KDFI
MyNetworkTV station in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
KDFI (channel 27), branded as Fox 4 Plus, is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is programmed primarily as an independent station, but maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. KDFI is owned by Fox Television Stations alongside KDFW (channel 4) and the two stations share studios on North Griffin Street in downtown Dallas; KDFI's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas.
Channel 27 began broadcasting in January 1981 as KTWS-TV. It was built by Liberty STV, a subsidiary of Oregon-based Liberty Television, and was primarily created to serve as a conduit for over-the-air subscription television programming. It was the third such station to sign on within four months in the Metroplex. The station's subscription programs originally came from Preview, a division of American Television & Communications. The Dallas–Fort Worth market was home to intense competition in subscription TV, as three different companies operated over a period lasting nearly two years. The market experienced a shake-out that began in September 1982, when VEU, a competing service owned by Golden West Broadcasters, acquired Preview's Metroplex operations. VEU then moved its programming from KNBN to KTWS-TV. By the end of April 1983, VEU was the last subscription system standing.
Liberty Television was purchased by Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a major owner of cable systems, in 1983.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “KDFI” is myNetworkTV station in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through KDFI, MyNetworkTV and station, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6327799. Authority coordinates are 32.543, -96.959. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1982 and 1983.
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This entry incorporates text from “KDFI” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.