KVFW-LD

KVFW-LD

Fort Worth, Texas United States
City	Fort Worth, Texas
Channels	Digital:38 (UHF)
Programming
Affiliations	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	CMMB America (New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC)
History
Founded	1998
Former call signs	K65HA (1998-1999) KVFW-LP (1999-2010)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 65 (UHF, 1998-2003) 38 (UHF, 2003-2009) Digital: 38 (UHF, 2009-2019) Virtual: 38 (PSIP, 2009-2019)
Former affiliations	TBN Enlace(1998–2004) Reino Unido Network (2004–2009) SpanishReligious(2009-May 2010, September 2010-2014) Almavision(May–September 2010) Infomercials(2014-2019)
Call signmeaning	KTeleVisionFortWorth

KVFW-LD,virtual channel38 (VHFdigitalchannel 38), was alow-poweredtelevision stationlicensedtoFort Worth, Texas,United States and serving theDallas–Fort WorthMetroplex.The station was owned byCMMB America.It was not available on eitherCharter SpectrumorFiOS from Frontier,as there is no legal requirement for a cable or satellite provider to carry a low-power station or station with an insignificant numbers of viewers.

History

KVFW-LD signed on in 1998 as aTBN Enlaceaffiliate on channel 65 with calls K65HA; the KVFW-LP call letters were issued in late 1999. In 2003, the station moved to channel 38 for better market coverage. Channel 65, the original channel assignment, was made a repeater without FCC authorization. After a complaint to the FCC, channel 65 was shut down. That same year, the TBN Enlace USA affiliation was moved toKDTX-TVas one of itsdigital subchannels.From 2004 to 2009, it was the flagship station for Reino Unido Network, a Spanish religious network operated by Templo Jesucristo Rey de Gloria. The slogan was "Venga tu Reino y Hágase tu Voluntad(a section of theOur Fatherin Spanish)".

In June 2009, Reino Unido Network moved itsDallasaffiliation toKATA-CD2.On September 21, 2009, KVFW-LP began testing its digital signal, before going full-time digital on October 14. On June 29, 2010, the station changed its call sign to KVFW-LD, reflecting the transition to digital broadcasting.

Beginning in May 2010, KVFW-LD affiliated with theAlmavisionnetwork, making the network's third return to the Dallas/Fort Worth market. However, in September 2010, KVFW returned to its previous independentSpanishReligiousprogramming.

In early 2014, Gerald Benavides (the station's original owner) sold KVFW-LD toCMMB America,with New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC as its licensee. That same year, KVFW-LD switched its programming toinfomercials.

On January 15, 2019, KVFW-LD shut down its channel 38 digital transmitter as a part of thebroadcast frequency repackingprocess following the2016-2017 FCC incentive auction.The station remained silent while it constructed its post-repack facility on assigned displacement channel 7.

TheFederal Communications Commissioncancelled KVFW-LD's license on July 15, 2022 due to its lengthy silence and failure to construct its new facilities.

Digital channels

The station's signal wasmultiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming
38.1	480i	4:3	KVFW-LD	Infomercials
38.2			KVFW-LP	Retro TV
38.3				Rev'n
38.4				Lifehacks DRTV

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 53433 (KVFW-LD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System