KABE-CD

KABE-CD (channel 39) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Class A UniMás outlet KBTF-CD (channel 31) and Twist affiliate KUVI-DT (channel 45). The three stations share studios on Truxtun Avenue in the western section of Bakersfield; KABE-CD's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide.

KABE-CD
Channels
BrandingUnivision 39
Noticias 39 (newscasts)
Noticias 21 (during newscast simulcasts)
Programming
Affiliations39.1: Univision (via KFTV from 1989 to 2002, sole affiliation since 2004)
Ownership
Owner
KUVI-DT
KBTF-CD
History
First air date
July 31, 1989 (1989-07-31)
Former call signs
K52DJ (1989–1998)
KSUV-LP (1998–2002)
KBTF-LP (2002–2004)
KABE-LP (2004–2010)
KABE-LD (2010–2013)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
52 (UHF, 1989–1998)
39 (UHF, 1998–2010)
Digital:
39 (UHF, 2010–2019)
Analog/CD1:
TeleFutura (2002–2004)
CD2:
True Crime Network (until 2017)
Dark (2017−2019)
Court TV (2019−2021)
CD3:
Bounce TV (until 2019)
Call sign meaning
Aquí en Bakersfield Estamos
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID18747
ClassCD
ERP13 kW
HAAT385 m (1,263 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°26′16.75″N 118°44′27.39″W
Translator(s)KUVI-DT 45.2 (26.2 UHF) Bakersfield
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.univision39.com

In addition to its own digital signal, KABE-CD is simulcast in high definition on the second digital subchannel of KUVI (virtual channel 45.2, UHF channel 26.2) from a separate transmitter atop Mount Adelaide.

History

K52DJ launched on July 31, 1989, as a translator of Fresno's Univision station KFTV. It was renamed KSUV-LP and moved to channel 39 in 1998 after Univision purchased UPN affiliate KUZZ-TV (now KUVI-DT) from Buck Owens. It was renamed to KBTF-LP in 2002 during the launch of TeleFutura (now UniMás). It was renamed to KABE-LP in 2004 after a callsign swap with the original KABE-CA (channel 31, now KBTF-CD). In 2013, the station obtained Class A status. In 2019, KABE started airing Court TV on its second digital subchannel as part of an agreement between Scripps and Univision for areas where KERO-TV's signal is not easily received.[1]

Technical information

Subchannels
Subchannels of KABE-CD[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming[3]
39.1720p16:9KABE-CDMain KABE-CD programming / Univision

The True Crime affiliation was dropped on September 25, 2017, two weeks after KUVI obtained the affiliation; the 39.2 subchannel went dark until 2019, when it returned to the air with Court TV programming. The Court TV affiliation was dropped in 2021.

References
  1. "Court TV official website".
  2. "RabbitEars query of KABE-CD". RabbitEars. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for KABE-CD


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