KNWS-LD

KNWS-LD

Brownsville, Texas United States
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 64
Programming
Affiliations	See below
Ownership
Owner	HC2 Holdings (HC2 Station Group, Inc.)
History
Founded	November 20, 1997
First air date	June 16, 2000; 21 years ago (2000-06-16)
Former call signs	KNWS-LD: K64FM (1997–2004) KBDF-LP (2004–2011) KNWS-LP (2011–2021)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 64 (UHF, 2000–2021)
Former affiliations	America's Store (2000–2007) Azteca América (2007–2021) Qubo (DT2)
Call sign meaning	KNWS-LD: callsign warehoused from KYAZ, which formerly offered news programming KAZH-LD: callsign stands for Azteca America Station transmitted towards Brownsville–Harlingen region
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	3265
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	92.1 m (302 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26°9′1.5″N 97°30′58.7″W / 26.150417°N 97.516306°W / 26.150417; -97.516306
Translator(s)	KAZH-LD 35 (UHF) McAllen
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS

KNWS-LD, virtual channel 64 (UHF digital channel 27), is a low-power Novelisima-affiliated television station licensed to Brownsville, Texas, United States. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings. KNWS-LD's programming is also seen on KAZH-LD channel 35 and KRZG-CD channel 32 in McAllen, Texas.

The Rio Grande Delta is one of three markets to receive both Azteca America and the original TV Azteca channels (San Diego, El Paso and Laredo are the others). Much of KNWS-LD's programming from Azteca America can also be seen on XHOR-TV (Azteca 7) or XHMTA-TV / XHREY-TV (Azteca 13), sometimes simultaneously.

KNWS-LD was formerly known as KBDF-LP, and KAZH-LD was formerly known as KNDF-LP; the call letters were changed in 2011, after Una Vez Mas acquired the former KNWS-TV in Houston and renamed it KYAZ. The KBDF and KNDF call letters both referred to XHDF-TV, one of TV Azteca's flagship stations.

Subchannels[]

Newscast[]

In early 2007, KBDF-LP, which was then renamed as KNWS-LP in 2011, planned to start a local newscast, which would be produced in Davenport, Iowa by the Independent News Network. [1] However, as of September 2007, it had not yet debuted. [2]

References[]

External links[]

• BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on KNWS-LD