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1981-1984 1984-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2006 2006-2017 2017-present
1981-1984 1984-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2006 2006-2017 2017-present

KTWS-TV[]

1981–1984[]

Ktws82

The station first signed on the air on January 26, 1981, as KTWS-TV. Originally operating as an independent station, KDFI initially maintained a mixed information and entertainment schedule, running low-cost syndicated and barter programs (consisting of cartoons, sitcoms and drama series, religious programs, westerns and some public domain movies) from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. weekdays, a mix of public affairs, outdoor sports and children's programs on Saturday mornings, and religious programs on Sunday mornings.

KDFI (-TV)[]

1984–1994[]

KDFI - mid 1980's

On October 25, 1983, Liberty Television sold the station to Richardson-based Dallas Media Investors Corporation (owned by former KDFW station manager John A. McKay and American Stock Exchange chairman Arthur Levin) for $12 million. The station briefly went dark after the sale was finalized on June 27, 1984; the following month, the station returned to the air and its call letters were changed to the current KDFI-TV on August 16, 1984. In February 1994, Argyle Television took over management responsibilities for KDFI under a local marketing agreement with Dallas Media Investors.

1994–1996[]

KDFI 27

1996–1997[]

Dallas-MNS-logo

1997–2006[]

Pre-My KDFI

In December 1999, four months after the FCC began permitting television station duopolies, Fox Television Stations purchased KDFI from Dallas Media Investors for $6.2 million, creating a legal duopoly with KDFW, becoming the first television duopoly in the Metroplex and the first duopoly that Fox operated as a whole (predating the group's acquisition of Chris-Craft/United Television's UPN-affiliated stations on August 12, 2000).

2006–2017[]

KDFI My 27

KDFI officially joined MyNetworkTV upon that network's launch on September 5, 2006, two weeks prior to the cessation of UPN's operations on September 17. KDFI was the only one to have been an independent station prior to joining MyNetworkTV and also the largest MyNetworkTV-affiliated station, in terms of market size, to not have been formerly affiliated with either UPN or The WB prior to joining the network (which would convert into a "syndication service" in September 2009). The station began branding itself on-air as "My 27" shortly after the announcement, reflecting the new network's branding conventions.

2017–present[]

KDFI FOX 4 More Channel 27


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