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{{Short description|Television station in Laredo, Texas}}
{{for|the Laredo, Texas television station that held the call sign KXOF-CD on channel 39 from 2013 to 2018|KETF-CD}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KXOF-CD
| city                   = Laredo, Texas
| logo                   = Fox South Texas Logo.svg
| branding               = Fox Laredo, ''Fox News Laredo''
| analog                 =
| digital                = 31 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 31 
| subchannels            = 
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner                  = [[Entravision Communications]]
| licensee               = Entravision Holdings, [[LLC]]
| founded                = February 18, 1997
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1997|07|28}}
| location               = {{ubl|[[Laredo, Texas]]|[[Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas]]}}
| country                = United States–Mexico
| callsign_meaning       = "XOF" is "Fox" spelled backwards
| sister_stations        = [[KLDO-TV]], [[KETF-CD]]
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 15 (UHF, 1997–1999), 25 (UHF, 1999–2009)
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|K15EZ (1997–June 1999)|K25GN (June–October 1999)|KZLD-LP (October 1999–2005)|KETF-CA (2005–2011)|KETF-CD (2011–2018)}}
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|[[Enlace]] (1997–1999)|[[Ion Television|Pax]] (1999–2005)|[[UniMás|Telefutura/UniMás]] (2005–2018)|[[MyNetworkTV]] (secondary, 2018–2021)}}
| erp                    = 15 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|162.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id            = 32177
| coordinates            = {{coord|27|31|13|N|99|31|20|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|name=KXOF-CD}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|http://www.foxnewssouthtexas.com/}} 
}}
'''KXOF-CD''' (channel 31) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Laredo, Texas]], United States, affiliated with the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|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 and [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]]-based [[KFXV (TV)|KFXV]] (channel 60), which serves the [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|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 broadcasting|religious]] network. It moved from channel 15 to channel 25 on June 29, 1999, as K25GN, and became an affiliate of [[Ion Television|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 in the United States|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101319503&formid=401&fac_num=32177 |title=CDBS Print |publisher=Licensing.fcc.gov |date=June 26, 2009 |accessdate=January 29, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fcc-kxofcallsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KXOF-CD) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=32177&Callsign=KXOF-CD |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="fcc-ketfcallsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KETF-CD) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11699&Callsign=KETF-CD |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=11699 RabbitEars TV Query for KETF-CD]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=32177 RabbitEars TV Query for KXOF-CD]</ref>

==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KXOF-CD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXOF-CD#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXOF-CD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=December 14, 2024}}</ref>
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.1 
| [[720p]] || rowspan="3"| [[16:9]] || FOX || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.2 
| rowspan="2"| [[480i]] || Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.3 
| Laff || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.foxnewssouthtexas.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081017074028/http://www.kldotv.com/telefutura.php KXOF 31 Website]
*[https://www.titantvguide.com/?siteid=77777 KXOF TV Schedule]

{{Laredo TV}}
{{Fox Texas}}
{{MNTV Texas}}
{{Entravision Communications}}
{{Laredo, Texas}}
{{Nuevo Laredo}}

[[Category:1997 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Entravision Communications stations]]
[[Category:Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Texas|XOF-CD]]
[[Category:MyNetworkTV affiliates]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997]]
[[Category:Television stations in Laredo, Texas|XOF-CD]]


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