KUDF-LP

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title: "KUDF-LP" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["television-stations-in-tucson,-arizona", "spanish-language-television-stations-in-arizona", "estrella-tv-affiliates", "low-power-television-stations-in-arizona", "latv-affiliates"] description: "Television station in Tucson, Arizona" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUDF-LP" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Tucson, Arizona ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	KUDF-LP
branding	Estrella Tucson
digital	14 (UHF)
virtual	14
affiliations	Estrella TV
founded	February 28, 1989
airdate
location	Tucson, Arizona
country	United States
former_callsigns
callsign_meaning	Tucson XHDF (TV Azteca flagship)
licensing_authority	FCC
owner	LM Media Group, Inc.
former_affiliations
erp	3.02 kW
haat	1080 m
class	LP
facility_id	27278
website
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| callsign = KUDF-LP | logo = | branding = Estrella Tucson | digital = 14 (UHF) | virtual = 14 | affiliations = Estrella TV | founded = February 28, 1989 | airdate = | location = Tucson, Arizona | country = United States | former_callsigns = | callsign_meaning = Tucson XHDF (TV Azteca flagship) | licensing_authority = FCC | owner = LM Media Group, Inc. | former_affiliations = | erp = 3.02 kW | haat = 1080 m | class = LP | facility_id = 27278 | website = KUDF-LP (channel 14) is a low-power television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Estrella TV. The station is owned by LM Media Group, Inc. It is carried on the major cable television systems in Tucson.

History

An original construction permit for a low-power television station on channel 14 was granted to K. Sandoval Burke, one of the two co-owners of Hispanic Broadcasters of Tucson, on February 28, 1989. The station, K14HR "KHR-TV", signed on April 1 as Tucson's first Telemundo affiliate and first locally programmed Spanish-language station. The station was profitable within eight months, ahead of projections. Hispanic Broadcasters, owned by Burke and Jay S. Zucker, also owned the low-power Telemundo station in Phoenix, K64DR.

In 1991, Jay Zucker purchased the license of silent KPOL (channel 40) out of bankruptcy for $45,000. On July 1, 1992, channel 40 returned to the air as KHRR, K14HR's full-power replacement. On January 1, 1993, with Telemundo now on channel 40, channel 14 relaunched as an English-language station carrying FamilyNet programming and branded as "KFAM". KFAM aired such shows as The 700 Club, kids shows, other religious shows, sports specials, and pet shows. The station had no cable carriage, and shows soon moved to stations that were on cable: "Shepherd's Chapel", for instance, moved to KTTU (channel 18, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate).

In April 1996, Zucker relaunched "KFAM" as KQBN-LP "Qué Bien", aiming to target upper-income Hispanic households. The station was described as "like CNN in the daytime and HBO in primetime", showing news from Telenoticias (now Telemundo Internacional) in the day, uncut Spanish-language movies in the evening, and novelas at other times. Among launch programs included the soap opera Las aguas mansas between the newscasts from 8 to 9pm.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/KUDF-LP_logo_2020.png" caption="Final logo as an Azteca America affiliate, from 2020 until the network's 2022 shutdown."] ::

In 1999, Hispanic Broadcasters sold itself to the Apogee Companies; by this time, KQBN-LP was entirely rebroadcasting programming from Telemax, the state network of the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora. In January 2004, Una Vez Más Holdings bought the station from Apogee and changed the call letters to KUDF-LP, intending to switch to Azteca America. However, the station went silent and was not seen on air until November 2005, when it began broadcasting Azteca America programming.

LM Media Group bought KUDF-LP in 2012 for $810,000. The LM represents Mexican businessman Roberto Lemmen Meyer.

KQBN call letters on other stations

Although Una Vez Más replaced the call letters when they took control of operations in January 2004, KQBN-LP has since been assigned to two other Una Vez Más stations – channel 43 in Phoenix took the call letters in March 2005, then when they sold the station the following November, Una Vez Mas transferred the KQBN-LP call letters to channel 28 in Prescott.

Digital channels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table]

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming
14.1	720p	16:9	Estrell	Estrella TV
14.2	480i	Vision	[blank]
14.3	LATV	LATV
14.4	GoodNws	"Good News TV" (3ABN)
14.5	4:3	Telemax	Telemax
14.6	16:9	GNTV Es	"Good News TV Latino" (3ABN Latino)
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References

References

1. "Application Search Results". FCC CDBS Database.
2. Sorenson, Dan. (March 23, 1989). "All-Spanish TV station debuts April 1". Tucson Citizen.
3. Knowles, Francine. (October 15, 1990). "Tucson Telemundo channel on a roll". Tucson Citizen.
4. (November 18, 1991). "For the Record". Broadcasting.
5. (July 21, 1992). "Channel 40 now a Telemundo outlet". Arizona Daily Star.
6. Cermak, Frank. (December 29, 1992). "New Tucson TV station to debut with family fare". Arizona Daily Star.
7. http://secure-wildcat.arizona.edu//papers/89/128/07_1_m.html{{Dead link. (February 2025)
8. Elliott, Robert. (April 15, 1996). "TV news station geared for upper-income Hispanics". Inside Tucson Business.
9. Pittman, David. (January 20, 1999). "Spanish-language station sold". Tucson Citizen.
10. (March 27, 2012). "LM Media Buys Tucson LPTV For $810,000". TVNewsCheck.
11. Jarolim, Edie. (Fall 2013). "Sipping Margaritas for Charity". BizTucson.
12. "Digital TV Market Listing for KUDF".

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