KUKC-LD
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KUKC-LD (channel 14) is a low-power television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. The station is owned by Bridge Media Networks, baked by entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava. KUKC-LD's offices and master control facilities are located on West 31st Street in the Westside South section of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located near 27th Street in the city's Western Blue Township section.
Until 2018 when KGKC-LD started carrying Telemundo, KUKC had the distinction of being the only standalone Spanish-language television station in the Kansas City market (KSMO-TV (channel 62) carried MundoMax on its second digital subchannel before that network's shutdown in late November 2016), but remains the only Univision network affiliate in the state of Missouri.
History
The station first signed on the air in 1989 as K29CF; it originally operated as an affiliate of the home shopping network ValueVision. To allow full-power outlet KCWB (channel 29, now KCWE) to sign on the air, the station relocated to UHF channel 48 in 1996, and changed its callsign to K48FS. It remained a ValueVision affiliate, however it also carried children's programming during the afternoon (such as The Flintstones and Mighty Max).
In 2004, the station was purchased by Equity Media Holdings. Shortly after it was finalized, in January 2005, the station became the market's Univision affiliate; reflecting this, its callsign was changed to KUKC-LP (for "Univision Kansas City").[1] On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection;[2] it then began to sell off its television station properties. KUKC was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009.[3] The sale closed on August 17, 2009.[4] SP Television reached a deal to sell KUKC to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.[5]
On September 18, 2023, it was announced that KUKC-LD and sister station WUMN-LD in Minneapolis would be sold to Bridge News LLC, led by investor Manoj Bhargava, for $2.25 million; the sale does not include the stations' Univision affiliations.[6] The sale was completed on March 1, 2024.[7]
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KUKC | Univision |
| 14.2 | 480i | ShopHQ | ShopHQ | |
| 14.3 | Bridge1 | Infomercials | ||
| 14.4 | BiNGE | Binge TV | ||
| 14.5 | AceTV | Ace TV | ||
| 14.6 | OAN | One America Plus | ||
| 14.7 | beIN-SP | beIN Sports Xtra en Español | ||
| 14.8 | 4:3 | Sales | Infomercials | |
| 14.9 | 16:9 | BarkTV | Bark TV | |
| 14.10 | RNTV | Right Now TV | ||
| 14.11 | FTF | FTF Sports | ||
| 14.12 | MTRSPR1 | MtrSpt1 | ||
| 14.13 | AWE | AWE Plus | ||
| 14.14 | NBTV | National Black TV | ||
| 14.15 | beIN | beIN Sports Xtra | ||
| 14.16 | Outdoor | Outdoor America |
References
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