# KUDF-LP > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KUDF-LP > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KUDF-LP.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUDF-LP > Source revision: 1351200865 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Television station in Tucson, Arizona}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KUDF-LP | logo = | branding = Estrella Tucson | digital = 14 ([UHF](/source/Ultra_high_frequency)) | virtual = 14 | affiliations = [Estrella TV](/source/Estrella_TV) | founded = February 28, 1989 | airdate = {{start date|1989|4|1}} | location = [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona) | country = United States | former_callsigns = {{ubl|K14HR (1989–1996)|KQBN-LP (1996–2004)}} | callsign_meaning = Tucson [XHDF](/source/XHDF-TDT) ([TV Azteca](/source/TV_Azteca) flagship) | licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) | owner = LM Media Group, Inc. | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[Telemundo](/source/Telemundo) (1989–1992)|[FamilyNet](/source/FamilyNet) (1993−1996)|[Telenoticias](/source/Telenoticias) (1996−1999)|[Telemax](/source/Telemax_(television_network)) (1999–2004)|[Dark](/source/Dark_(broadcasting)) (2004–2005)|[Azteca America](/source/Azteca_America) (2005–2022)}} | erp = 3.02 [kW](/source/kilowatt) | haat = {{convert|1080|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | class = [LP](/source/low-power_broadcasting) | facility_id = 27278 | website = {{url|http://aztecaamericatucson.com/}} }} '''KUDF-LP''' (channel 14){{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=27278 |title=Application Search Results |work=FCC CDBS Database |accessdate=February 14, 2013}} is a [low-power](/source/low-power_broadcasting) [television station](/source/television_station) in [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona), United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network [Estrella TV](/source/Estrella_TV). The station is owned by LM Media Group, Inc. It is carried on the major cable television systems in Tucson. ==History== An original [construction permit](/source/construction_permit) for a low-power television station on channel 14 was granted to K. Sandoval Burke, one of the two co-owners of Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson, on February 28, 1989. The station, K14HR "KHR-TV", signed on April 1 as Tucson's first [Telemundo](/source/Telemundo) affiliate and first locally programmed Spanish-language station.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948326/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=March 23, 1989|work=Tucson Citizen|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948386/ 4B]|first=Dan|last=Sorenson|title=All-Spanish TV station debuts April 1}} The station was profitable within eight months, ahead of projections.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948567/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=October 15, 1990|title=Tucson Telemundo channel on a roll|first=Francine|last=Knowles|pages=1F, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948659/ 10F]|work=Tucson Citizen}} Hispanic Broadcasters, owned by Burke and Jay S. Zucker, also owned the low-power Telemundo station in Phoenix, [K64DR](/source/KDPH-LP). In 1991, Jay Zucker purchased the license of silent KPOL (channel 40) out of bankruptcy for $45,000.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-11-18.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=November 18, 1991|accessdate=December 24, 2020|title=For the Record|pages=85, 86}} On July 1, 1992, channel 40 returned to the air as [KHRR](/source/KHRR), K14HR's full-power replacement.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65945514/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|title=Channel 40 now a Telemundo outlet|page=11B|work=Arizona Daily Star|date=July 21, 1992}} On January 1, 1993, with Telemundo now on channel 40, channel 14 relaunched as an English-language station carrying [FamilyNet](/source/FamilyNet) programming and branded as "KFAM".{{cite news|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65948944/ 2A]|date=December 29, 1992|work=Arizona Daily Star|first=Frank|last=Cermak|title=New Tucson TV station to debut with family fare|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65949071/new-tucson-tv-station-to-debut-with/}} KFAM aired such shows as [The 700 Club](/source/The_700_Club), kids shows, other religious shows, sports specials, and pet shows. The station had no cable carriage, and shows soon moved to stations that were on cable: "Shepherd's Chapel", for instance, moved to [KTTU](/source/KTTU_(TV)) (channel 18, now a [MyNetworkTV](/source/MyNetworkTV) affiliate). In April 1996, Zucker relaunched "KFAM" as KQBN-LP "Qué Bien", aiming to target upper-income Hispanic households. The station was described as "like CNN in the daytime and HBO in primetime", showing news from Telenoticias (now [Telemundo Internacional](/source/Telemundo_Internacional)) in the day, uncut Spanish-language movies in the evening, and novelas at other times.http://secure-wildcat.arizona.edu//papers/89/128/07_1_m.html{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Among launch programs included the soap opera ''Las aguas mansas'' between the newscasts from 8 to 9pm.{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Robert|title=TV news station geared for upper-income Hispanics|work=Inside Tucson Business|date=April 15, 1996|pages=12–13}} thumb|right|200px|Final logo as an Azteca America affiliate, from 2020 until the network's 2022 shutdown. In 1999, Hispanic Broadcasters sold itself to the Apogee Companies; by this time, KQBN-LP was entirely rebroadcasting programming from [Telemax](/source/Telemax_(television_network)), the state network of the neighboring Mexican state of [Sonora](/source/Sonora).{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65952116/|accessdate=December 24, 2020|date=January 20, 1999|work=Tucson Citizen|title=Spanish-language station sold|first=David|last=Pittman|page=5C}} In January 2004, Una Vez Más Holdings bought the station from Apogee and changed the call letters to KUDF-LP, intending to switch to Azteca America. However, the station went silent and was not seen on air until November 2005, when it began broadcasting Azteca America programming. LM Media Group bought KUDF-LP in 2012 for $810,000.{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2012 |title=LM Media Buys Tucson LPTV For $810,000 |language=en |work=TVNewsCheck |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/58344/lm-media-buys-tucson-lptv-for-810000/ |access-date=December 24, 2020}} The LM represents Mexican businessman Roberto Lemmen Meyer.{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/mcserres/docs/biztucson_fall_2013_e-edition|work=BizTucson|date=Fall 2013|title=Sipping Margaritas for Charity|first=Edie|last=Jarolim|accessdate=December 24, 2020}} ===KQBN call letters on other stations=== Although Una Vez Más replaced the call letters when they took control of operations in January 2004, KQBN-LP has since been assigned to two other Una Vez Más stations – [channel 43](/source/KEJR-LD) in [Phoenix](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona) took the call letters in March 2005, then when they sold the station the following November, Una Vez Mas transferred the [KQBN-LP](/source/KQBN-LP_(defunct)) call letters to channel 28 in [Prescott](/source/Prescott%2C_Arizona). ==Digital channels== The station's signal is [multiplexed](/source/multiplex_(TV)): {| class="wikitable" |- ! [Channel](/source/Digital_subchannel) ! [Video](/source/Display_resolution) ! [Aspect](/source/Aspect_ratio_(image)) ! Short name ! Programming{{Cite web |title=Digital TV Market Listing for KUDF |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUDF#station |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=RabbitEars.info}} |- | 14.1 || [720p](/source/720p) || rowspan="4" | [16:9](/source/16%3A9) || Estrell || [Estrella TV](/source/Estrella_TV) |- | 14.2 || rowspan=5|[480i](/source/480i) ||Vision || [blank] |- | 14.3 || LATV || [LATV](/source/LATV) |- | 14.4 || GoodNws || "Good News TV" ([3ABN](/source/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network)) |- | 14.5 ||[4:3](/source/4%3A3)|| Telemax|| [Telemax](/source/Telemax_(TV_network)) |- | 14.6 |16:9|| GNTV Es|| "Good News TV Latino" ([3ABN Latino](/source/3ABN_Latino)) |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Tucson TV}} {{Arizona Spanish Stations}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kudf-Lp}} UDF-LP UDF-LP Category:Estrella TV affiliates UDF Category:LATV affiliates Category:1989 establishments in Arizona Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [KUDF-LP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUDF-LP) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUDF-LP?action=history)). 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