KLAF-LD
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Lafayette, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | News 15; NBC 15.2 |
| Slogan | Focused on Family And The Community |
| Channels | Digital: 46 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 46.1 NBC |
| Translators | KADN-TV 15.2 |
| Affiliations | NBC (2015–present) |
| Owner |
Bayou City Broadcasting (BCBL License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | 1992 |
| Call letters' meaning | Lafayette |
| Sister station(s) | KADN-TV |
| Former callsigns | K46DG (1999) K58GA (1999–2007) KOPP-LP (2007) KLAF-LP (2007–2012) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Channel America (1992–1995) UPN (1995–2006) MyNetworkTV (2006–2015) Secondary: PTEN (1993–1995) WB (1995–1999) CBS (2000–2005) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kadn |
KLAF-LD, channel 46 is an NBC-affiliated low-powered television station located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The station is owned by Bayou City Broadcasting, and operates as a sister station to Fox affiliate KADN-TV (which telecasts KLAF on its second subchannel). Both stations share studio facilities located on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette; KLAF-LD maintains transmitter facilities located on Ole Colony Road, in Scott, Louisiana.
KLAF's origins begin in 1991 when Delta Media (who then owned KADN) signed on low-power K62DW in Lafayette as "K62TV". In its beginnings, K62TV broadcast mostly Channel America programming mixed in with some repurposed local shows from KADN - such as Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler and In Brief - along with local USL sports and Houston Astros baseball games. K62DW was renamed to Variety TV in late 1993 and VTV shortly thereafter.
When UPN launched in January 1995, K62DW became a charter affiliate as "UPN Lafayette" and dropped Channel America programming. At the same time, Delta Media signed on translators in New Iberia (K55HA) and Church Point (K69HD) and K62DW picked up the callsign KLAF-LP. Shortly after the KLAF-LP transmitter moved to Opelousas and K46DG signed on in Lafayette. KLAF added a secondary WB affiliation in August 1995 but lost it in 1998 when the WB100+ network of cable stations was launched. KLAF went through branding changes in 1997, when "UPN Lafayette" was dropped in favor of "KLAF," then in 2004, under pressure from the network to standardize all affiliates' branding, KLAF became "UPN 17," reflecting its cable position on the local cable system. From 2000 to 2005, KLAF-LD also served as a secondary CBS affiliate, clearing programs that the area's main affiliate KLFY-TV did not.
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