KLFY-TV(channel 10) is atelevision stationinLafayette, Louisiana,United States, affiliated withCBS.Its secondary subchannel serves as anowned-and-operated stationofThe CW Plusas it is owned by CW majority ownerNexstar Media Group.The station's studios are located on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located in Maxie, north ofRayne.
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| Branding | KLFY 10;KLFY News 10;Acadiana's CW (DT2) |
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First air date | June 3, 1955 |
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Call signmeaning | Lafayette; inherited from KLFY radio, nowKPEL |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35059 |
| ERP | 20.3kW |
| HAAT | 527 m (1,729 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′20″N92°16′59″W/ 30.32222°N 92.28306°W |
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| Website | www |
KLFY-TV is notable as the oldest television station in the Lafayette area.
The station is also carried oncableandsatelliteproviders in theLake Charlesmetro area andSouthwest Louisiana,where it previously served as the market's default CBS affiliate until February 15, 2017, whenKSWL-LDsigned on as the first CBS affiliate in the area since the sign-off ofKTAG-TVin 1961,[3]as well as over-the-air in most of theBaton RougeandAlexandriaviewing areas. KLFY also served as one of two default CBS affiliates for the Alexandria market (along withKNOE-TV) of Monroe until local NBC affiliateKALB-TVlaunched a CBS affiliate on its subchannel in 2006. Until mid-2015, KLFY was carried onSuddenlinkcable in Alexandria concurrently with CBS affiliate KALB-DT2.
History
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The station signed on June 3, 1955. Owned by Camellia Broadcasting at the time alongside KLFY radio (AM 1420, nowKPEL), it was intended to share time on channel 10 with KVOL-TV, owned at the time by theMorgan Murphy Stationsalong withKVOL,KVOL-FM (96.1, off-air andmoved to Lake Charlesby 1976), andThe Daily Advertiser.However, prior to the station's launch, KVOL's owners decided to yield the channel's operations to Camellia Broadcasting; Morgan Murphy later filed an interest to broadcast on channel 3, but this was denied. Its original studio facilities were located on Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette.[4]It has always been a CBS affiliate, though it aired someABCprogramming untilKATCsigned on in 1962. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with theNTA Film Network.[5]In 1965, Camellia Broadcasting sold KLFY to Texoma Broadcasters, which ownedKWTX-TVinWaco, Texas,and was partially owned byLyndon B. Johnsonalong with businessman Milford N. "Buddy" Bostick. The station currently operates out of newer, larger purpose-built studio facilities on Eraste Landry Road, on the city's south side. KLFY was the first station in Lafayette and one of the earliest in Louisiana to broadcast instereo,launching stereo broadcasting in mid-1986.
Young Broadcastingacquired the station from Texoma Broadcasters in 1988. Young, and KLFY with it, was sold toMedia Generalin 2013. This marked Media General's return to Louisiana after selling AlexandriaNBCaffiliateKALB-TVto Hoak Media in 2008.
After an aborted merger plan withMeredith Corporation,Media General announced on January 27, 2016, that it was being acquired byNexstar Broadcasting Groupwith the new company named "Nexstar Media Group". As Nexstar had already ownedKADN-TVand since the Lafayette market is too small to allow duopolies in any case, in order to comply with FCC ownership rules as well as planned changes to rules regarding same-market television stations which would prohibit futurejoint sales agreements,the company was required to sell either KLFY or KADN to another company. NBC affiliateKLAF-LD,KADN-TV's sister station, was the only station involved in the deal that could have been legally acquired, since FCC rules allow for common ownership of full-power and low-power television stations, regardless of the number of stations in a market.[6][7]However, four months later, Nexstar agreed to sell KADN and KLAF-LD toBayou City Broadcasting,allowing it to retain KLFY.[8]
Upon being acquired by Nexstar, the station upgraded its set and look. It has retained the "Hello Acadiana" greeting as well as the morning newscast titlePasse Partout.However, in November 2017, the station dropped its hurricane eye logo it has used for over four decades, has renamed its noon newscast (formerly titledMeet Your Neighbor) toKLFY News 10 at Noon,and has changed its news theme to Stephen Arnold Music's "Canvas", which was and is still used by numerous former Media General stations.
On September 23, 2024, KLFY became the Lafayette market's third affiliate ofThe CWonce its contract with KATC expired, as part of a plan for Nexstar to carry the network on more of its owned and operated stations.[9][10]The CW replacedDablon subchannel 10.2.[1]
News operation
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KLFY-TV broadcasts to and gathers news from throughout the South Central Louisiana area, a region known as "Acadiana".This includes theparishes(counties) ofLafayette,Saint Martin,Saint Landry,Evangeline,Acadia,Vermilion,Iberia,Saint Mary,andJefferson Davis.Many of the station's branding campaigns and slogans use the moniker "Acadiana", such as "Hello Acadiana", which was adopted in 1982 along with theFrank Garinews theme "Hello News", which KLFY used from 1982 until 2004.
KLFY is well known in the market for its localmorning show,Passe Partout–derived from theFrenchword for "all-purpose". It has been on the air for over half a century (since 1957), and is one of the longest-running programs of its kind in the country. The station's noon show,KLFY 10 News at Noon,has been on the air for almost as long; it was formerly known asMeet Your Neighbor.The two programs are typically accompanied by paid live remotes promoting local car dealers, furniture stores and other commercial businesses. KLFY's weather department utilizes the "Live Doppler 10 Stormtracker" title for live up to date weather forecasts and branding. Weather coverage is featured prominently throughout station branding promotions.
In Lafayette, KLFY ranked first in viewership throughout most of its early history. This changed in the early-to-mid-2000s when a resurgent KATC began to attract viewers away from KLFY with different news formats and by luring various well-known talent from KLFY.[11]
On December 28, 2011, KLFY became the first television station in the Lafayette market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. In May 2013, the longtimeEyewitness Newsname in use since 1969 was dropped forAcadiana's Multi-Media News;it has since been replaced by simplyKLFY News 10.Upon being acquired by Nexstar, KLFY began producing and airing a weekend sports programCajun Nation,focusing on sporting events fromUL Lafayette,and airsGeaux Nation,focusing on athletic events fromLSU,that is produced by sister stationWVLAin Baton Rouge.
Former on-air staff
edit- Rob Johnson(later atWBBM-TVinChicago)
Technical information
editSubchannels
editThe station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KLFY-HD | CBS |
| 10.2 | 480i | CW+ | The CW Plus[1] | |
| 10.3 | 4:3 | ION | Ion Television | |
| 10.4 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
Analog-to-digital conversion
editKLFY-TV shut down its analog signal, overVHFchannel 10, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transitionUHFchannel 56, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its former analog-era VHF channel 10.[13]
In June 2012, Young Broadcasting signed on theLive Well Networkto its stations including KLFY. On May 29, 2015, the Live Well Network was pulled off the air on all Media General Stations (including the former Young ones). Media General launchedIon Televisionon KLFY on November 11, 2015, as part of a deal on their stations where there was no stand-alone Ion channel in those markets. On November 16, 2015, KLFY began running a signal test on 10.2 (formerly Live Well Network) withGetTVlaunching as the subchannel replacing the defunct Live Well Network. According to an article on TV Newscheck's website, Media General signed an agreement to launch GetTV on 20 of its stations, including KLFY, beginning February 1, 2016.[14]On October 30, 2017, Nexstar launched a fourth subchannel on 10.4, adding Katz Broadcasting'sLaffnetwork.[15]On February 2, 2021, KLFY-DT2 dropped GetTV (now on KDCG-CD 22.2) and replaced it withDabl.
References
edit- ^abcLafayette, Jon (May 1, 2024)."Nexstar Will Move The CW Affiliation to WGN Chicago".Broadcasting & Cable.RetrievedMay 1,2024.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for KLFY-TV".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station
- ^"For The Record"(PDF).Broadcasting & Telecasting.November 2, 1953.RetrievedSeptember 22,2015.
- ^"Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films",Boxoffice:13, November 10, 1956, archived fromthe originalon June 14, 2009
- ^"Nexstar-Media General: It's A Done Deal".TVNewsCheck.RetrievedJanuary 27,2016.
- ^Picker, Leslie (January 27, 2016)."Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acquire Media General".The New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 27,2016.
- ^"Nexstar Selling Five Stations in Four Markets".May 27, 2016.
- ^Lafayette, Jon (April 19, 2024)."Nexstar Dropping Scripps-Owned The CW Affiliates in 7 Markets".Broadcasting & Cable.RetrievedApril 21,2024.
- ^Daigle, Adam (April 20, 2024)."The CW will end its affiliation with KATC, move to KLFY".The Acadiana Advocate.RetrievedApril 21,2024.
- ^"Huebner out at KLFY".July 8, 2014.
- ^"RabbitEars TV Query for KLFY".RabbitEars.info.RetrievedSeptember 23,2024.
- ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 29, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2012.
- ^"GetTV In Multi-Market Deal With Media General".TVNewsCheck. February 1, 2016. Archived fromthe originalon August 15, 2020.
- ^"Nexstar Adds 4 Katz Diginets on 43 New CHS".November 2017.