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| City | Laredo, Texas |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Fox Laredo,Fox News Laredo |
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| KLDO-TV,KETF-CD | |
| History | |
| Founded | February 18, 1997 |
First air date | July 28, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-28) |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 15 (UHF, 1997–1999), 25 (UHF, 1999–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | "XOF" is "Fox" spelled backwards |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 32177 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 162.3 m (532 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°31′13″N99°31′20″W / 27.52028°N 99.52222°W /27.52028; -99.52222 (KXOF-CD) |
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| Website | www |
KXOF-CD (channel 31) is alow-power,Class A television station inLaredo, Texas, United States, affiliated with theFox network. It is owned byEntravision Communications alongsideUnivision affiliateKLDO-TV (channel 27) and Class AUniMás affiliateKETF-CD (channel 39). The three stations share studios on Monarch Drive in Laredo; KXOF-CD's transmitter is located on Shea Street north of downtown.
KXOF-CD andHarlingen-basedKFXV (channel 60), which serves theRio Grande Valley to the southeast, use the same newscast calledFox News South Texas which is divided into two segments; Laredo news (originating from KXOF) and Rio Grande Valley news (originating from KFXV).
The station began on July 28, 1997, as K15EZ, an affiliate ofEnlace, a Spanish-languagereligious network. It moved from channel 15 to channel 25 on June 29, 1999, as K25GN, and became an affiliate ofPax on August 6, 1999. From October 4, 1999, to March 7, 2005, the station carried the call sign KZLD-LP. Entravision bought the station on March 8, 2005, simultaneously switching the station to aSpanish-language Telefutura network as KETF-CA. In 2009, KETF-CA went off the air due toXHBR transmitting digitally on channel 25.1. In June of that year, KETF-CA applied for a permit to start transmitting digitally on channel 31.1. In January 2010, the permit was granted.[2] The station changed its call sign to KETF-CD on January 3, 2011.
KETF-CD and its sister station KXOF-CD swapped call signs on December 13, 2018.[3][4][5][6]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 31.1 | 720p | 16:9 | FOX | Fox |
| 31.2 | 480i | Grit | Grit | |
| 31.3 | Laff | Laff |
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