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KDTF-LD

KDTF-LD is a low-power television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Class A Univision affiliate KBNT-CD. The two stations share studios on Ruffin Road in San Diego's Kearny Mesa section; KDTF-LD's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in Spring Valley.

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Jul 6, 2026
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Source
KDTF-LD
Channels
BrandingUniMás San Diego
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBNT-CD
History
First air date
December 11, 1997 (1997-12-11)
Former call signs
  • K31FC (1997–2003)
  • KDTF-LP (2003–2010)
  • KDTF-LD (2010)
  • KBNT-LD (2010–2012)
  • KTCD-LD (2012)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 31 (UHF, 1997–2003), 36 (UHF, 2003–2010)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2010–2019)
Call sign meaning
San Diego Telefutura
Technical information1
Licensing authority
FCC
13022
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT564 m (1,850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°41′47.1″N 116°56′12″W / 32.696417°N 116.93667°W / 32.696417; -116.93667
Links
Public license information
LMS

KDTF-LD (channel 36) is a low-power television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Class A Univision affiliate KBNT-CD (channel 17). The two stations share studios on Ruffin Road in San Diego's Kearny Mesa section; KDTF-LD's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in Spring Valley.

History

This station was affiliated with Telefutura, the forerunner to UniMás, sometime in 2006, after talks reportedly broke down with sister station and former UPN affiliate XHUPN (channel 49, now XHDTV-TDT).

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KDTF-LD2
Channel Res. Short name Programming
36.1 1080i UniMas UniMás
36.17 Univisn Univision (KBNT-CD)
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

KDTF began broadcasting its digital signal on UHF channel 51 on May 14, 2009, and multicasting KBNT-CA and XHDTV.

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