KFTU-TV

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KFTU-TV

Douglas / Tucson, Arizona
Channels	3 (VHF) analog, After 2009: 36 (UHF) digital
Translators	KFTU-CA 34 (UHF) Tucson K48GX 48 (UHF) Tucson
Affiliations	TeleFutura
Owner	Univision
Founded	April 8, 1998
Call letters meaning	K TeleFutura TUcson
Former callsigns	KBGF (1998-2002)
Transmitter Power	100 kW
Height	97 m
Facility ID	81441

KFTU-TV is a full-service television station serving Douglas, Arizona, Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico and surrounding areas of Cochise County and northeast Sonora. The station broadcasts in analog on VHF channel 3 as an affiliate of Spanish-language network TeleFutura. KFTU-TV has two repeater stations in Tucson, Arizona, KFTU-CA channel 34 and K48GX channel 48, and is owned by Univision.

1 History
2 Digital television
3 Translators
4 External links

[edit] History

The station's original construction permit was granted on April 8, 1998 to Winstar Broadcasting Corp. of New York, New York. Its original callsign was 960404LF, but was changed to KBGF in June 1998. In December 1999, Winstar Broadcasting sold the station to Benedek Broadcasting Inc. of Chicago, Illinois. Douglas Broadcasting completed building the station and filed for a license to cover the construction permit in April 2001. At the same time, they took KBGF on the air under Program Test Authority as an independent station. In October 2001, Douglas Broadcasting sold the station to Univision, who made KBGF a TeleFutura affiliate. Univision changed the station's call letters to KFTU in January 2002 and added the "-TV" suffix two years later. The station obtained its license to cover construction on February 4, 2004, after nearly three years operating under Program Test Authority.

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 18, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KFTU-TV will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

However, since its analog channel position is in the low-VHF range, 2 - 6, KFTU-TV was allowed to select a different channel to use after the conversion. KFTU-TV selected UHF channel 36 as their first choice, with UHF channel 21 as a contingent channel election.

[edit] Translators

The following stations rebroadcast the signal of KFTU-TV:

KFTU-CA 34 Tucson, Arizona
K48GX 48 Tucson, Arizona

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in Tucson, Arizona (Nielsen DMA #70)
KFTU 3 / 34 (TFU) - KVOA 4 (NBC) - KUAT 6 / KUAS 27 (PBS) - KGUN 9 (ABC) - KMSB 11 (Fox) - KOLD 13 (CBS) - KUDF 14 (AZA) - KTTU 18 (MNTV) - K21CX 21 (HSN) - KPCE 29 (DS) - KWTA 31 (JTV) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KHRR 40 (TEL) - KUVE 46 / 38 (UNI) - K54FW 54 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW)

Broadcast television in the Agua Prieta, SO/Douglas, AZ/Nogales, AZ/SO market
Local Mexican broadcast television channels
Agua Prieta: XHAPS 12 (Telemax) - XHAPT 17 (Televisa XEW) Cananea: XHCAN 4 (TV Azteca 7) - XHCCS 5 (Telemax) - XHCNS 56 (Televisa XEW) Fronteras: XHFAS 6 (Telemax) Naco: XHNAC 7 (Telemax) Nogales: XHFA 2 (TV Azteca 13) - XHNSS 7 (Televisa XEQ) - XHNOA 22 (TV Azteca 7) - XHNON 38 (Televisa XHGC) - XHNOS 50 (Televisa XEW)
Local United States broadcast television channels
Douglas: KFTU 3 (TFU) - K28EY 28 (TMD) Sierra Vista: K20FO 20 (NBC) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW)
See also: television in the Tucson, Arizona media market