U.S. HISPANIC
Una Vez Mas to acquire KFTY-TV serving San Francisco Bay Area
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 28 de julio de 2011
Una Vez Mas, the largest affiliate group of the Azteca América television network announced that it has entered into an agreement with High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. and Newport Television, LLC for the acquisition of KFTY, Channel 50, Santa Rosa, California. In addition to Santa Rosa, KFTY serves the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose markets and is carried on Comcast Channel 31 and DirecTV and Dish Channel 50 throughout. Upon consummation of the transaction, KFTY will become an Azteca América affiliate. My roots are in the Bay Area and my father owned one of the first Spanish-language television stations there. This is like a homecoming for me. San Francisco is now the 9th largest Spanish-language television market with more than 390,000 Hispanic households and an ideal place for UVM to expand its footprint, said Terry Crosby, Chairman and CEO of Una Vez Mas.While this is an existing Azteca América market, it is a new one for UVM. With the improved coverage afforded by KFTY and our years of experience operating Azteca América stations we will be an asset to our community and to our network, stated Randy Nonberg, president of UVM.
