KUVM-LD is a low-power Class A

Class A television service

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 television station

Television station

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 in the Houston

Houston, Texas

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 area, licensed to Freeport, Texas

Freeport, Texas

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, owned by Mako Communications. It broadcasts in digital

ATSC

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 on UHF channel 40, displaying channel 10 to tuners via PSIP

Program and System Information Protocol

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History

The station began in 2007 on channel 10 with the call sign K10PY-D. The station converted to digital transmission in October 2009, initially running a simulcast of KHLM until that station obtained a digital signal of its own, and later replacing it with the Azteca América

Azteca América

Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...

 programming of former analog station KUVM-CA, and changing its call sign to KUVM-LD on October 9, 2009. The station's signal moved to channel 40 from the Missouri City tower farm on July 24, 2010.

On April 25, 2010, Azteca América programming began airing on a subchannel of KNWS, which Una Vez Más had contracted to buy. KUVM-LD dropped Azteca América from channel 10.4 on January 25, 2011.

Citing interference from KUBE-TV, the station applied on November 5, 2010 to move its physical channel from 40 to 14.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Programming
10.1	Test card Test card A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America and Australia, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast...
10.2	blank
10.3	Infomercial Infomercial Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials... s (Revenue Frontier)
10.4	Test card Test card A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America and Australia, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast...

External links

• Una Vez Mas Official Site (KUVM)