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{{Short description|Television station in Bakersfield, California}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KBTF-CD
| logo = KBTF-CD_(2021).svg
| logo_size = 250px
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás 31}}
| city = 
| analog = 
| digital = 31 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 31
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[UniMás]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| founded = October 31, 1980
| airdate = {{start date and age|1988|5|31|p=y}}
| location = [[Bakersfield, California]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = {{lang|es|italic=no|Bakersfield Telefutura}} (reflecting network's former branding)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K39AB (1988–1995)|KABE-LP (1995–2002)|KABE-CA (2002–2004)|KBTF-CA (2004–2011)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 39 (UHF, 1988–1998), 31 (UHF, 1998–2015)}}
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee = UniMas Bakersfield [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[KUVI-DT]], [[KABE-CD]]
| former_affiliations = [[Univision]] (1988–2004)
| erp = 14.2 kW
| haat = {{convert|385.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 34438
| coordinates = {{coord|35|26|16.75|N|118|44|27.39|W}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = 
}}
'''KBTF-CD''' (channel 31) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Bakersfield, California]], United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language [[UniMás]] network. It is [[owned and operated]] by [[TelevisaUnivision]] alongside Class A [[Univision]] outlet [[KABE-CD]] (channel 39) and [[Quest (TV network)|Quest]] affiliate [[KUVI-DT]] (channel 45). The three stations share studios on Truxtun Avenue in the western section of Bakersfield; KBTF-CD's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide.

In addition to its own digital signal, KBTF-CD is simulcast in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on the third [[digital subchannel]] of KUVI (45.3) from a separate transmitter atop Mount Adelaide.

==History==
Univision acquired the channel 39 license for Bakersfield during 1980. During the station's first years when it began broadcasting on the day after Memorial Day in 1988, it would be named as "Univision 39 K39AB" because it served as a translator for [[KFTV]]. Univision later moved the frequency to channel 31 in 1998 and it was renamed KABE-LP. It served as a repeater for KSUV-LP (channel 39, now [[KABE-CD]]) and was co-branded as "KSUV Univision 39 & KABE 31". KSUV-LP became a charter station of TeleFutura (now UniMás) when it was launched in 2002 and was renamed "KBTF-LP TeleFutura 39". Univision remained on channel 31 branded as "KABE Univision 31". In 2004, the station swapped callsigns with KBTF-LP and became the new KABE-LP while TeleFutura moved to channel 31. During 2014 the station obtained Class A status.

==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of KBTF-CD<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KBTF-CD#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KBTF-CD}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.1 
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || rowspan=3| KBTF-CD || [[UniMás]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.2 
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || [[Get (TV network)|get]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.3 
| 16:9 || [[Ion Mystery]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bakersfield TV}}
{{Telefutura California}}
{{Univision Communications}}
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations}}

[[Category:1991 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Get (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Ion Mystery affiliates]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in California|BTF]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in California|BTF-CD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988]]
[[Category:Television stations in Bakersfield, California|BTF-CD]]
[[Category:UniMás affiliates]]


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