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| Channels | |
| Branding | Fox 11 (cable channel) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Fox |
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| KESQ-TV,KPSP-CD,KCWQ-LD,KUNA-LD,KYAV-LD,KUNA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | March 2, 1990 (1990-03-02) |
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| CBS (viaKECY-TV, 1990–1994) | |
Call sign meaning | Desert Fox |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51207 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 196.9 m (646 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58.1″N116°26′5″W / 33.866139°N 116.43472°W /33.866139; -116.43472 |
| Translator(s) | KESQ-TV 33.2 Palm Springs |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KDFX-CD (channel 33, cable channel 11) is alow-power,Class A television station licensed to bothIndio andPalm Springs, California, United States, serving as theFox affiliate for theCoachella Valley. It is owned by theNews-Press & Gazette Company alongsideABC affiliateKESQ-TV (channel 42) and four other low-power stations: Class ACBS affiliateKPSP-CD (channel 38),CW affiliateKCWQ-LD (channel 2),Telemundo affiliateKUNA-LD (channel 15), andindependent stationKYAV-LD (channel 12). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way inThousand Palms; KDFX-CD's transmitter is located on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City andI-10.
Along with other major Coachella Valley television stations, KDFX identifies itself on-air using itscable designation (Fox 11) rather than its over-the-air channel position. The unusual practice stems in part from the area's exceptionally high cablepenetration rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the United States.
In addition to its own digital signal, KDFX issimulcast instandard definition on KESQ's fourthdigital subchannel (virtual channel 33.2) from the same Edom Hill transmitter facility.
The station signed on March 2, 1990, as K40DB, atranslator of CBS affiliateKECY-TV inEl Centro and began identifying as "KDBA-TV".[2] The station was added on cable television on November 1, 1992. Along with its parent outlet, the station switched to Fox in September 1994, becoming the first CBS affiliate in the United States to join the so-called "fourth network" outside of the network's1994 affiliation agreement withNew World Communications. In fact, one reason owner JudgeRobinson O. Everett ofWilmington, North Carolina signed with Fox was because Fox was willing to give Everett the primary Palm Springs affiliation, whereas CBS felt thatKCBS-TV had sufficient penetration in the area and was demanding that the company's CBS affiliates resume producing local news.[3] Prior to this switch, KECY aired some Fox programming,[4] and cable viewers receivedKTTV from Los Angeles.[5]
In 1997, Pacific Media Corporation (which was principally controlled by Robinson O. Everett) entered into alocal management agreement (LMA) with a subsidiary ofBeverly Hills, California–based Lambert Broadcasting, LLC. That company split the translator off and relaunched it as a separate Fox affiliate serving the Coachella Valley. On August 23 of that year, the station moved to UHF channel 33 and adopted KDFX-LP as itscall sign. The LMA and options to purchase the two stations were sold a year later to the News-Press Gazette Company ofSt. Joseph, Missouri, bringing KDFX under common control with KESQ-TV.[6] Lambert invested heavily in the station and upgraded it to Class A status on April 7, 2003, as KDFX-CA. In November 2007, NPG filed to buy the stations for $2 million.[7] The station was licensed for digital operation on March 18, 2015, taking on the call sign KDFX-CD.
KDFX airs a two-hour morning newscast (7–9 a.m.) and 6:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts from KESQ-TV.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 33.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KDFX-LD | Fox |
| 33.2 | KCWQ-LD | The CW Plus (KCWQ-LD) | ||
| 33.3 | 480i | DDFX | Dabl |
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