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{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KQDF-LD
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| logo =
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| branding = Visión Latina
| digital = 25 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual = 25
| translators =
| affiliations = [[#Digital channels|(see below)]]
| founded = October 27, 1994
| airdate = {{start date and age|1997|12|11|p=y}}
| location = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Albuquer'''Q'''ue [[XHDF-TDT|XH'''DF''']] (TV Azteca flagship station)
| former_callsigns = K68EO (1997-1998)<br />K35FC (1998-2002)<br />KQDF-LP (2002-2020)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br />35 (UHF, 1999-2002)<br />25 (UHF, 2002-2020)
| owner = [[HC2 Holdings]]
| licensee = HC2 Station Group, Inc.
| sister_stations = [[KWPL-LD]]
| former_affiliations = Gems (1999-2001), mun2 (2001), [[Azteca América]] (2001-2022)
| erp = 15.0 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
| haat =
| class = [[low-power broadcasting|LPTV]]
| facility_id = 32283
| website =
}}
}}

'''KQDF-LD''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital television|digital]] channel 25, is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] Visión Latina [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], United States. The station is owned by [[HC2 Holdings]] and licensed to HC2 Station Group. KQDF-LD's transmitter is located atop Nine Mile Hill, west of Albuquerque.

==History==
This station signed on in mid-1999 as K35FC on UHF channel 35. It originally aired programming from a Spanish-language network called Gems Television. It would later carry [[mun2]] a secondary network from [[Telemundo]]. In late 2001, this station had to cease broadcast on channel 35 to make way for the digital broadcast of [[KNME]]. It returned to the air in 2002 moving to channel 25 as KQDF-LP, airing programming from Azteca America.

The station was originally owned by Joseph W. Shaffer. In 2005, it was acquired by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC of [[Dallas, Texas]]. In early 2014, the broadcast assets of Una Vez Mas (UVM) were acquired by Northstar Media.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140113005106/en/Northstar-Media-Acquires-UVM-Broadcast-Assets#.VNXH2dLF_Ss|title=Northstar Media Acquires UVM Broadcast Assets|date=January 13, 2014}}</ref>

On October 9, 2015, KQDF-LP and three other low-powered television stations were sold to [[DTV America]], a Florida-based company which operates many LPTV stations affiliated with a few different commercial networks. The sale was approved by the FCC on December 3, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101693157&formid=345&fac_num=32283|title = CDBS Print}}</ref> DTV America had also purchased K38IM, one of 32 low-powered stations the company acquired from Three Angels Broadcasting Network.<ref>http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/87245/station-trading-roundup-4-deals-408m {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> This gave DTV America two stations in the Albuquerque market, however both were still in analog. In late April 2016, DTV America also acquired the licenses for three inactive digital TV stations in Santa Fe which all have construction permits. The stations are [[KAOE-LD]] channel 14, KFJK-LD channel 19 (license canceled on October 29, 2020),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=183555|title = Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC}}</ref> and [[KWPL-LD]] channel 45 purchased for $12,000 from Paul G. Donner.<ref>http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/94279/station-trading-roundup-3-deals653m {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> DTV America is a subsidiary of HC2 Holdings.

KQDF-LP was licensed for digital operation on December 21, 2020, and changed its call sign to KQDF-LD.

==Digital channels==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming<ref name=hc2>[https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=32283 Digital TV Market Listing for KQDF-LP]</ref>
|-
| 25.1
| rowspan=5|[[480i]]
| [[16:9]]
| rowspan=5|KQDF-LD
| Visión Latina
|-
| 25.2
| rowspan=4|[[4:3]]
| [[ShopHQ]]
|-
| 25.3
| Majestad TV
|-
| 25.4
| [[beIN Sports|beIN Sports Xtra]] (Spanish)
|-
| 25.5
| [[Shop LC]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|32283|KQDF-LD}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|183550|KAOE-LD}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|40743|K38IM}}
*<!--{{FCC-LMS-Facility|?|KUMI-LD}}-->

{{Albuquerque TV}}
{{HC2 Holdings}}
{{New Mexico Spanish stations}}


[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Albuquerque, New Mexico]]

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