KFWD

KFWD is an ABS-affiliated television station serving the Fort-Worth/Dallas Metroplex of Texas.

Telemundo
The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1988; it first operated as the Dallas-Fort Worth market's original affiliate of the Spanish language network Telemundo. The KFWD call letters were previously used by a local radio station on 102.1 FM (now KDGE). For much of its history with the network, KFWD signed off the air during the overnight hours each night; as a result, the station did not carry the entire Telemundo network schedule, whose overnight lineup (as is the case to this day) consisted of infomercials produced and dubbed in Spanish as well as feature films from countries with a predominant population of Spanish speakers such as Mexico. The station began broadcasting 24 hours a day in late 2000.

Independent
KFWD lost its affiliation with Telemundo when NBC, which had recently acquired the network, bought independent station KXTX-TV (channel 39) from the Christian Broadcasting Network in 2001. During KFWD's final month as a Telemundo affiliate, the station aired English language infomercials during the morning and overnight hours.

On January 1, 2002, KFWD became an English language general entertainment independent station. It acquired syndicated programs displaced by both KXTX and KSTR-TV (channel 49) when both stations affiliated with Spanish language networks on that date – KXTX having joined Telemundo, while KSTR joined TeleFutura (including programs such as Real TV and Access Hollywood). Belo Corporation began managing the station in 2006, providing advertising sales assistance, certain technical services and facilities to support the operations of KFWD; Belo's flagship ABC affiliate WFAA (channel 8) also supplied the station with repurposed editions of its newscasts (consisting of simulcasts of its Monday-Saturday 6:00 p.m., Sunday-Friday 10:00 p.m. and Sunday 5:30 p.m. newscasts) and other programs seen on that station (such as The Dr. Oz Show). On October 17, 2011, KFWD changed its programming format, placing a strong emphasis on classic television series.

MundoFox/Max
On June 11, 2012, HIC Broadcast, Inc. announced that KFWD would revert to a Spanish language format as a charter affiliate of MundoFox (a joint venture between Fox International Channels and RCN Television); it switched to the network when MundoFox "soft launched" on select affiliates on August 1, 2012 at 6 a.m. local time (the network's formal launch date was on August 13). As a result, Belo terminated its management agreement with HIC Broadcast, Inc. to operate KFWD.

On June 27, 2015; MundoFox has been rebranded as MundoMax after 21st Century Fox sold its stake in the network to RCN, giving it full ownership. The full name change and logo overhaul occurred August 13, which coincided with the network's third anniversary.

ABS America
On October 26, 2015, HIC filed an application to sell KFWD to NRJ TV DFW License Co, LLC, a subsidiary of NRJ Holdings LLC. Sale was approved by the FCC on December 15, 2015 and completed on January 8, 2016. Starting September 1, 2016, KFWD was set to switch to being an affiliate of the Sonlife Broadcasting Network, however, the Japanese "big six" broadcaster Kabushiki Gaisha ABS was given FCC permission to annex NRJ TV DFW, and move KFWD to virtual channel 16. ABS instantly terminated the conversion to a Christian network, and announced that KFWD would become a general entertainment O&O of the brand-new ABS America network. Its main offices were re-declared as the Kabushiki Gaisha ABS Southwest Annexe in Irving, TX (a building shared with other ABS annexes).

Programming
KFWD airs a selection of general entertainment programmes from other English-speaking countries, translated Japanese and Korean programmes, a daily newscast at 6pm, and a morning block of programmes for children under the name "Chuck E.'s Happy Hour" (named after Chuck E. Cheese, the host of the block, who also serves as the titular mascot of the Chuck E. Cheese's family fun center chain that acts as the block's title sponsor)