KDTF-LD

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); it is also sister to Milenio Televisión affiliate XHDTV-TDT (channel 49). XHDTV-TDT is owned by Mexican-based Televisora Alco, which is 40% owned by Entravision. The three 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.

KDTF-LD

San Diego, California United States
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 36
Branding	UniMás San Diego
Programming
Affiliations	36.1: UniMás 36.17: Univision
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KBNT-CD, XHDTV-TDT
History
First air date	December 11, 1997 (27 years ago) (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 number(s)	Analog: 31 (UHF, 1997–2003), 36 (UHF, 2003–2010) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2010–2019)
Call sign meaning	San Diego Telefutura
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	13022
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	564 m (1,850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°41′47.1″N 116°56′12″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

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-LD^[2]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
36.1	1080i	16:9	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.