KTFF-DT

KTFF-DT, virtual channel 61 (UHF digital channel 48), is a UniMás owned-and-operated television station serving Fresno, California, United States that is licensed to Porterville. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Univision owned-and-operated station KFTV-DT (channel 21). The two stations share studio facilities located on North Palm and West Herndon Avenues (using Univision Plaza as its street address) in northwestern Fresno, KTFF maintains transmitter facilities located on Blue Ridge in rural northwestern Tulare County.

The station's programming is simulcast on translator station KTFF-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 41, in Fresno. KTFF's feed of the network is also used to provide the network nationally on Channel 408 for DirecTV subscribers.

History

The station first signed on the air in May 6, 1992 as KKAK; originally operating as an independent station, the station aired a mix of infomercials, religious and home shopping programs. The station changed its call letters to KKAG in 1994. In 1998, KKAG was sold to Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks). On August 31 of that year, the station became an owned-and-operated station of Paxson's family-oriented television network Pax TV upon its launch, and changed its call letters to KPXF. In 2003, Paxson sold KPXF to Univision Communications, creating a duopoly with Univision O&O KFTV (channel 21); after the sale was finalized, the station's calls were changed to KTFF, it also became an owned-and-operated station of Univision's secondary network TeleFutura (which relaunched as UniMás on February 7, 2013).