VHF
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Frequencies immediately below VHF ...
digital
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television station
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serving
Houston
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, Texas, United States that is
licensed
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to
Missouri City
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. The station is owned by
HC2 Holdings
INNOVATE Corp. (formerly known as HC2 Holdings, Inc. and Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc.) is an American public financial services company founded in 1994.
History
Beginning (1994–1997)
Primus commenced operations in 1994 intent on bei ...
.
History
The station began in 2007 on channel 10 with the call sign K10PY-D. The station converted to digital transmission in October 2009, initially running a simulcast of
KHLM
KHLM-LD, virtual channel 12 ( VHF digital channel 10), is a low-powered CTN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Clearwater, Florida-based Christian Television Network. ...
until that station obtained a digital signal of its own, and later replacing it with the
Azteca América
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programming of former analog station KUVM-CA, and changing its call sign to KUVM-LD on October 9, 2009. The station's signal moved to channel 40 from the Missouri City tower farm on July 24, 2010.
On April 25, 2010, Azteca América programming began airing on KNWS, which
Una Vez Más Holdings
Una Vez Más Holdings, LLC was the owner of a group of low-power television stations, mostly in the Southwest, and was the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the United States. Based in Dallas, Texas, Una Vez Más (Spanish for ''One More ...
had contracted to buy. KUVM-LD dropped Azteca América from its 4th subchannel on January 25, 2011.
Citing interference from
KUBE-TV
KUBE-TV (channel 57) is a television station licensed to Baytown, Texas, United States, serving the Houston area. Owned by WRNN-TV Associates, it airs programming from ShopHQ. KUBE-TV's studios are located on Fountain View Drive and Burgoyne Ro ...
, the station applied on November 5, 2010 to move its physical channel from 40 to 14. That application was denied, and the station filed to move to channel 18 in January 2012, and also filed to move to channel 22 in February 2012. The application to move to channel 22 was granted May 29, 2012, and the station finalized that move in October 2012.
In June 2013, KUVM-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations. the sale fell through in June 2016. Mako Communications sold its stations, including KUVM-LD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.
KUVM-LD was licensed to move to digital channel 10 on February 9, 2021.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
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