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| callsign = KUVI-DT
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| logo =
| branding =
| analog digital = 26 ([[UHF]])
| digital = 26 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual = 45
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''45.1:''' [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]<br>|'''[[KABE-CD|45.2]]:''' [[Univision]]<br>|'''[[KBTF-CD|45.3]]:''' [[UniMás]]<br>'''45.5:'|''for [[Courtothers, TV]]<br>see {{Section link||Subchannels}}'''45.6:''' [[Shop LC]]}}
| network =
| foundedairdate = {{start date and age|1988|12|18|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1988|12|p=y}}<ref>The ''Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook'' says December 18, while the ''Television and Cable Factbook'' says December 1.</ref>
| location = [[Bakersfield, California]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Univision
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KDOB-TV (1988–1991)<br>|KUZZ-TV (1991–1997)<br>|KUVI (1997–2004)<br>|KUVI-TV (2004–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''<br> 45 (UHF, 1988–2009)<br>|'''Digital:'''<br> 55 (UHF, until 20092002–2009)<br>, 45 (UHF, 2009-20192009–2019)}}
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee = KUVI License Partnership, [[general partnership|G.P.]]
| sister_stations = [[KABE-CD]]<br>, [[KBTF-CD]]<br />
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1988–1995)<br>[[Prime Time Entertainment Network|PTEN]] (1993–1995)<br>[[UPN]] (1995–2006)<br> |[[MyNetworkTV]] (2006–2017)<br>|[[True Crime Network|Justice Network/True Crime Network]] (2017–2022)<br> |[[Twist (TV network)|Twist]] (2022-20232022–2023)}}
| erp = 620490 [[Watt|kW]]<br>500 kW ([[construction permit|CP]])
| haat = {{convert|404401|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br>{{convert|398|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP)
| class =
| facility_id = 7700
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|35|26|1916.875|N|118|44|27.339|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}<br>{{nowrap|{{coord|35|26|16.8|N|118|44|26.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} (CP)
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KUVI-DT''' (channel 45) is a [[television station]] in [[Bakersfield, California]], United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]. It is owned by [[TelevisaUnivision]] alongside two [[Class A television service|Class A]] stations carrying TelevisaUnivision's networks: [[Univision]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[KABE-CD]], (channel 39), and [[UniMás]] owned-and-operated station [[KBTF-CD]], (channel 31), (both of which are [[simulcast]]also insubchannels [[high-definition television|high definition]] onof KUVI's respective second and third [[digital subchannel]]s)-DT. The three stations share studios on Truxtun Avenue in the western section of Bakersfield; KUVI's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide. From 1998–2004 and again from 2014–2017, it was the only Univision-owned station for which the main channel broadcasts in [[American English|English]].
Channel 45 went on air in 1988 as KDOB-TV, Bakersfield's first local [[independent station]], and was originally owned by Dorothy Owens. Owens had to settle with five competing applicants to obtain the [[construction permit]], incurring significant debt in the process, and went into bankruptcy reorganization after less than a year in operation. The best offer for the station came from [[Buck Owens]], Dorothy's brother and owner of the [[KUZZ]] radio stations; the [[Federal Communications Commission]] approved the deal in 1990 over protests from competing stations. The station changed its call sign in March 1991 to KUZZ-TV to match its sister radio properties.
While many similar stations affiliated with the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network, KUZZ-TV was shut out because [[KMPH-TV]] in [[Visalia, California|Visalia]], owned by [[Harry Pappas]], claimed rights to the Fox affiliation in Bakersfield as well as [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]. In 1995, the station affiliated with [[UPN]]. Two years later, Buck Owens sold KUZZ-TV to Univision, making it the company's first English-language TV station. The purchase came about because Univision feared displacement of its local low-power TV station by a proposed educational channel; the company committed to honoring the preexisting UPN affiliation agreement. KUVI became the [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate for Bakersfield in 2006 and since 2017 has used its main channel to broadcast a series of [[digital multicast television network|diginets]].
==History==
A total of six applicants filed for channel 45 in Bakersfield in 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-22-1985-4640876/|page=F21|title=Legal Notice|date=November 22, 1985|work=Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> Five of these—Harold L. Mullican, Lash Communications, Liberty Broadcasting, Crown City TV, and Dorothy J. Owens—entered in October 1986 into a settlement agreement, under which Owens won the channel.<ref>{{cite news|work=Broadcasting|page=124|title=In Contest|id={{ProQuest|1014717420}}|date=October 27, 1986}}</ref> The other applicants were reimbursed a total of $642,500 for their expenses.{{r|Bake891110}} Dorothy Owens considered starting KDOB-TV as a Spanish-language station and desired affiliation with [[Univision]], but Univision would not grant the affiliation because it was contractually bound to [[KFTV]] in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], which had a translator in Bakersfield. Dorothy Owens ruled out [[Telemundo]], finding its program mix too Caribbean for Bakersfield's Hispanic community.<ref name="Bake881216">{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-16-1988-4413062/|first=Connie|last=Swart|title=Declaring independence: New station takes to air; KDOB vies for ad dollar|pages=F1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-16-1988-4413063/ F10]|date=December 16, 1988|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-25-1989-4413069/|title=Cable firms woo Hispanics: Market share growing rapidly|first=Rick|last=Bentley|pages=F1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-25-1989-4413068/ F13]|date=August 25, 1989|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> KDOB-TV (for "Dorothy Owens Broadcasting") began broadcasting on December 18, 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|pages=E1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-30-1988-4413051/ E2]|title=Party ushers in KDOB's premiere|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-30-1988-4413047/|date=December 30, 1988|first=Diana|last=Campbell-Rice|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> It was an [[independent station]] with a family-friendly mix of programs, including syndicated movies and children's series and [[Los Angeles Lakers]] road games. The studios were on Chester Avenue in [[Oildale, California|Oildale]], in a building owned by Dorothy's brother, country music artist [[Buck Owens]]; it had previously housed the River Theater and Buck Owens's recording studio, and Dorothy had previously worked for Buck.{{r|Bake881216}}
The station first went on the air on December 18, 1988 as '''KDOB-TV'''. It was originally owned by Dorothy Owens. It first operated from studios located on North Chester Avenue in Bakersfield. Dorothy would later sold the station to her brother [[Buck Owens|Buck]] (1929–2006) in 1990. and would change its [[call signs in North America|call letters]] to '''KUZZ-TV''' on March 18, 1991. The station later moved its operations to a new studio facility located on Sillect Avenue in Bakersfield. The station became a charter affiliate of [[UPN]] on January 16, 1995, and remained with that network for its entire existence. On October 17, 1997, the station once again changed its call letters, this time to '''KUVI'''. Buck Owens sold the station to current owner Univision in 1998. One last change to the call letters during the analog era came on [[New Year's Day|January 1]], 2004, the station chose to add the "-TV" suffix to the letters, hence the current callsign '''KUVI-TV'''. With the digital transition completed, the station replaced the "-TV" suffix with the "-DT" duffix on June 23, 2009 (all Univision-owned full-service television stations, regardless of whether or not they had a suffix after their call signs prior to the transition, now have a "-DT" suffix as part of their legal call signs).
===Buck Owens ownership and UPN affiliation===
[[File:Kuvi mntv.png|thumb|left|KUVI's MyNetwork TV Logo from September 5, 2006 to September 10, 2017]]
Less than a year after signing on the air, in October 1989, Dorothy Owens filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] reorganization to protect the station from its creditors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-31-1989-4413071/|date=October 31, 1989|title=Strapped station to maintain schedule: Chapter 11 filing won't affect family-style programming format|page=A10|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> The largest secured creditors were two banks, but a group of six program suppliers headlined the list of unsecured creditors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-14-1989-4413077/|title=Station's fate still up in air after hearing|pages=A1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-14-1989-4413080/ A2]|date=December 14, 1989|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> Buck Owens then filed a $4.5 million bid to purchase KDOB-TV and pay its creditors. Because of his ownership of [[KUZZ]]-AM-FM, he was normally not eligible to buy the station.<ref name="Bake891110">{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-10-1989-4413073/|date=November 10, 1989|title=Owens buys financially ailing KDOB from sister: FCC regulations change now allows ownership of radio and TV station|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-10-1989-4413076/ B2]|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> However, in bankruptcy, the FCC was more predisposed to waive its one-to-a-market rule for stations at risk of leaving the air. The licensees of Bakersfield's three other TV stations—[[KGET-TV]], [[KERO-TV]], and [[KBAK-TV]]—and [[KMPH-TV]] in [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] all objected to the deal. They pointed to Buck Owens guaranteeing a $1.5 million loan to Dorothy before the station went on the air; called the financing action deliberate to allow use of the so-called "failed station" waiver; and went on to declare the bankruptcy proceeding a "sham" devised to allow Buck Owens to take control of channel 45.<ref name="BC900108">{{Cite news|page=58|title=Bakersfield brouhaha|id={{ProQuest|1016932534}}|work=Broadcasting|date=January 8, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=January 11, 1990|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-11-1990-4413085/|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-11-1990-4413086/ B2]|first=Steve E.|last=Swenson|title=TV stations act to halt sale of KDOB in bankruptcy case |work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> A second bidder, Riklis Broadcasting (owner of [[KBEH|KADY-TV]] in [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]]), presented an offer, but it was far lower than the Owens bid, which would repay creditors in full.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-feb-01-1990-4413095/|first=Steve E.|last=Swenson|title=Owens faces competition in TV sale|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-feb-01-1990-4413096/ B2]|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=February 1, 1990}}</ref>
KUVI at first was tentatively awaiting to affiliate with [[The CW|The CW Television Network]] {{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}, but instead it was announced on June 15, 2006 that it would affiliate with [[MyNetworkTV]], despite the fact that owner Univision was sold to a group led by children's television mogul [[Haim Saban]] (founder of [[Saban Capital Group|Saban Entertainment]] and former co-owner of Fox Family Channel with [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] before it became [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-owned [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family Channel]]). [[Providence Equity Partners]], one of the private equity firms which are part of the Saban-led consortium, acquired a 19 percent stake in Univision at that time.
The bankruptcy court approved the sale to Buck Owens on February 28, 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-01-1990-4413098/ B2]|date=March 1, 1990|title=Judge OKs Owens' buy of TV outlet: FCC must still approve|first=Steve E.|last=Swenson|work=The Bakersfield Californian|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-01-1990-4413438/}}</ref> The FCC rejected the other stations' arguments as to the transaction, calling the deal a "last resort", and approved the sale in August.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-30-1990-4413100/|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-30-1990-4413102/ B2]|title=FCC OKs station sale to Owens: Cross-ownership rule is waived|date=August 30, 1990|first=Steve E.|last=Swenson|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> The deal closed in November, allowing Buck Owens to infuse new capital into purchasing programming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-13-1990-4413105/|pages=B1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-nov-13-1990-4413107/ B2]|title=Buck Owens now official as owner of KDOB station|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=November 13, 1990}}</ref> On March 18, 1991, KDOB-TV changed its call sign to KUZZ-TV to match the other Buck Owens stations.<ref name="Bake910302">{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-02-1991-4413118/|pages=D1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-02-1991-4413120/ D4]|date=March 2, 1991|title=KUZZ-TV prepares for debut|work=The Bakersfield Californian|first=Rick|last=Bentley}}</ref> In June 1993, channel 45 left Oildale to move into the complex on Sillect Avenue that housed KUZZ radio.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-11-1993-4413125/|date=June 11, 1993|title=KUZZ television leaves Oildate: Station joins other Buck Owens properties on Sillect Avenue|page=E20|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> Later that year, the station was the victim of a $1 million arson that destroyed its transmitter atop Mount Adelaide;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-02-1993-4413127/|title=KUZZ-TV gets back on air — somewhat |page=B1|first=Rick|last=Bentley|date=October 2, 1993|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref> a convicted felon was found to have likely been hired to carry out the crime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jan-26-1994-4413129/|first=Rob|last=Walters|page=B2|date=January 26, 1994|title=Man to get 8 years in KUZZ arson fire|work=The Bakersfield Californian}}</ref>
The CW affiliation ended up on KWFB, now officially called [[KGET-DT2]], as of September 18, 2006.
As Buck Owens relaunched channel 45, he inquired as to becoming the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate for Bakersfield. However, he encountered significant roadblocks. The network alleged that cable penetration in Bakersfield, and thus access to KMPH-TV or [[KTTV]] from Los Angeles, was high enough that another affiliate was unnecessary. KMPH-TV's owner, Harry Pappas, wielded significant influence within Fox as an active participant in network governance and the progenitor of [[Fox Kids]], which was structured as a consortium of Fox affiliates. He had obtained the Bakersfield-market rights to the network when KMPH affiliated with Fox in 1988.{{r|Bake910302}}<ref name="Fres911011">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-channel-26-gamble-paid/145426526/|date=October 11, 1991|page=E10|first=Lanny|last=Larson|title=Channel '26' gamble paid off big for Harry Pappas|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|location=Fresno, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193419/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-channel-26-gamble-paid/145426526/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Pappas questioned the wisdom of Fox affiliating with KUZZ-TV as a potential "duplication of service" given the relatively strong over-the-air signal and cable availability of KMPH-TV.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-05-1991-4413122/|page=B8|title=Fox affiliate questions Buck Owens' plan|date=March 5, 1991|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193418/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-05-1991-4413122/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994, KMPH-TV set up a translator in Bakersfield on [[KBFX-CD|channel 58]] as it prepared to move its transmitter to the north.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-25-1994-4413131/|pages=A1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-25-1994-4413139/ A2]|title=Sly move puts Fox, NFL on city TVs|date=May 25, 1994|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193418/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-25-1994-4413131/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1995, KUZZ-TV affiliated with the new [[UPN]] network.<ref>{{Cite news|pages=B1, B2|title=KUZZ-TV joins new Paramount Network|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-23-1994-4413444/|date=December 23, 1994|first=Rick|last=Bentley|work=The Bakersfield Californian|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193418/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-23-1994-4413444/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On April 20, 2007, [[iHeartMedia|Clear Channel]] entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group (which included [[KGET-TV|KGET]]) to [[Newport Television]], a broadcasting holding company controlled by [[Providence Equity Partners]]. However, with only four full-power stations, Bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co-owned duopoly operation. As a result, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] granted conditional approval of the deal, provided that Providence Equity Partners divest either KGET or its stake in Univision as soon as the sale was finalized. That occurred on March 14, 2008. KGET was divested by Newport Television to High Plains Broadcasting; however, Newport continued to manage that station through a [[shared services]] agreement (SSA) until it was sold to its current owner [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] in February 2013.
===Univision ownership===
On September 11, 2017, KUVI-DT became an affiliate of the Justice Network (now [[True Crime Network]]).
Buck Owens agreed in June 1997 to sell KUZZ-TV to [[Univision]] for $14 million. The station had not been actively on the market, but Univision approached with an initial offer of $12 million, was rebuffed, and won with a higher bid. The sale represented a tripling of Buck Owens's investment in the station.<ref name="Bake970628">{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-28-1997-4413152/|pages=A1, [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-28-1997-4413154/ A2]|title=Buck Owens sells television station for $14 million: KUZZ will be owned by Univision Television upon federal approval|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=June 28, 1997|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193418/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-28-1997-4413152/|url-status=live}}</ref> The acquisition was unusual for Univision, giving the company its first English-language TV station. The company committed to keeping channel 45 an English-language station, including honoring a recent renewal of its affiliation with UPN.{{r|Bake970628}} The main reason for the acquisition was to give Univision a fallback. [[KABE-CD|KABE-LP]], the low-power Univision station in Bakersfield, operated on channel 39, which also was a reserved educational channel for Bakersfield, and there was talk of a station being created to use it and thereby displace KABE. Local management concluded it would hurt channel 45—renamed KUVI—if UPN were demoted to low-power more than it would help Univision by moving to the full-power signal.<ref name="Fres980419">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-univision-foresees-biling/145388484/|date=April 19, 1998|pages=G1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-univision-bilingual-line/145388517/ G2]|first=Rick|last=Bentley|title=Univision foresees bilingual lineup|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|location=Fresno, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193459/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-univision-foresees-biling/145388484/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
In 2006, when UPN merged with [[The WB]] to form [[The CW]], KUVI affiliated with [[MyNetworkTV]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Albiniak |first1=Paige |last2=Downey |first2=Kevin |date=2007-01-13 |title=NATPE and New Shows |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/natpe-and-new-shows-81725 |access-date=2024-04-15 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208013405/https://www.nexttv.com/news/natpe-and-new-shows-81725 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 3, 2022, it switched affiliations from True Crime Network to [[Twist (TV network)|Twist]].
On September 11, 2017, KUVI-DT became an affiliate of the Justice Network (now [[True Crime Network]]) as part of an 11-market partnership between Univision and the [[digital multicast television network|diginet]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=September 6, 2017 |title=Univision Adds Justice Network In 11 Markets |url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/107013/univision-adds-justice-network-in-11-markets |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927210144/https://tvnewscheck.com/article/107013/univision-adds-justice-network-in-11-markets/ |archive-date=2020-09-27 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |work=TVNewsCheck |publisher=NewsCheck Media |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Coming Soon!! September 25th Justice 45 KUVI.|url=https://www.facebook.com/Justice45KUVI/posts/1483283455072215|access-date=2024-04-15|website=Justice 45 KUVI on Facebook|date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415193544/https://www.facebook.com/Justice45KUVI/posts/1483283455072215|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 3, 2022, it switched affiliations from True Crime Network to [[Twist (TV network)|Twist]] on January 3, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff3865228d9018656780dc70208|title=KUVI-DT 2022 Annual Report Summary of 2022 Core Programming Hours|date=February 15, 2023|author= KUVI License Partnership, G.P.|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> Twist shut down at the end of 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouma |first=Luke |date=December 23, 2023 |title=The OTA TV Network Twist is Shutting Down Next Week |url=https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-ota-tv-network-twist-is-shutting-down-next-week/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224032542/https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-ota-tv-network-twist-is-shutting-down-next-week/ |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |website=Cord Cutters News |language=en-US}}</ref> and was replaced with [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]].{{r|re}}
On December 18, 2023, it switched affiliations from Twist TV to [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]].
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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|+ Subchannels of KUVI-DT<ref name="re">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUVI#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KUVI-DT|access-date=September 17, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211721/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUVI#station|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|VideoRes.]]▼
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]▼
! scope = "col" | Short name▼
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.1
▲! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
| 45.1 || [[480i]] || rowspan=65| [[16:9]] || KUVI-DT || Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]▼
▲! [[Display resolution|Video]]
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
▲! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "row" | [[KABE-CD|45.2]]
▲! Short name
| [[KABE-CD|45.2]] || rowspan=2| [[720p]] || UVN HD || Simulcast of[[Univision]] ([[KABE-CD / [[Univision]])▼
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUVI#station RabbitEars TV Query for KUVI]</ref>
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" | [[KBTF-CD|45.3]]
| UNM HD || [[UniMás]] ([[KBTF-CD]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.5
▲| 45.1 || [[480i]] || rowspan=6| [[16:9]] || KUVI-DT || Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
| 45.5rowspan=2| 480i || CourtTV || [[Court TV]]▼
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.6
▲| [[KABE-CD|45.2]] || rowspan=2| [[720p]] || UVN HD || Simulcast of KABE-CD / [[Univision]]
| 45.6 || ShopLC || [[Shop LC]]▼
|-
| [[KBTF-CD|45.3]] || UNM HD || Simulcast of KBTF-CD / [[UniMás]]
|-
▲| 45.5 || CourtTV ||[[Court TV]]
|-
▲| 45.6 || ShopLC || [[Shop LC]]
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KUVI-TV began broadcasting a digital signal on August 12, 2002;<ref>{{Cite book|date=2006|chapter=KUVI-DT|title=Television and Cable Factbook|page=A-201}}</ref> it discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 45, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 55, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-6952–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era UHF channel 45.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{citeCite web |urldate=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdfMay 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |formaturl=PDF |accesshttp://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-date=201206-03-241082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-08-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
KUVI-DT relocated its signal from channel 45 to channel 26 on June 21, 2019, as a result of the [[2016 United States wireless spectrum auction]].<ref name="Repack Table">{{Cite web|url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|title=FCC TV Spectrum Phase Assignment Table|format=CSV|website=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160749/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Buck Owens]] (1929–2006)
==References==
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==External links==
{{Bakersfield TV}}
{{Univision Communications}}
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