KUKC-LD,
virtual channel
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20 (
UHF
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digital
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channel 14), is a
low-powered Univision
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-
affiliated television station
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licensed
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to
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
, United States and serving the
Kansas City metropolitan area
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. The station is owned by Media Vista Group,
LLC
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. KUKC-LD's offices and
master control
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facilities are located on West 31st Street in the
Westside South section of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located near 27th Street in the city's
Western Blue Township section. On
cable, the station is available on
Charter Spectrum channel 26 and
AT&T U-verse channel 48.
Until 2018 when
KGKC-LD
KGKC-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, United States, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the s ...
started carrying
Telemundo
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, KUKC had the distinction of being the only standalone
Spanish-language
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television station in the Kansas City market (
KSMO-TV
KSMO-TV (channel 62) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate KCTV (channel 5). Both stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in ...
(channel 62) carried
MundoMax on its second
digital subchannel
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before that network's shutdown in late November 2016), but is the only Univision network affiliate in the state of Missouri.
History
The station first signed on the air in 1989 as K29CF; it originally operated as an affiliate of the
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network
ValueVision
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. To allow full-power outlet KCWB (channel 29, now
KCWE
KCWE (channel 29) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate KMBC-TV (channel 9). Both stations share studios on ...
) to sign on the air, the station relocated to UHF channel 48 in 1996, and changed its callsign to K48FS. It remained a ValueVision affiliate, however it also carried children's programming during the afternoon hours (such as ''
The Flintstones'' and ''
Mighty Max'').
In 2004, the station was purchased by
Equity Media Holdings. Shortly after it was finalized, in January 2005, the station became the market's Univision affiliate; reflecting this, its callsign was changed to KUKC-LP (for "
Univision
Kansas
City").
On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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protection;
it then began to sell off its television station properties. KUKC was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009.
The sale closed on August 17, 2009.
SP Television reached a deal to sell KUKC to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.
Digital channel
References
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Univision network affiliates
Television stations in the Kansas City metropolitan area
Television channels and stations established in 1989
Spanish-language television stations in Missouri
Spanish-language television stations in Kansas