dallas texas branding my27 slogan it s all good channels digital 36 uhf virtual 27 psip subchannels 27.1 mynetworktv 27.2 movies 27.3 buzzr 27.4 heroes and icons affiliations mynetworktv o & o owner fox television stations nw communications of texas inc. first air date january 26 1981 1981 01 26 call letters meaning dallas fort worth independent tv sister station s kdfw former callsigns klif tv 1967 1972 never signed on ktws tv 1981 1984 former channel number s analog 27 uhf 1981 2009 former affiliations independent 1981 2006 fnn 1981 1985 transmitter power 1 000 kw height 495 m facility id 17037 transmitter coordinates 32 32 36.00 n 96 57 32.00 w 32.5433333 n 96.9588889 w 32.5433333 ; 96.9588889 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.watchmy27.com kdfi virtual channel 27 uhf digital channel 36 is a mynetworktv owned and operated television station serving the dallas fort worth metroplex that is licensed to dallas texas united states . the station is owned by the fox television stations subsidiary of 21st century fox as part of a duopoly with fox owned and operated station kdfw channel 4 . the two stations share studio facilities located on north griffin street in downtown dallas ; kdfi maintains transmitter facilities located south of belt line road in cedar hill . on cable kdfi is available on channel 7 on most providers in the metroplex . contents 1 history 1.1 prior history of uhf channel 27 in dallas fort worth 1.2 as an independent station 1.3 mynetworktv affiliation 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 3.1 sports programming 4 references 5 external links history edit prior history of uhf channel 27 in dallas fort worth edit the uhf channel 27 allocation in the dallas fort worth market was initially applied for broadcasting use by overmyer communications who filed a license application in 1966 . gordon mclendon who purchased the station for his son barton was granted a license for channel 27 in 1967 with a construction permit being issued in 1968 . mcclendon planned to launch a television station under the callsign klif tv which was to be based out of the building that also housed upstart radio station knus 98.7 fm now kluv at 2110 commerce ; resources would also be pooled between the television and radio stations as knus planned to convert to an all news format . however the station never formally signed on and by 1972 the klif tv license was deleted by the federal communications commission the klif calls were later used for a radio station broadcasting at 570 am . as an independent station edit the current television station on channel 27 first signed on the air on january 26 1981 as ktws tv ; the station was owned by liberty television . it originally operated as an independent station carrying a mix of religious and public affairs programs business news programming from the financial news network and network programs from abc nbc and cbs that were respectively preempted by wfaa channel 8 kxas tv channel 5 and kdfw . the station s original studio facilities were located at 433 regal row in northwest dallas . channel 27 aired some limited local news programming in the form of a five minute news capsules that aired weekdays at the top of the hour between 4 00 and 6 00 p.m. anchored by former wfaa anchor bob gooding . the station also broadcast public domain movies during the daytime hours . at night the station ran the over the air subscription television service preview which was later replaced by another such service veu after it moved from knbn tv channel 33 now kdaf . liberty television sold the station to dallas media investors owned by former kdfw tv channel 4 station manager john mckay in 1984 . the station briefly went dark after the sale was finalized ; the following month the station returned to the air and its call letters were changed to the current kdfi tv on august 16 1984 . kdfi dropped veu programming in 1985 and became a general entertainment station for the entire broadcast day . it began running low budget syndicated programs older cartoons and b movies . the station continued to run pre empted network shows as well and had been able to balance its books . in 1993 argyle television then owner of kdfw tv entered into a local marketing agreement with kdfi and began running some of its programming on that station mostly talk shows and rebroadcasts of kdfw s newscasts . kdfi logo used from 1997 to 2006 . when kdfw switched its affiliation to fox in july 1995 as part of a group affiliation deal with new world communications the news rebroadcasts were dropped . kdfi continued to carry talk shows while also adding a few cartoons in the morning hours as well as a few sitcoms . after fox television stations acquired kdfw in a group deal involving the 12 new world owned fox affiliates in july 1996 fox kids programming moved to kdfi in the fall of 1997 from original fox station kdaf as kdfw declined to carry the block as did most of the other new world stations that joined fox . by then kdfi was a traditional independent station broadcasting cartoons classic off network sitcoms syndicated talk and reality shows and movies . in 2000 after the federal communications commission began permitting television station duopolies fox television stations bought kdfi outright creating the metroplex s first duopoly and effectively the first to be owned by fox as a whole . the station s operations were merged with kdfw at the latter s downtown studios on north griffin street . the station continued to carry fox kids programming ; although in 2002 the weekday edition of the block was discontinued nationally 1 leaving only the saturday morning lineup ; fox kids was replaced by fox box later renamed 4kids tv in september 2002 when the network leased its children s program block to 4kids entertainment . 4kidstv was replaced by the infomercial block weekend marketplace in december 2008 after fox and 4kids due to a dispute over compensation from the lease agreement and affiliate clearance for the block . mynetworktv affiliation edit on february 22 2006 news corporation announced the launch of a new sixth network called mynetworktv which would be operated by fox television stations and its syndication division twentieth television . mynetworktv was created to compete against another upstart network that would launch at the same time that september the cw an amalgamated network that originally consisted primarily of upn and the wb s higher rated programs as well as to give upn and wb stations that were not mentioned as becoming cw affiliates another option besides converting to independent stations . 2 3 kdfi was the only fox owned station to have been an independent station prior to joining the network while all other news corporation owned stations were owned and operated stations of fox or affiliates of upn . it is also the largest mynetworktv affiliate to not have been formerly affiliated with either upn or the wb . the station began branding itself on air as my 27 shortly after the announcement reflecting the new network s branding conventions . a temporary logo using the circular 27 symbol and the word my in place of the call letters was created . the kdfi website accordingly changed its slogan to shows i like are on my27 . on july 7 2006 kdfi officially changed its logo to mynetworktv s four square logo style . george lowe the voice of space ghost in cartoon network s space ghost coast to coast has served as the station s imaging voice since its days as an independent under the lma with fox television stations . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 27.1 720p 16 9 kdfi dt main kdfi programming mynetworktv 27.2 480i movies movies 27.3 4 3 buzzr buzzr 27.4 heroes heroes and icons kdfi launched digital subchannel 27.2 with programming from bounce tv on march 30 2012 . 5 kdfi added movies on digital channel 27.2 on may 27 2013 with bounce being moved to a new 27.3 subchannel . bounce tv later moved to kuvn dt 23.2 . buzzr was added to 27.3 on june 1 2015 . kdfi also has plans for a mobile dtv feed of 27.1 . 6 7 analog to digital conversion edit kdfi shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 27 on june 12 2009 to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 8 the station s digital signal remained on its transition period uhf channel 36 using psip to display kdfi s virtual channel as 27 on digital television receivers . programming edit syndicated programming on the station includes that 70s show judge judy and modern family . occasionally as time permits kdfi may air fox network programs whenever kdfw is unable to in the event of extended breaking news or severe weather coverage . sports programming edit due to its fox ownership kdfi did for many years broadcast texas rangers and dallas stars games that were not carried regionally by fox sports southwest . broadcasts of both teams games moved to ktxa channel 21 in 2010 . kdfi began airing a number of stars and rangers games in network s high definition in early 2008 . the station also aired two dallas cowboys games that also aired on the nfl network during the 2007 2008 nfl season along with the high definition feed for those games . the games against the green bay packers on november 29 and carolina panthers on december 22 2007 were the highest rated telecasts in the history of kdfi . references edit schneider michael november 7 2001 . fox outgrows kids programs . variety . retrieved 2009 08 13 . news corp. to launch new mini network for upn stations . usa today . february 22 2006 . retrieved january 21 2013 . news corp. unveils mynetworktv broadcasting & cable february 22 2006 . rabbitears tv query for kdfi bounce tv adds kdfi dallas tvnewscheck march 30 2012 . http www.rabbitears.info market.php request atscmph 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