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KSTR-DT

KSTR-DT, digital channel 48 (virtual channel 49), is a Spanish-language general entertainment television station in Irving, Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is currently owned by Univision, and broadcasts as a TeleFutura owned-and-operated station.

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History

As KLTJ-TV (Keep Looking To Jesus), the station ran Christian teaching programming from Trinity Broadcasting Network from March 1984 to September 1986. The station was then sold to the Home Shopping Network and switched to Shop at Home programs from HSN as KHSX (Home Shopping in Texas).

The KLTJ call letters were reused twice for stations in Houston, Texas: from 1987 to 1989 on independent channel 57 (now KAZH), and since 1989 on channel 22, a Daystar affiliate. (The three stations have no other connection.)

Silver King owned the HSN stations, and USA Broadcasting bought them by 1996. Two years later, they've added daily 1 hour newscasts from Bloomberg TV at 6AM and then added classic children's programming on Sunday mornings. In late 1999, USA Broadcasting switched the station to a general entertainment format under the call sign KSTR-TV (Meaning "K-Star") airing primarily syndicated cartoons, reality shows (America's Funniest Home Videos; Real TV), sitcoms (Sister, Sister; The Three Stooges; The Andy Griffith Show; NewsRadio), dramas (Knight Rider; The A-Team), talk shows, and movies as well as newscasts from The News of Texas plus USA's original shows. During this period, it was the official Dallas/Fort Worth station for Dallas Mavericks Basketball.

Former K-Star 49 logo used from 1999-2002.

Due to financial problems in 2001, USA and KSTR eliminated its programming by half and readded HSN as a part-time offering from 8AM to Noon weekdays. That same year, they planned to sell KSTR to Disney/ABC which would've created a partnership for Belo-owned ABC affiliate WFAA-TV, but Univision outbid its competition in a close race. During the September 11 attacks, KSTR simulcasted live coverage from its now-sister station KUVN before resuming what's left of their regular programming a few days later. In 2002 it was later changed to a TeleFutura affiliate. KSTR's English programming though would move to former Telemundo affiliate KFWD. All Dallas Mavericks games were moved to KTXA.

KSTR chose to operate exclusively on digital television starting January 12, 2009, prior to the original mandatory DTV transition date of February 17, 2009 (see DTV transition in the United States).[1] Its analog channel (channel 49) remained on the air for two weeks, displaying only a static panel with a message in Spanish. Translated to English, the message stated "we have stopped broadcasting our analog signal. From January 12, only a digital signal is being broadcast."

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed.

Channel Video Aspect Programming
49.1 1080i 16:9 TeleFutura HD
49.2 480i 4:3 TeleFutura SD

References

  1. ^ Dallas Business Journal: "KSTR goes digital Jan. 12", 1/7/2009.

External links

v • d • Broadcast television serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area
English

KDFW (4.1 Fox) • KXAS (5.1 NBC, 5.2 NBC Plus, 5.3 USp) • WFAA (8.1 ABC, 8.2 Radar/News, 8.3 This TV) • KTVT (11.1 CBS) • KERA (13.1 PBS, 13.2 World) • KTXA (21.1 Ind) • KDFI (27.1 MNTV) • KDAF (33.1 CW, 33.2 LATV) • KFWD (52.1 Ind) • KPXD (68.1 ION, 68.2 Qubo, 68.3 ION Life)
Spanish

KUVN (23.1 UNI) • KODF (26.1 Mega TV, 26.2 Spanish Infomercials, 26.3 English Infomercials) • KMPX (29.1 Estrella, 29.2 Inmigrante TV) • KVFW (38.1 Almavision, 38.2 Test Card, 38.3 Test Card, 38.4 Test Card) • KXTX (39.1 TMD, 39.2 Inmigrante TV) • KLEG 44 (AZA) • KSTR (49.1 TFT, 49.2 Silent) • KATA (50.1 MTV3, 50.2 Reino, 50.3 AZA, 50.4 Silent)
Religious

KDTN (2.1 DayStar) • KZFW 6 (Ind/Religious) • K31GL-D (31.1 Genesis Spanish, 31.2 Mexicanal, 31.3 TeleRitmo, 31.4 Retro Television Network) • KJJM (34.1 UAN, 34.2 Infomercials, 34.3 Infomercials, 34.4 CTN) • KTAQ (47.1 Promise) • KDTX (58.1 TBN, 58.2 Church, 58.3 JCTV, 58.4 Enlace, 58.5 Smile) • KPFW (61.1 Ind/Religious, 61.2 Test Card, 61.3 Test Card, 61.4 Silent)
Shopping and infomercials

K25FW 25 (HSN) • KHPK 28 (3.1 Infomercials, 3.2 Gems TV) • KLDT (54.1 LC) • KSEX 57 (Infomercials)
Cable

Fox Sports Southwest • TXCN
Defunct

KFWT 21 (Ind) • KNAV 22 (Infomercials) • KRET 23 (Educ Ind) • KMEC 33 (Ind)
Texas Broadcast television areas by city:

Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio, TX • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • Rio Grande Valley • San Angelo • San Antonio • Sherman/Ada, OK • Texarkana/Shreveport, LA • Tyler/Longview (East Texas) • Victoria • Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) • Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK
v • d • Telefutura Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KNIC 17 (Blanco/San Antonio) - KVTF-CA 20 (McAllen) - KETF-CA 25 (Laredo) - KANG-CA 41 (San Angelo) - KCRP-CA 41 (Corpus Christi) - KSTR 49 (Irving) - KAMT-LP 50 (Amarillo) - KTFN 65 (El Paso) - KFTH 67 (Alvin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas Also see: Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, religious and other Spanish language stations in Texas
v Univision Communications, Inc.
Corporate directors: Joe Uva, Cesar Conde, Andrew W. Hobson, C. Douglas Kranwinkle, Peter H. Lori
Television networks: Galavisión • TeleFutura • Univision
Radio stations: KAMA • KBAE • KBBT • KBNA • KBNA-FM • KBTQ • KCOR • KCOR-FM • KDOS • KDXX • KESS-FM • KFLC • KFZO • KGBT • KGBT-FM • KHOT-FM • KHOV • KHZS • KIOT • KISF • KJFA • KKMR • KKRG • KKSS • KLAT • KLNO • KLNV • KLQV • KLSQ • KLTN • KLTO • KLVE • KMRR • KOMR • KOND • KOVE-FM • KPTY • KQBU • KQBU-FM • KQMR • KRCD² • KRCV² • KROM • KSCA • KSOL • KSQL • KTNQ • KVVF • KVVZ • KXTN • KXTN-FM • KZOL • WADO • WAMR-FM • WAQI • WKAQ • WKAQ-FM • WOJO • WPPN • WQBA • WQBU-FM • WRTO • WUKQ • WUKQ-FM • WURM • WVIV-FM • WVIV-FM • WXNY-FM
Univision owned and/or operated stations: KABE-LP • KAKW-DT • KDTV-DT • KFTV-DT • KMEX-DT • KTVW-DT • KUTH-DT • KUVE-DT • KUVN-DT • KUVS-DT • KWEX-DT • KXLN-DT • WGBO-DT • WLII-DT • WLTV-DT • WQHS-DT • WSUR • WUVC-DT • WUVG-DT • WUVP-DT • WXTV-DT
TeleFutura owned and/or operated stations:

KFPH-DT • KFSF-DT • KTFB-CA • KTFD-DT¹ • KTFF-DT • KFTH-DT • KTFK-DT • KTFQ-DT¹ • KFTR-DT • KFTU-DT • KNIC-DT • KSTR-DT • WAMI-DT • WFPA-CA • WFTT-DT¹ • WFTY-DT • WFUT-DT • WOTF-DT¹ • WTNC-LP • WUTF-DT¹ • WXFT-DT
Other television stations: KUVI-DT (MNTV affiliate) • WSTE-DT (Independent)

¹ = Univision owns these station licenses, however they are operated by Entravision Communications under local marketing agreements.

² = Sale pending. Buyer is anonymous or is unannounced at this time.
Annual revenue: ▲ $2.9 billion USD (2006) • Employees: 4,233 • Stock symbols: None, privately held. • Website: www.univision.net
v • d • Owned-and-operated stations of the major television networks of the United States
ABC (10): KABC • KFSN • KGO • KTRK • WABC • WJRT • WLS • WPVI • WTVD • WTVG
CBS (14): KCBS • KCNC • KDKA • KOVR • KPIX • KTVT • KYW • WBBM • WBZ • WCBS • WCCO • WFOR • WJZ • WWJ
Fox1 (17): KDFW • KMSP • KRIV • KSAZ • KTBC • KTTV • WAGA • WFLD • WFXT • WHBQ • WJBK • WNYW • WOFL2 • WOGX2 • WTTG • WTVT • WTXF
MyNetworkTV1 (10): KCOP • KDFI • KTXH • KUTP • WDCA • WFTC • WPWR • WRBW • WUTB • WWOR
NBC3 (10): KNBC • KNSD4 • KNTV • KXAS4 • WCAU • WMAQ • WNBC • WRC • WTVJ • WVIT
Telefutura5 (21): KFPH • KFSF • KTFB • KTFD6 • KTFF • KFTH • KTFK • KTFQ6 • KFTR • KFTU • KNIC • KSTR • WAMI • WFPA • WFTT6 • WFTY • WFUT • WOTF6 • WTNC • WUTF6 • WXFT
Telemundo3 (16): KBLR • KEJT • KHRR • KDEN • KNSO • KTAZ • KTMD • KVDA • KSTS • KVEA • KXTX • WKAQ • WNEU7 • WNJU • WSCV • WSNS
The CW (9): KBCW • KMAX • KSTW • WGNT • WKBD • WPCW • WPSG • WTOG • WUPA
Univision5 (21): KABE • KAKW • KDTV • KFTV • KMEX • KTVW • KUTH • KUVE • KUVN • KUVS • KWEX • KXLN • WGBO • WLII / WSUR • WLTV • WQHS • WUVC • WUVG • WUVP • WXTV
  1. Both Fox and MyNetworkTV are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
  2. WOGX is a semi-satellite of WOFL.
  3. Both NBC and Telemundo are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture between General Electric (80%) and Vivendi SA (20%).
  4. Both stations are jointly owned in a joint venture between NBC Universal (76%) and LIN Television (24%).
  5. Both Univision and Telefutura are privately owned by Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., a venture which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners, Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group, Inc.
  6. Univision owns the licenses to these stations but the stations themselves are operated by Entravision Communications under Local Marketing Agreements.
  7. NBC Universal owns the license but the station is operated by ZGS Communications.

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