KSFV-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 27, is a low-powered, Class A

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. The station is owned by

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, and transmits from the Mount Harvard Radio Site in the

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History

The low-power station was founded in 1989 as

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K24CM on channel 24, before changing from a translator to an

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as KSFV-LP in 1995, moving to channel 26 in 2001. On April 30 of that year, the station debuted Spanish-language programming targeted towards

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immigrants. Sometime after that, the station moved to channel 6 to make room for

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, which had signed on its digital signal on channel 26. Because of this move, the station began marketing itself as an FM radio station (carrying a Spanish Religious service known as Guadalupe Radio), since the audio of analog TV channel 6 can be heard at the bottom of the

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dial at 87.75

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. The station received Class A status in 2009, as KSFV-CA. On March 9, 2009, Venture Technologies announced that it had signed a leasing agreement with Mega Media Group to launch a

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format on KSFV, thus ending the Spanish Religious format on the signal. Programming was to have begun on June 1, 2009, and it would have been patterned after Mega Media's

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and likewise, carry the "

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" brand. However, Venture Technologies has notified Radio World that it would not take Mega Media's offer and Mega Media ceased operations in October 2009. After converting KSFV to digital, Venture Technologies maintained the channel 6 analog service by acquiring KZNO-LP in Big Bear Lake and moving Guadalupe Radio to the latter. As of July 13, 2021, analog channel 6 has been shut off per FCC notice.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* San Fernando Valley Television channels and stations established in 1989 Low-power television stations in the United States SFV-CD Weigel Broadcasting {{California-tv-station-stub