branding klfy tv 10 general klfy news 10 newscasts slogan the best coverage for acadiana ; hello acadiana channels digital 10 vhf virtual 10 psip subchannels 10.1 cbs 10.2 gettv 10.3 ion television affiliations cbs secondary through 1962 owner media general sale to nexstar broadcasting group pending young broadcasting of louisiana inc. first air date june 3 1955 ; 61 years ago 1955 06 03 call letters meaning lafayette ; callsign inherited from former sister am radio station now kpel former channel number s analog 10 vhf 1955 2009 digital 56 uhf until 2009 former affiliations both secondary nta film network 1956 1961 abc 1955 1962 dt2 live well network 2012 2015 transmitter power 20.3 kw height 527 m facility id 35059 transmitter coordinates 30 19 19 n 92 16 59 w 30.32194 n 92.28306 w 30.32194 ; 92.28306 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website klfy.com klfy tv channel 10 is the cbs affiliated television station in lafayette louisiana broadcasting on tv channel 10 virtual channel 10.1 . its transmitter is located north of rayne louisiana . its original 1800 foot tower was located just north of crowley louisiana near the small town of maxie . the original tower was shortened to 1100 feet in the late 2000s due to mechanical issues . the station is owned by media general and is the oldest television station in the lafayette area . the station is also carried on cable and satellite providers for the lake charles metro area and southwest louisiana since that region does not have a cbs affiliate of its own and over the air in most of the baton rouge and alexandria viewing areas . until mid 2015 klfy was carried on suddenlink cable in alexandria concurrently with cbs affiliate kalb dt2 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 4 references 5 external links history edit this section needs expansion with further information on the history of klfy . you can help by adding to it . february 2012 the station signed on june 3 1955 . owned by camellia broadcasting at the time it was intended to share time on channel 10 with kvol tv owned at the time by the morgan murphy stations along with kvol kvol fm 96.1 off air and moved to lake charles by 1976 and the daily advertiser kvol never made it on the air . its original studio facilities were located on jefferson street in downtown lafayette . 1 it has always been a cbs affiliate though it aired some abc programming until katc signed on in 1962 . during the late 1950s the station was also briefly affiliated with the nta film network . 2 the station currently operates out of newer larger purpose built studio facilities on eraste landry road on the city s south side . in january 2012 klfy became the first news affiliate in the region to broadcast its newscasts in full 1080i hd . klfy tv broadcasts to and gathers news the south central louisiana area a region known as acadiana . this includes the parishes counties of lafayette saint martin saint landry evangeline acadia vermilion iberia saint mary and jefferson davis . many of the station s branding campaigns and slogans use the moniker acadiana . klfy logo used from 1998 until december 27 2011 young broadcasting acquired the station from texoma broadcasters who had owned the station for twenty three years in 1988 . young and klfy with it was sold to media general in 2013 . this marked media general s return to louisiana after selling alexandria nbc affiliate kalb to hoak media in 2008 . after an aborted merger plan with meredith corporation media general announced on january 27 2016 that it was being acquired by nexstar broadcasting group with the new company named nexstar media group . as nexstar already owns kadn tv and since the lafayette market is too small to allow duopolies in any case in order to comply with fcc ownership rules as well as planned changes to rules regarding same market television stations which would prohibit future joint sales agreements the company will be required to sell either klfy or kadn to another company . nbc affiliate klaf ld kadn tv s sister station is the only station involved in the deal that can be legally acquired since fcc rules allow for common ownership of full power and low power television stations regardless of the number of stations in a market . 3 4 however four months later nexstar agreed to sell kadn and klaf ld allowing it to retain klfy . 5 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 6 10.1 1080i 16 9 klfy hd main klfy tv programming cbs 10.2 480i 4 3 get tv gettv replaced live well network feb. 1 2016 10.3 ion ion added november 11 2015 to media general markets with no ion in the respective markets analog to digital conversion edit klfy tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 10 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 56 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition to its former analog era vhf channel 10 . 7 in june 2012 young broadcasting signed on the live well network to its stations including klfy . on may 29 2015 the live well network was pulled off the air on all media general stations including the former young ones . media general launched ion november 11 2015 on klfy as part of a deal on their stations where there was no stand alone ion channel in those markets . on november 16 2015 klfy began running a signal test on 10.2 formerly live well network with gettv launching as the subchannel replacing the defunct live well network . according to an article on tv newscheck s website media general signed an agreement to launch gettv on 20 of its stations including klfy beginning february 1 2016 . 8 news operation edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message news open klfy is well known in the market for its local morning show passe partout and its noon show meet your neighbor . both reflect the station s commitment to local coverage ; passe partout comes from the french word for all purpose . both have been on the air for over 50 years and are among the longest running programs of their kind in the country . the two programs are typically accompanied by paid live remotes promoting local car dealers furniture stores and other commercial businesses . klfy s weather department utilizes the live doppler 10 stormtracker title for live up to date weather forecasts and branding . weather coverage is featured prominently throughout station branding promotions . on december 28 2011 klfy became the first television station in the lafayette market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . in may 2013 the eyewitness news name was dropped for acadiana s multi media news ; it has since been replaced by simply klfy news 10 . references edit for the record pdf . broadcasting & telecasting . november 2 1953 . retrieved 2015 09 22 . require prime evening time for nta films boxoffice 13 november 10 1956 archived from the original on june 14 2009 nexstar media general it s a done deal . tvnewscheck . retrieved 27 january 2016 . nexstar clinches deal to acquire media general . the new york times . retrieved 27 january 2016 . http www.tvnewscheck.com article 95091 nexstar selling five stations in four markets rabbitears tv query for klfy dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . 1 from tvnewscheck 2 1 2016 external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for klfy biafn s media web database information on klfy tv v t e television stations in louisiana s acadiana region including lafayette new iberia & opelousas local stations wbrz tv 2.1 abc 2.2 news 2.3 wx katc 3.1 abc 3.2 cw 3.3 grit kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw kxkw lp 6 radio with radar kplc 7.1 nbc 7.2 grit 7.3 bounce tv klfy tv 10.1 cbs 10.2 gettv 10.3 ion kadn tv 15.1 fox 15.2 nbc klaf ld 46.1 15.3 mntv kdcg cd 22.1 h & i klpb 24.1 pbs lpb 24.2 lpb pbs 2 24.3 create kxkw ld 32.1 asn 32.2 anttv wvla tv 33.1 nbc 33.2 laff kajn cd kagn cd 40.1 31.1 familyvision wgmb tv 44.1 fox 44.2 cw wbrl cd klaf ld 46.1 nbc klwb 50.1 metv 50.2 kdcg 22.1 h & i 50.4 kfxz fm 50.5 catholic radio local cable stations acadiana open channel cox 4 cox sports television distant stations baton rouge wbrz tv 2.1 abc 2.2 news 2.3 wx kjun cd kfol cd 7.1 30.1 ind. wafb 9.1 cbs 9.2 bounce 9.3 mntv wbrl cd 21.1 the cw wvla tv 33.1 nbc 33.2 laff wbxh cd 39.1 mynetworktv 39.2 grit 39.3 escape wgmb tv 44.1 fox 44.2 cw lake charles kplc 7.1 nbc 7.2 grit 7.3 bounce alexandria kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw soon v t e cbs network affiliates in the state of louisiana wwl 4 new orleans kalb dt 5.2 alexandria kfdm 6 lake charles beaumont knoe 8 monroe wafb 9 baton rouge klfy 10 lafayette ksla 12 shreveport see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in louisiana v t e media general inc. corporate directors j. stewart bryan iii cob marshall n. morton o. reid ashe jr. john a. schauss diana f. cantor charles a. davis thompson l. rankin rodney a. smolla walter e. williams coleman wortham iii h. graham woodlief jr. james a. zimmerman kirk read stephen y. dickinson george l. mahoney lou anne j. nabhan john a. schauss james f. woodward abc network affiliates ktka tv 1 wate tv wbay tv 2 whtm tv wjbf wjhl dt2 wlaj 1 wkrn tv wotv wric tv wten wcdc tv wtnh wytv 1 cbs network affiliates kelo tv kclo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt 2 klfy tv koin krqe kbim tv krez tv wane tv wbtw whlt wiat wivb tv wjhl tv wjtv wkbn tv wkrg tv wlfi tv 2 wlns tv wncn wnct tv wpri tv wrbl wspa tv wthi tv 2 cw network affiliates khon tv knva 1 ktka tv 1 kwbq krwb tv 1 kxtu ld wbdt 1 wcbd dt2 wfna whlt wish tv wjtv wlaj dt2 1 wnct dt2 wnlo wwlp dt2 wfxq cd wycw fox network affiliates kasa tv khon tv khaw tv kaii tv ktmj cd kxrm tv wnac tv 1 wthi dt2 wvbt wxxa tv 1 wyfx ld mynetworktv affiliates kasy tv 1 kbvo kelo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt kron tv wbtw wctx wnac dt2 1 wndy tv wsav dt2 wthi dt2 2 wtta wxsp cd wytv dt2 1 nbc network affiliates ksnt ksnw ksnc ksng ksnk ksnl ld kwqc tv 2 kxan tv wavy tv wcbd tv wcmh tv wdtn wfla tv wood tv wsav tv wsls tv 2 wwlp wfxq cd acquisitions lin media new vision television park communications spartan communications young broadcasting other assets professional communications systems lin digital sale of company pending to nexstar broadcasting group . 1 media general operates this station through an ssa . 2 station in the process of being resold