) KTLO-LD 46.3 / KRDO-DT 13.2 (Colorado Springs)
Univision	KCEC 14 (Boulder) KLUZ 14 (Albuquerque, NM) KVSN 48 (Pueblo)
UniMás	KGHB-CD 27 (Pueblo) KTFQ 41 (Albuquerque, NM) KTFD 50 (Denver)
Other	KCDO 3 (Ind., Sterling) KREG 3 (MeTV, Glenwood Springs) KZCS-LD 18 (Mystery, Colorado Springs) K19JA-D 19.2 (Classic Showcase, Cortez) KLML 20.4 (Cozi, Grand Junction) KSPK-LD 28 (AMGTV, Walsenburg) K36DB-CD 36 (Outside, Avon) KPJR 38 (TBN, Greeley) KQDK-CD 39 (CTN, Aurora) KRMT 41 (Daystar, Denver) K34QB-D 45 (Outside, Vail) KWHS-LD 51 (CTN, Colorado Springs) KETD 53 (Estrella, Castle Rock)