KFAA-TV

KFAA-TV
CityDecatur, Texas
Channels
BrandingKFAA 29
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WFAA
History
First air date
September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)
Former call signs
KMPX (1993–2024)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 29 (UHF, 1993–2009)
Call sign meaning
Similar to WFAA; see Call signs in the United States
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73701
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT544 m (1,785 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°35′20″N 96°58′5.9″W / 32.58889°N 96.968306°W / 32.58889; -96.968306
Links
Public license information
Websitewfaa.com

KFAA-TV (channel 29) is an independent television station licensed to Decatur, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside ABC affiliate WFAA (channel 8). The two stations are based at the WFAA Communications Center Studios in Downtown Dallas, with transmitter in Cedar Hill, Texas.

Channel 29 went on the air as KMPX in 1993 and was the original flagship station of the Daystar Television Network, a Christian ministry that operated from headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Colleyville and later Bedford. In 2003, Daystar acquired KDTN (channel 2) and sold KMPX to Liberman Broadcasting. Under Liberman, the station was a Spanish-language outlet, first as an independent station and later as the Dallas-area affiliate of Liberman's Estrella TV network. In 2020, KMPX was acquired by Tegna, giving it UHF spectrum to improve the reception of WFAA while continuing to broadcast Estrella TV as its primary subchannel. Tegna acquired the rights to telecast Dallas Mavericks basketball in 2024, with channel 29 airing most of the team's games, and concurrently switched the primary subchannel to an English-language independent station under the new call sign KFAA-TV.