KQDF-LD
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KQDF-LP is a low-power television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 25 as an affiliate of Azteca America. Founded October 27, 1994, the station is owned by Northstar Media of West Palm Beach, Florida.
KQDF-LP still operates in analog and at times has experienced long periods off the air. As of February 2015 this station has not filed any application with the FCC to upgrade to digital broadcasting. KQDF is mostly view-able locally on Comcast cable channel 17.
History
This station signed on in mid-1999 as K35FC on UHF channel 35. It originally aired programming from a Spanish-language network called Gems Television. It would later carry mun2 a secondary network from Telemundo. In late 2001 this station had to cease broadcast on channel 35 to make way for the digital broadcast of KNME. It returned to the air in 2002 moving to channel 25 as KQDF-LP airing programming from Azteca America.
The station was originally owned by Joseph W. Shaffer. In 2005 it was acquired by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC of Dallas, Texas. In early 2014, the broadcast assets of Una Vez Mas (UVM) were acquired by Northstar Media. [1]
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- Azteca América network affiliates
- Hispanic and Latino American culture in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Television stations in New Mexico
- Television channels and stations established in 1994
- Media in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Spanish-language television stations in New Mexico
- Western United States television station stubs