KFTH-TV
Encyclopedia
KFTH-DT is a Spanish-language television station
in Alvin, Texas
, serving the Houston, Texas
market
as an affiliate of TeleFutura
on digital channel 36. The station is owned by Univisión
, owners of TeleFutura
. Its programming includes soap operas, Hollywood movies, sports and cartoons. For unknown reasons, it also broadcasts Univisión on -DT2, but without remapping via PSIP (channel appears as 36-2)
, KPRC
or KHOU
.
The station was unprofitable, and was sold to Silver King Broadcasting, which also owned the Home Shopping Network
. The station changed its call letters to KHSH in November 1987, and began airing home shopping programming 24 hours a day.
There were plans to revert KHSH to a general entertainment station by 2001. However, Univision purchased the UHF stations owned by USA Broadcasting
(which had been the parent company of Silver King since the mid-1990s). Most of those stations, including KHSH, were used to launch Univision's second network, Telefutura. As such, in January 2002, the station changed call letters to KFTH-TV, and became a Telefutura affiliate.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Alvin, Texas
Alvin, Texas
Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area and Brazoria County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 21,413. Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the city in 1947 as...
, serving the Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
as an affiliate of TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
on digital channel 36. The station is owned by Univisión
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
, owners of TeleFutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
. Its programming includes soap operas, Hollywood movies, sports and cartoons. For unknown reasons, it also broadcasts Univisión on -DT2, but without remapping via PSIP (channel appears as 36-2)
History
The station signed on in January 1986 as KTHT, under the ownership of 4 Star Broadcasting. It programmed a general entertainment format consisting of off-network drama shows, children's programming, old movies, home shopping programming during the overnight hours, and major network programming not cleared by KTRKKTRK-TV
KTRK-TV, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas...
, KPRC
KPRC-TV
KPRC-TV is the NBC affiliated television station based in Houston, Texas, and serving the Greater Houston television market. It has studios located in the Sharpstown district on the Southwest portion of the city, and has a transmitter site in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Missouri City...
or KHOU
KHOU-TV
KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11...
.
The station was unprofitable, and was sold to Silver King Broadcasting, which also owned the Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
. The station changed its call letters to KHSH in November 1987, and began airing home shopping programming 24 hours a day.
There were plans to revert KHSH to a general entertainment station by 2001. However, Univision purchased the UHF stations owned by USA Broadcasting
USA Broadcasting
USA Broadcasting was an American media company owned by veteran entertainment industry executive Barry Diller. This network was the over-the-air broadcasting arm of USA Network....
(which had been the parent company of Silver King since the mid-1990s). Most of those stations, including KHSH, were used to launch Univision's second network, Telefutura. As such, in January 2002, the station changed call letters to KFTH-TV, and became a Telefutura affiliate.