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| City | Visalia, California[a] |
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| Branding | MyTV 53 |
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| Owner | My Central Valley,LLC |
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| History | |
| Founded | February 18, 1997 |
First air date | April 28, 2000 (25 years ago) (2000-04-28) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16944 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 126 kW |
| HAAT | 827.7 m (2,716 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°17′14.2″N118°50′18.6″W / 36.287278°N 118.838500°W /36.287278; -118.838500 |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
KNXT-LD (channel 53) is atelevision station licensed toVisalia, California, United States, serving theFresno andBakersfield markets as an affiliate ofMyNetworkTV.[3][4] The station is owned by My Central Valley,LLC. Despite KNXT-LD legally holding alow-power license, it transmits using the full-power spectrum ofKIFR (channel 49) through achannel sharing agreement,[1] from an antenna on Blue Ridge in rural northwesternTulare County.
The station was started as K57HZ, originally licensed toBakersfield and transmitting on channel 57, on April 28, 2000, by Cocola Broadcasting. Cocola sold the station to theRoman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, which owned regional Catholic station KNXT (channel 49), in 2007 for $1.4 million. It then moved to channel 38 and became atranslator of KNXT, which also appeared on Bakersfield cable systems.[5]
In 2020, the diocese shut down KNXT owing to high costs.[6] In the case of the Bakersfield translator, a digital television conversion also needed to be conducted. KIFR, anon-commercial educational station, was sold to Vita Broadcasting and becameKIFR, while a commercial firm, My Central Valley, LLC, acquired the Bakersfield translator.[7]
As of 2025, KNXT airs live professional sports programming featuringCentral Valley Fuego FC ofUSL League One andVisalia Rawhide ofMinor League Baseball.[8]
KNXT simulcast sister stationKMSG-LD's newscast, and offered2+1⁄2 hours of news per week (30 minutes each weekday) with the San Joaquin Valley's only 8 p.m. newscast,My 53 News at 8:00, anchored by news director Austin Reed, which debuted April 1, 2022. The newscast was canceled in early 2024, soon after Reed's departure.
| License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| KIFR | 49.1 | 720p | 16:9 | DStrES | Daystar Español |
| 49.2 | 480i | ESNE | ESNE TV | ||
| 49.3 | 720p | DAYSTR | Daystar | ||
| 49.4 | 480i | ARTS | Classic Arts Showcase | ||
| 49.7 | Point | The Point TV | |||
| KNXT-LD | 53.1 | 720p | MyTV53 | MyNetworkTV | |
| 53.7 | 480i | TheWalk | The Walk TV |
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