KFWD

KFWD

Fort Worth / Dallas, Texas
Branding	Classic TV KFWD
Slogan	Simply Classic (primary) Tune into the Times. (secondary)
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 52 (PSIP)
Affiliations	Independent (since 2002)
Owner	HIC Broadcast, Inc. (operated by Belo Corporation)
First air date	September 1, 1988
Call letters' meaning	Fort Worth-Dallas
Sister station(s)	WFAA
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 52 (UHF, 1988-2009) Digital: 51 (UHF)
Former affiliations	Telemundo (1988-2001)
Transmitter power	55 kW
Height	546 m
Facility ID	29015
Transmitter coordinates	32°35′19″N 96°58′5″W
Website	www.kfwd.tv

KFWD, virtual channel 52.1 (digital channel 9), is an independent television station in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, broadcasting from a transmitter in Cedar Hill, Texas. Owned by HIC Broadcasting and managed by Belo Corporation, the station airs reruns of sitcoms and dramas, movies, religious shows, and rebroadcasts of WFAA programming.

Digital programming

Channel	Video	Aspect	Name	Programming
52.1	1080p	16:9	KFWD-HD	Main KFWD programming
52.2	480i	4:3	KFWD-SD

Analog-to-digital conversion

After WFAA moved its digital broadcast from channel 9 to channel 8 on 12 June 2009, KFWD moved its digital broadcast from channel 51 to channel 9 using PSIP to display KFWD's virtual channel as 52.

History

Former "Telemundo 52" logo used from 2000-2002

KFWD signed on in 1988 as a Telemundo affiliate. It lost the affiliation when Telemundo's owner, NBC, bought KXTX in 2001 and moved the affiliation to that station. KFWD then picked up English programming dropped by both KXTX and KSTR, which became a Telefutura affiliate. The station also included live sporting events (including FC Dallas soccer) that were dropped from KLDT.

Belo Corp. has an option to buy KFWD and create a duopoly with WFAA. As of 2012, that has not yet happened. However, Belo does provide advertising sales assistance, certain technical services and facilities to support the operations of KFWD, as well as airing repurposed editions of WFAA's newscasts and other WFAA programming (including The Dr. Oz Show) every evening. Belo also operates KFWD.tv, the station's website, in a visual format similar to all Belo stations.

As of October 17, 2011; KFWD has rebranded itself as "Classic TV" with a new logo and color scheme, expressing a strong emphasis on the classic television programming in their lineup. The new logo and branding was first revealed on YouTube on August 3, 2011, and later on KFWD's Facebook page on October 7. It was then rolled out to their website a month later.

Programming

KFWD TV-52 logo used from 2002-2011.

KFWD shows programming from the 1950s to the 2000s, as well as syndicated programming and news rebroadcasts from ABC affiliate WFAA.

Newscasts

KFWD does not air its own newscasts. Instead, the station airs nightly replays of WFAA's evening newscasts, such as:

• NEWS8 at 6 (Monday-Saturdays, 6 to 6:30 P.M.)
• NEWS8 at 5:30 (Sundays, 6 to 6:30 P.M.)
• The NEWS8 Update (Sunday-Fridays, 11 to 11:30 P.M.)

News team

Anchors

• Gloria Campos - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• John McCaa - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• Shelly Slater - weekends at 6 and Sundays at 11 p.m.

Weather team

• Pete Delkus - WFAA chief meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• Steve McCauley - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and Sundays at 11 p.m.

Sports team

• Dale Hansen - WFAA sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
• Joe Trahan - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and Sundays at 11 p.m.

KFWD features additional news personnel from WFAA. See WFAA for a complete listing.

Past Slogans

• Your Entertainment Getaway (2002-2005)
• Just Fun TV (2007-2011)

External links

• KFWD official website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFWD
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KFWD-TV
• Program Information for KFWD at TitanTV.com