KABE-CD

KABE-CD (channel 39) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Univision. 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
Branding
  • Univision 39
  • Noticias 39 (newscasts)
  • Noticias 21 (during newscast simulcasts)
Programming
Affiliations39.1: Univision
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)
Call sign meaning
Aquí en Bakersfield Estamos
Technical information[1]
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
WebsiteUnivision Bakersfield

In addition to its own digital signal, KABE-CD is simulcast in high definition on KUVI's second digital subchannel (45.2) 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.[2]

Technical information
Subchannel of KABE-CD[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
39.1 720p16:9KABE-CDMain KABE-CD programming / Univision

The True Crime Network 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. "Facility Technical Data for KABE-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Court TV official website".
  3. "RabbitEars query of KABE-CD". RabbitEars. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
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