KYAV-LD
Television station in Palm Springs, California
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KYAV-LD (channel 12) is a low-power independent television station in Palm Springs, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside ABC affiliate KESQ-TV (channel 42) and four other low-power stations: CBS affiliate KPSP-CD (channel 38), Fox affiliate KDFX-CD (channel 33), CW+ affiliate KCWQ-LD (channel 2), and Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LD (channel 15). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way in Thousand Palms; KYAV-LD's transmitter is located on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10..
- 12.2: Independent
- 15.3: Telemundo
- 38.2: CBS
- News-Press & Gazette Company
- (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
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| Branding | KESQ News Now |
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| Founded | July 25, 1990 |
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Call sign meaning | Yucca Valley |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2961 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 0.25 kW |
| HAAT | 185.2 m (608 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N 116°26′6″W |
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Public license information | LMS |
History
Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LD has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in Colombia, and Mas Musica, a 24-hour Spanish-language music video channel.
In January 2003, the station relaunched with Azteca América programming; that May, Desert Television—owner of KPSP-CD—acquired the outlet.[2]
On October 18, 2009, the then-KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal ceased operations.[citation needed] On February 22, 2012, the station changed its call sign to KYAV-LD. The station became an affiliate of AccuWeather, a 24-hour weather network that features live reports and forecasts.
In January 2012, News-Press & Gazette Company acquired the non-license assets of KYAV and KPSP; a year later, it purchased the stations' licenses outright. The deals made KYAV a sister station to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV and Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP, among other stations.[3]
As of 2019, the AccuWeather affiliation (which has been discontinued from most of its affiliates by this point) has been dropped in favor of a "News" format.
