KBTF-CD

KBTF-CD

Bakersfield, California United States
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31 (PSIP)
Branding	UniMás 31
Programming
Affiliations	31.1: UniMás 31.2: GetTV 31.3: Court TV Mystery
Ownership
Owner	Univision Communications (UniMas Bakersfield LLC)
Sister stations	KUVI-DT, KABE-CD, KTFF-DT
History
First air date	April 14, 1995 (1995-04-14)
Former call signs	KABE-CA, KABE-LP, K39AB
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 39 (UHF, until 1998) 4 (VHF, 1998–2015)
Former affiliations	Univision (until 2004)
Call sign meaning	Bakersfield TeleFutura
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	34438
ERP	14.9 kW 14.2 kW (CP)
HAAT	1,058.2 m (3,472 ft) 385 m (1,263 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates	35°27′14.8″N 118°35′41.3″W 35°26′16.75″N 118°44′27.39″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KBTF-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 31, is a low-powered, Class A UniMás owned-and-operated television station licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States. Owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications, it is sister to Class A Univision owned-and-operated station KABE-CD (channel 39) and True Crime Network affiliate KUVI-DT (channel 45). The three stations share studios on Truxtun Avenue in the western section of Bakersfield; KBTF-CD's transmitter is located atop Breckenridge Mountain.

In addition to its own digital signal, KBTF-CD is simulcast in high definition on the third digital subchannel of KUVI (virtual and UHF channel 45.3) from a transmitter atop Mount Adelaide.

History

Univision acquired the channel 39 license for Bakersfield during 1995. During the station's first years it would be named as "Univision 39 K39AB" because it served as a translator for KFTV. Univision later moved the frequency to channel 31 in 1998 and it was renamed KABE-LP. It served as a repeater for KSUV-LP and was co-branded as "KSUV Univision 39 & KABE 31". Univision’s original station in Bakersfield, KSUV-LP (channel 39, now KABE-CA) became a charter station of TeleFutura (now UniMás) when it was launched in 2002 and was renamed "KBTF-LP TeleFutura 39”. Univision remained on channel 31 branded as "KABE Univision 31". In 2004 the station swapped callsigns with KBTF-LP and became the new KABE-LP while TeleFutura moved to channel 31. During 2014 the station obtained Class A status.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
31.1	1080i	16:9	KBTF-CD	Main KBTF-CD programming / UniMás
31.2	480i	4:3		GetTV
31.3		16:9		Court TV Mystery

External links

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