KTFO-CD (channel 31) is a low-power, Class A television station

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, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language

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network. It is owned and operated by

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alongside Killeen-licensed

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KAKW-DT KAKW-DT (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Killeen, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Austin area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside low-power, Class A UniMás o ...

(channel 62). Both stations share studios on North Loop Boulevard in Austin, while KTFO-CD's transmitter is located at the West Austin Antenna Farm north of West Lake Hills. Although KTFO-CD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a

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of KAKW-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, KTFO-CD is

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in high definition on KAKW-DT's second

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(virtual channel 62.2,

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channel 13.2) from a transmitter in

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Williamson County (approximately halfway between Austin and Killeen). KAKW-DT, in turn, is simulcast on KTFO-CD's second digital subchannel.

History

The station first signed on the air on March 28, 1988 as K30CE, broadcasting on UHF channel 30. In 2001, the station changed its call letters to K31FM, and relocated to channel 31. In 2002, the station's calls changed again to KDAS-CA, and became a repeater of KAKW-TV in Killeen, after that station switched its affiliation to Univision. It later changed its call letters to KAKW-CA in 2005, and then to KTFO-CA in 2007. In 2009, the station was relaunched with as a separate outlet from KAKW and affiliated with Telefutura (now UniMás). In 2010, the station converted to a digital signal and modified its callsign to KTFO-CD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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