branding acadiana s klaf general acadiana s klaf news newscasts slogan lafayette s only nbc general live local and cajun first news channels digital 46 uhf subchannels 46.1 nbc translators kadn tv 15.2 affiliations nbc 2015 present owner nexstar broadcasting group sale to bayou city broadcasting pending nexstar broadcasting inc. first air date 1992 1992 call letters meaning lafayette sister station s kadn tv former callsigns k46dg 1999 k58ga 1999 2007 kopp lp 2007 klaf lp 2007 2012 former affiliations primary channel america 1992 1995 upn 1995 2006 mynetworktv 2006 2015 secondary pten 1993 1995 wb 1995 1999 cbs 2000 2005 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.cajunfirst.com klaf ld channel 46 is an nbc affiliated low powered television station located in lafayette louisiana . the station is owned by the nexstar broadcasting group and operates as part of a television duopoly with fox affiliate kadn tv which telecasts klaf on its 15.2 dial . both stations share studio facilities located on eraste landry road in lafayette ; klaf ld maintains transmitter facilities located on ole colony road in scott louisiana . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 digital transition 3 newscasts 4 references 5 external links history edit klaf s origins begin in 1991 when delta media who then owned kadn signed on low power k62dw in lafayette as k62tv . in its beginnings k62tv broadcast mostly channel america programming mixed in with some repurposed local shows from kadn such as laissez les bon temps rouler and in brief along with local usl sports and houston astros baseball games . k62dw was renamed to variety tv in late 1993 and vtv shortly thereafter . when upn launched in january 1995 k62dw became a charter affiliate as upn lafayette and dropped channel america programming . at the same time delta media signed on translators in new iberia k55ha and church point k69hd and k62dw picked up the callsign klaf lp . shortly after the klaf lp transmitter moved to opelousas and k46dg signed on in lafayette . klaf added a secondary wb affiliation in august 1995 but lost it in 1998 when the wb100 network of cable stations was launched . klaf went through branding changes in 1997 when upn lafayette was dropped in favor of klaf then in 2004 under pressure from the network to standardize all affiliates branding klaf became upn 17 reflecting its cable position on the local cable system . from 2000 to 2005 klaf ld also served as a secondary cbs affiliate clearing programs that the area s main affiliate klfy tv did not . upn and the wb announced in early 2006 that network operations would shutter that september . shortly after the announcement fox created the mynetworktv syndication service and on march 15 2006 it was announced that klaf would become lafayette s mynetworktv affiliate 1 at the network s launch in september . during a transitional period that ran from august 15 2006 to september 4 2006 the on air branding reverted to klaf with no network or channel number designation . on september 4 2006 klaf became a full fledged mynetworktv affiliate as myklaf tv . in june 2006 then owner communications corporation of america comcorp filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . comcorp said in a press release viewers and staff would see no changes at the station . comcorp emerged from bankruptcy in october 2007 . 1 on april 24 2013 communications corporation of america announced the sale of its entire group including flagship kadn and klaf to the nexstar broadcasting group . 2 the sale was completed on january 1 2015 . 3 on july 1 2015 klaf ld changed affiliations to nbc the network s first affiliate in lafayette since the 1975 shutdown of klni channel 15 now occupied by kadn tv ; in the interim area cable systems imported kplc from lake charles kalb tv from alexandria and or sister station wvla tv from baton rouge for nbc programming . mynetworktv programming moved to the 15.3 subchannel on kadn tv ; 4 kadn s 15.2 subchannel continues to simulcast klaf . on january 27 2016 nexstar announced it would acquire media general for 4.6 billion . since media general already owns cbs affiliate klfy 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 was required to sell either klfy or sister station kadn to another company . klaf ld was the only station involved in the deal that could be legally acquired since fcc rules allow for the common ownership of full power and low power stations in the same market regardless of the number of stations in that market . 5 6 on may 27 2016 nexstar announced that it would keep klfy tv and sell klaf ld along with kadn tv to bayou city broadcasting for 40 million . 7 digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 8 46.1 720p 16 9 klaf ld main klaf ld programming nbc digital transition edit klaf previously broadcast its analog signal on uhf channel 62 but because of its low power output and distance from the city of lafayette it was relayed across a small network of three translator stations k58ga channel 46 in lafayette k55ha channel 55 in new iberia k69hd channel 69 in church point in august 2007 klaf began to make the transition to a single full market station as programming was added to kadn tv on channel 15.2 . one by one the translators were taken off the air beginning with k69hd church point on october 25 until only k58ga lafayette remained . on november 9 2007 k58ga became kopp lp in preparation to move klaf lp s calls there . on july 5 2012 the station changed its call sign to klaf ld upon conversion to digital transmission . newscasts edit concurrent with klaf ld s move to nbc the station began simulcasting newscasts from virtual sister station wvla tv the station that klaf replaced on channels 3 and 1003 in cox s lafayette system on july 1 2015 . 4 on march 31 2016 nexstar announced that klaf alongside sister station kadn would launch its own news department on april 1 at 5 00 pm . the formation of the news department resulted in the hiring of 24 news and production employees . 9 references edit 2theadvocate . com business stations owners ok plan to exit bankruptcy baton rouge la https licensing.fcc.gov cdbs cdbs attachment getattachment.jsp appn 101552312 & qnum 5040 & copynum 1 & exhcnum 1 consummation notice cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 6 january 2015 . a b nexstar broadcasting s klaf tv to become first nbc network affiliate serving lafayette cajunfirst.com 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 . miller mark k. may 27 2016 . nexstar selling five stations in four markets . tvnewscheck . retrieved may 27 2016 . rabbitears tv query for klaf ld local nbc and fox news coming to acadiana cajunfirst.com external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for klaf 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 nbc network affiliates in the state of louisiana kalb 5 alexandria ktal 6 shreveport wdsu 6 new orleans kplc 7 lake charles ktve 10 monroe el dorado ar kadn 15.2 klaf 46 lafayette wvla 33 baton rouge see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in louisiana v t e nexstar broadcasting group abc kamc2 kcau kmid kode2 kqtv ksvi ktvx watn wawv2 wdhn weht wivt wjet wmbb woi wsyr wtvo2 wutr2 wvny2 wwti cbs kgpe klas klbk klst kolr2 krex kreg krey ktab kxmb kxmc kxmd kxma wcia wfrv whbf wjmn wmbd wroc wtaj wyou2 the cw kasn2 kasw kcwi kgcw kget1 kucw wbrl wcwj wlmt wtvw2 wwcw wwti1 fox kadn kard kcit2 khmt2 kfqx kfta3 kfxk6 kjtl2 kljb5 klrt2 kmss5 kpej5 kwkt wfff wfft wfxp2 wfxr wfxv wgmb wjkt wlax weux wntz wqrf wyzz4 wzdx mynetworktv karz kcpn2 kgjt kjbo2 kadn1 kozl kshv6 ktpn klpn6 kyle wzdx1 wcix wlmt1 wntz wpny wtvo1 2 nbc kadn1 kamr kark ketk kfdx kget klaf knwa krbc2 ksan2 ksee ksnf ktal ktsm ktve2 kveo wbgh wbre wetm wtwo wvla6 other telemundo kkey ktab1 independent station kzup independent station heroes & icons whag tv cms company lakana online ad company yashi acquisitions communications corporation of america grant broadcasting newport television west virginia media holdings 1 these stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels . 2 nexstar operates these stations owned by mission broadcasting . 3 sale of the station to mission broadcasting is awaiting fcc approval . nexstar will continue to operate the station . 4 nexstar operates wyzz owned by cunningham broadcasting . 5 nexstar operates this station owned by marshall broadcasting . 6 nexstar operates this station owned by white knight broadcasting . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title klaf ld & oldid 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