KXOF-CD

For the Laredo, Texas television station that held the call sign KXOF-CD on channel 39 from 2013 to 2018, see KETF-CD.

KXOF-CD (channel 31) is a low-power, Class A television station in Laredo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Univision affiliate KLDO-TV (channel 27) and Class A UniMás affiliate KETF-CD (channel 39). The three stations share studios on Monarch Drive in Laredo; KXOF-CD's transmitter is located on Shea Street north of downtown.

KXOF-CD

Laredo, Texas Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas United States–Mexico
City	Laredo, Texas
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31
Branding	Fox Laredo, Fox News Laredo
Programming
Affiliations	31.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KLDO-TV, KETF-CD
History
Founded	February 18, 1997
First air date	July 28, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-28)
Former call signs	K15EZ (1997–June 1999) K25GN (June–October 1999) KZLD-LP (October 1999–2005) KETF-CA (2005–2011) KETF-CD (2011–2018)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 15 (UHF, 1997–1999), 25 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations	Enlace (1997–1999) Pax (1999–2005) Telefutura/UniMás (2005–2018) MyNetworkTV (secondary, 2018–2021)
Call sign meaning	"XOF" is "Fox" spelled backwards
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	32177
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	162.3 m (532 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	27°31′13″N 99°31′20″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.foxnewssouthtexas.com

KXOF-CD and Harlingen-based KFXV (channel 60), which serves the Rio Grande Valley to the southeast, use the same newscast called Fox News South Texas which is divided into two segments; Laredo news (originating from KXOF) and Rio Grande Valley news (originating from KFXV).

History

The station began on July 28, 1997, as K15EZ, an affiliate of Enlace, a Spanish-language religious network. It moved from channel 15 to channel 25 on June 29, 1999, as K25GN, and became an affiliate of Pax on August 6, 1999. From October 4, 1999, to March 7, 2005, the station carried the call sign KZLD-LP. Entravision bought the station on March 8, 2005, simultaneously switching the station to a Spanish-language Telefutura network as KETF-CA. In 2009, KETF-CA went off the air due to XHBR transmitting digitally on channel 25.1. In June of that year, KETF-CA applied for a permit to start transmitting digitally on channel 31.1. In January 2010, the permit was granted.^[2] The station changed its call sign to KETF-CD on January 3, 2011.

KETF-CD and its sister station KXOF-CD swapped call signs on December 13, 2018.^[3][4][5][6]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KXOF-CD^[7]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
31.1	720p	16:9	FOX	Fox
31.2	480i		Grit	Grit
31.3			Laff	Laff