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| Affiliations | 39.1:Univision |
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| KUVI-DT,KBTF-CD | |
| History | |
First air date | July 31, 1989 (36 years ago) (1989-07-31) |
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Call sign meaning | "Aquí en Bakersfield Estamos" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 18747 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 13kW |
| HAAT | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°26′16.75″N118°44′27.39″W / 35.4379861°N 118.7409417°W /35.4379861; -118.7409417 |
| Translator(s) | KUVI-DT 45.2 Bakersfield |
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| Website | Univision Bakersfield |
KABE-CD (channel 39) is alow-power,Class A television station inBakersfield, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language networkUnivision. It isowned and operated byTelevisaUnivision alongside Class AUniMás outletKBTF-CD (channel 31) andQuest affiliateKUVI-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.
In addition to its own digital signal, KABE-CD issimulcast inhigh definition on KUVI's seconddigital subchannel (45.2) from a separate transmitter atop Mount Adelaide.
K52DJ launched on July 31, 1989, as atranslator ofFresno's Univision stationKFTV. It was renamed KSUV-LP and moved to channel 39 in 1998 after Univision purchasedUPN affiliate KUZZ-TV (now KUVI-DT) fromBuck Owens. It was renamed to KBTF-LP in 2002 during the launch of TeleFutura (nowUniMás). It was renamed to KABE-LP in 2004 after a callsign swap with the original KABE-CA (channel 31, nowKBTF-CD). In 2013, the station obtained Class A status. In 2019, KABE started airingCourt TV on its second digital subchannel as part of an agreement betweenScripps and Univision for areas whereKERO-TV's signal is not easily received.[2]
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| 39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KABE-CD | Univision |
TheTrue 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 withCourt TV programming. The Court TV affiliation was dropped in 2021.
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