KVFX

**KVFX** (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Ogden, Utah, that serves the Salt Lake City area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by the Dorado Media Group, which also owns the Salt Lake City-based CBS affiliate KSYX (channel 6) and the independent station KRSL-TV (channel 14). The stations share studios on South Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City, while KVFX's transmitter is located above Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains.

## History

On December 6, 1998, the station debuted on the air as KMXL, initially operating as an independent station. It became the UPN affiliate for the Salt Lake City market after KRSL-TV (channel 14) lost its affiliation with the network in January 2001. A disagreement over affiliate fees, preemption conditions, and what KJZZ ownership perceived as the lack of financial feasibility of urban-themed programming in the Salt Lake City market led to this transition. KRSL made national headlines in October 2000 when it claimed the ability to terminate its contract with UPN if the network extended its "urban/ethnic programming" to more than two hours per week. UPN replied by shifting its programming to KMXL, which subsequently changed its call sign to KVFX. The station relocated its operations from its original studio in Ogden to the International Center in Salt Lake City in August 2001.

Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner, and CBS Corporation announced on January 24, 2006, that they would shut down The WB and UPN and combine their different content to form a new "fifth" network called The CW. KVFX discontinued utilizing UPN branding on its website later that year, instead referring to itself as "Utah's TV 24." In retaliation for being passed over by The CW (which went to former WB affiliate KOOG, channel 30) and another new network, News Corporation's MyNetworkTV, KVFX pulled UPN programs from its schedule on June 5, 2006. (which at the time went to KRSL-TV, which has since reverted to independent status).

KVFX, Utah Communications, LLC's licensee, applied with the FCC on May 30, 2007, to sell the station to Liberman Broadcasting, a media business interested in Spanish-language independent stations. The transaction closed November 30, 2007. After Liberman assumed control, the station continued to broadcast in English until February 2008, when it adopted a programming format in Spanish. KVFX and the other Liberman television stations became owned and operated by Estrella TV on September 14, 2009.

Liberman announced the sale of KVFX to HC2 Holdings on June 20, 2018; the transaction was finalized on October 26. Upon conclusion of the transaction, the station became affiliated with Azteca América, a network owned by HC2 Holdings.

On August 28, 2022, KVFX severed its ties with Azteca América without giving prior notice to the public. They then became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV after the Dorado Media Group transferred their license of KMUT to the ACME Television Stations Group, which is part of the network.

## Technical information

### Subchannels

The digital signal from the station is multiplexed as follows:

 **6.1** | 1080i

### Analog-to-digital conversion

As part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, KVFX deactivated its analog signal on VHF channel 12 on June 12, 2009, and continued digital broadcasts on VHF channel 9. (using virtual channel 12).