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KXOF-CA channel 39 is a low powered Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 affiliate in Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

, owned by Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications Corporation is a media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic markets. They are the largest affiliate...

. KXOF also airs MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 programming from 10pm - Midnight, and LATV
LATV
LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico....

 programming from 3am-5am. KXOF can also be seen on KLDO-TV
KLDO-TV
KLDO-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Laredo, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 19 as an affiliate of Univision. Founded February 14, 1984, the station is owned by Entravision.-History:...

 digital subchannel 27.3 in 480i SD and on KETF-CD subchannel 31.2 in 720p HD. KXOF is preparing a local newscast which will launch sometime in the future.

History

Under the ownership of "Aracelia Ortiz, Executrix of the Estate Of Carlos Ortiz" (co-founders of La Familia Network
La Familia Network
La Familia Network, or LFN, is a Spanish language, family-oriented television network based in Harlingen, Texas. Clark Ortiz is President of LFN.-History :La Familia Network was created by Mr. Clark Ortiz from Harlingen, Texas...

 and Fe-TV
Fe-TV
Fe-TV is a Spanish-language broadcast television network providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community. Based in Harlingen, Texas, the network is an outreach of Faith Pleases God Church, along with sister network La Familia Network . In August 2006, the network went off the air for what...

), it broadcast programming from TBN Enlace USA
TBN Enlace USA
Enlace TBN USA, also known as TBN Enlace or Enlace USA, headquartered in Tustin, California, is the United States version of the Spanish-language cable television network Enlace providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community...

 24 hours a day, as KNEZ-CA. In March 2007, the station was acquired by Entravision Communications Corporation, owners of KLDO-TV
KLDO-TV
KLDO-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Laredo, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 19 as an affiliate of Univision. Founded February 14, 1984, the station is owned by Entravision.-History:...

 and KETF-CA
KETF-CA
KETF-CD is a Class A Digital television station in Laredo, Texas, broadcasting locally as an affiliate of the Telefutura network on digital channel 31.1, it is also available on KLDO-TV's digital subchannel 19.2 / 27.2. KETF's digital channel 31 also has two subchannels 31.2 KXOF Fox and 31.3...

, with the intent to affiliate the station with the Fox network. In July 2007 Entravision changed the station's callsign to KXOF and began to air Fox programming.

Laredo did not have a Fox affiliated station since 2002, when the network was carried on XHFTX-TV (now XHLAR-TV
XHLAR-TV
XHLAR-TV is the television call sign for the Televisa Regional television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The channel can also be seen in the Laredo, Texas market. In addition to local news and programming, XHLAR also airs a selection of programming from Televisa's Canal de las...

, a secondary Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 affiliate). Between 2002 and 2007, Laredo could only receive Fox programming on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...

 through San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

's KABB
KABB
KABB is the Fox Network affiliate television station in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with The CW Television Network affiliate KMYS by the Sinclair Broadcast Group...

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