branding my45 channels digital 45 uhf virtual 45 psip subchannels see section affiliations mynetworktv owner univision communications inc. kuvi license partnership g.p. first air date december 1988 1 call letters meaning univision sister station s kabe cd kbtf cd ktfb ca former callsigns kdob tv 1988 1991 kuzz tv 1991 1997 kuvi 1997 2004 kuvi tv 2004 2009 former channel number s analog 45 uhf 1988 2009 digital 55 uhf former affiliations independent 1988 1995 pten 1993 1995 upn 1995 2006 transmitter power 620 kw height 404 m facility id 7700 transmitter coordinates 35 26 16.7 n 118 44 26.5 w 35.437972 n 118.740694 w 35.437972 ; 118.740694 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.45kuvi.com kuvi dt virtual and uhf digital channel 45 is a mynetworktv affiliated television station located in bakersfield california united states . the station is owned by univision communications . kuvi maintains studio facilities located on truxtun avenue in the western section of bakersfield and its transmitter located near rock springs in mount adelaide . it is the only univision owned tv station in the united states for which the main channel broadcasts in english . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first went on the air on december 18 1988 as kdob tv . it was originally owned by dorothy owens . it first operated from studios located on north chester avenue in bakersfield . dorothy would later sold the station to her brother buck 1929 2006 in 1990 . and would change its call letters to kuzz tv on march 18 1991 . the station later moved its operations to a new studio facility located on sillect avenue in bakersfield . the station became a charter affiliate of upn on january 16 1995 and remained with that network for its entire existence . on october 17 1997 the station once again changed its call letters this time to kuvi . buck owens sold the station to current owner univision in 1998 . one last change to the call letters during the analog era came on january 1 2004 the station chose to add the tv suffix to the letters hence the current callsign kuvi tv . with the digital transition completed the station replaced the tv suffix with the dt duffix on june 23 2009 all univision owned full service television stations regardless of whether or not they had a suffix after their call signs prior to the transition now have a dt suffix as part of their legal call signs . kuvi at first was tentatively awaiting to affiliate with the cw television network citation needed but instead it was announced on june 15 2006 that it would affiliate with mynetworktv despite the fact that owner univision was sold to a group led by children s television mogul haim saban founder of saban entertainment and former co owner of fox family channel with news corporation before it became abc owned abc family channel . providence equity partners one of the private equity firms which are part of the saban led consortium acquired a 19 percent stake in univision at that time . the cw affiliation ended up on kwfb now officially called kget dt2 as of september 18 2006 . on april 20 2007 clear channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group which included kget to newport television a broadcasting holding company controlled by providence equity partners . however with only four full power stations bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co owned duopoly operation . as a result the federal communications commission granted conditional approval of the deal provided that providence equity partners divest either kget or its stake in univision as soon as the sale was finalized . that occurred on march 14 2008 . kget was divested by newport television to high plains broadcasting ; however newport continued to manage that station through a shared services agreement ssa until it was sold to its current owner nexstar broadcasting group in february 2013 . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 31.4 720p 16 9 kbtf ca simulcast of kbtf cd 39.2 kabe lp simulcast of kabe cd 45.1 kuvi dt main kuvi dt programming mynetworktv analog to digital conversion edit kuvi tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 45 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 55 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition to its analog era uhf channel 45 . 3 see also edit buck owens 1929 2006 references edit the broadcasting and cable yearbook says december 18 while the television and cable factbook says december 1 . rabbitears tv query for kuvi dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit official website univision 39 bakersfield website query the fcc s tv station database for kuvi dt biafn s media web database information on kuvi dt program information for kuvi at titantv.com v t e television stations in the greater bakersfield area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television english stations k08mm d k24gs 3abn kjou lp 12 silent kxbf ld 14 biz tv kget 17.1 nbc 17.2 cw 17.3 tmd 17.4 laff k18hd d kvpt lp 34 18.1 pbs k21fp 21 silent kdbk ld 27 kebk ld 27 religious kero 23.1 abc 23.2 azteca 23.3 metv kbak 29.1 cbs 29.3 grit tv 58.2 fox kcbt ld 34.2 bounce tv 34.3 daystar 34.4 hsn kbfk lp 36.2 movies knxt lp 38 ind kpmc lp 43 jtv kuvi 45.1 mntv kbfx cd 58.1 fox 29.2 this tv spanish stations kkey lp 13.1 17.3 tmd kbbv cd 19 19.1 estrella kbtf cd 31 ktfb ca 4 31.1 unim s hd 31.2 45.3 unim s sd kcbt ld 34.1 mundomax 34.5 tvida vision kabe cd 39 39.1 uni hd 39.2 45.2 uni sd kzkc lp 42 42.2 aza adjacent locals los angeles ca ktla 5.1 the cw 5.2 antenna tv 5.3 this tv kabc 7.1 abc 7.2 lwn 7.3 laff kcal 9.1 ind kcop 13.1 mntv 13.2 buzzr 13.3 movies 13.4 heroes and icons kcet 28.1 public ind 28.2 link tv 28.3 v me 28.4 nhk world koce tv 50.1 pbs 50.2 pbs 50.3 daystar 50.4 world santa barbara ksby 6.1 nbc 6.2 the cw 6.3 laff kcoy 12.1 cbs 12.2 fox kkfx cd 24.1 fox 24.2 wx defunct kjbc 33 35 55 christian religious home shopping kern krnt 65 ind. educational public access california television bakersfield chico redding eureka fresno las vegas nv los angeles medford or monterey inland empire palm springs reno nv sacramento san diego san francisco santa barbara el centro ca yuma az v t e mynetworktv network affiliates in the state of california kotr lp 2 gonzales monterey salinas keyt dt 3.2 santa barbara kron 4 san francisco kail 7 fresno kecy 9 el centro kcop 13 los angeles krvu ld 21 kzvu ld 22 kviq dt 17.2 redding chico eureka kuvi 45 bakersfield xhdtv 49 tecate bc san diego 1 kpse ld 50 palm springs kqca 58 stockton sacramento modesto 1xhdtv is licensed to tecate mexico but primarily serves viewers in the san diego market . see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in california v t e univision communications corporate directors randy falco broadcast television networks unim s univision cable television networks el rey network fusion galavisi n univision canada licensed ; 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