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MundoFox TX market possibilities

fredcantu said:
They say "full power" but not whether it's a digital subchannel of a full power station.
I wonder why they won't reveal the affiliates yet. It's already June and they're launching "Summer 2012."
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You have to keep in mind that "Summer" could mean September (remember all the delays recently getting MeTV on KTXD) and a lot could change before then.
 
dhett said:
... there's no stretching the truth; the Phoenix market includes all of northern AZ up to the Utah border, except for the far northeastern part of the state, so stations in Kingman, Prescott and Flagstaff are in the Phoenix market, and Phoenix stations have translators in those cities.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread! But the statement that MundoFox had a full-power affiliate in the Phoenix market, while it was actually in Kingman, struck me as so odd that I just had to comment on it.

Now that I've read Scott's explanation, I understand that it's technically true. Nevertheless, I still think it's misleading. The full-power affiliate is indeed "in the Phoenix market" but is not receivable anywhere in Phoenix (though there is a low-power translator in Phoenix, apparently).

Edit: Tested mentioned the must-carry issue and I just took it as gospel. I suspect it's irrelevant, though. If Fox wants MundoFox carried on the cable system in Phoenix, I'm sure they can get it carried, with or without must-carry.

We now return you to your previously scheduled Texas TV programming ;)
 
And since Fox's "all or nothing" mandate for cable carriage was brought up... don't forget how Univision got started. It only had a handful of O&Os in the whole country but was carried on nearly every cable system in America as their-- at the time-- "token" Spanish channel.

If Fox is holding its main network and regional sports channels hostage to get its other properties on cable, then MundoFox may have a lot broader carriage then we suspect.
 
fredcantu said:
In a press release dated May 22, MundoFox says, "To date, MundoFox has lined up Full Power stations in six of the top 10 U.S. Hispanic markets (Los Angeles # 1, Dallas #6, San Antonio #7, San Francisco #8, Phoenix #9 and Harlingen/McAllen #10.)

They say "full power" but not whether it's a digital subchannel of a full power station.
I wonder why they won't reveal the affiliates yet. It's already June and they're launching "Summer 2012."
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They have, for some anyway. KWHY in Los Angeles, KMOH in Phoenix, WJAN-CD in Miami. They mentioned London, NRJ, and Entravision as affiliates, giving hints of where MundoFox may go.

- Trip
 
317C50KW said:
KFWD-52 will end its "Classic TV" programming and become the Fox Mundo affiliate in August.
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Wonder what this means for the shared services agreement with WFAA/Belo?

Also raises an eyebrow in Houston, as KUBE/57 currently has a Classic TV format. That station also has a Spanish language broadcasting history, having previously been Azteca America and TuVision.
 
I can verify this. Belo is laying off employees associated with KFWD and the employment will be handled by HIC Broadcasting.

Meanwhile, anyone need a TV Broadcast engineer? :)
 
So I take it this means whatever the agreement was with Belo is coming to an end and HIC will now go back to operating the station?
 
Actually the signal will still be run through Belo, who is updating their airpath to allow HD. But all employment opportunities will go through HIC broadcasting.
 
Ahh interesting.. so Belo will essentially now be supplying the equipment, but HIC will employ all the workers.
A bit odd, but makes some sense. Would still love to have seen WFAA shift the Classic TV programming over to 8.3 or something. I just know that's not financially practical.
 
One of he reasons for the format change is the lack of classic tv material out there. NBC/CBS/etc who own the rights to all those old shows are making their own networks like Antenna tv, ME TV, etc. They're not willing to sell their programs, so it's difficult for independent stations to find anything good to air.
 
This should be interesting. MundoFox news plans to be the Fox News of Spanish TV Jorge Mettey, the senior VP of news at MundoFox says. “We are not focusing on the regular normal issues that newscasts in Spanish focus on, like immigration and that stuff. It is not our focus. We are talking to a different Latino. We are not talking to victims. We are talking to successful people eager to improve their lives.”

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/coming-soon-fox-news-en-espanol_b128985
 
tested said:
Interesting, and not too surprising since KTXD and KFWD air several common programs.
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Makes sense in retrospect. KFWD probably knew this was coming or:

1. they would've put up more of a fight against MeTV coming to DFW; and
2. they probably wouldn't have bothered upping their transmitter power (which still isn't done, but should be done by the end of July, I think).

Even without KFWD's Classic TV, DFW will still have four classic TV stations: MeTV on 47, Antenna on 33.2, RTV on 31.4, and Hot TV all over the dial at 31.3, 26, and 50.4.
 
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