KFTR
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Ontario/Los Angeles, California United States |
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| City | Ontario, California |
| Branding | UniMás 46 Los Angeles |
| Channels |
Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 46 () |
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| Owner |
Univision Communications (UniMas Los Angeles LLC) |
| First air date |
First Incarnation August 16, 1972 Second Incarnation April 21, 1984 |
| Last air date |
First Incarnation (1977) |
| Call letters' meaning | K TeleFuTuRa |
| Sister station(s) | KLVE, KMEX-DT, KRCD, KSCA, KTNQ |
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| Transmitter power | 400 kW |
| Height | 937 m |
| Facility ID | 60549 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′36″N 118°3′59″W / 34.22667°N 118.06639°WCoordinates: 34°13′36″N 118°3′59″W / 34.22667°N 118.06639°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | UniMás |
KFTR-DT, virtual channel 46 (UHF digital channel 29), is a UniMás owned-and-operated television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Ontario, and serves as the West Coast flagship station of the network. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Univision owned-and-operated station KMEX-DT (channel 34). The two stations share studios located on Center Drive (near I-405) in West Los Angeles, KFTR's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson. KFTR does not air any local newscasts of its own, however the station does crosspromote sister station KMEX's local news programs.
The station first signed on the air on August 16, 1972 as KBSA, originally licensed to Guasti, a community near Ontario that is known for its vineyards. It originally operated as an independent station, showing mostly feature films. In 1973, Paul Crouch and Jim Bakker purchased time on the station to launch their television ministry, known as the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which served as the network's original home. TBN attempted to purchase Santa Ana-based KBSA later in 1973 but was sold from under them in 1974, channel 46 was to two joint owners. Berean Bible Ministries and Hispanic Broadcasters. TBN wound up buying cross-town Channel 40 KLXA and eventually renamed that station KTBN. This station, though continued some Christian programs a few hours a day and Spanish movies a few hours a day. Berean Bible Ministries sold their share of the station to Hispanic Broadcasters in 1975. KBSA then just broadcast Spanish feature films a few hours a day, however the station continued to have financial problems and went dark in 1977 as they attempted to sell the station. The license was turned into the FCC in 1979.
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