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| City | Twentynine Palms, California |
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| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-12-01) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 31 (UHF, 1997–2003) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16729 |
| ERP | 150kW |
| HAAT | 784 m (2,572 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°2′16.8″N116°48′49.9″W / 34.038000°N 116.813861°W /34.038000; -116.813861 |
| Translator(s) | see§ Translators |
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Public license information | |
| Website | kvmdtv |
KVMD (channel 31) is atelevision station inTwentynine Palms, California, United States, which primarily airspaid programming. Station owner Ronald Ulloa is also president and majority owner ofRancho Palos Verdes–licensedindependent stationKXLA (channel 44). KVMD's studios are located on Corinth Avenue (nearInterstate 405) inWest Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Snow Peak in theSan Bernardino Mountains, north ofBanning, California; its broadcast signal covers most of the area within theInland Empire.
KVMD's signal is relayed by twolow-powertranslators:KSMV-LD inLos Angeles andKIMG-LD inVentura, both of which also broadcast on digital channel 23 and virtual channel 31. The station is carried throughout the Los Angelesmedia market on variouscable television systems. KVMD-DT is also available onDirecTV andDish Network on channel 31, its formeranalog channel.
The station broadcasts digitally on 19subchannels. Currently, programming is offered inEnglish,Spanish,Mandarin Chinese,Vietnamese andArmenian.
On December 1, 1997, KVMD launched on analog channel 31 withAmerica One programming. Its original analog signal was weak and could not generally be received beyond Twentynine Palms andYucca Valley. However, it sought and obtained carriage on many cable systems throughout Southern California, as well assatellite TV, due to its location on the outskirts of the Los Angeles DMA andFederal Communications Commission (FCC)must-carry rules.
On July 29, 2002, its digital signal went on the air on channel 23. This signal is much stronger, potentially reaching 80 times as many viewers over the air as its analog signal, and covering most of theInland Empire. It also reaches much ofLos Angeles,Orange and northernSan Diego counties.
On June 1, 2003, KVMD became the first station in the country to shut off its analog channel and go digital-only, in support of the government-mandateddigital transition.
On June 1, 2008, KVMD started to air ARTN Armenian programming every night. On August 31, 2017, KVMD discontinued ARTN programming and moved to cable-only; KVMD also switched toAlmavision programming.
In December 2017, it was announced that the station will become the Los Angeles market'sLATV affiliate on January 1, 2018, replacingKJLA, which became the market's newAzteca América affiliate.
On July 1, 2021, KVMD replaced its affiliation with LATV on its main channel withNew Tang Dynasty Television (NTD). The former LATV affiliation moved to its fifth subchannel.
On October 20, 2023, NTD pulled its affiliation from KVMD’s main channel. The programming has been replaced with infomercials.
KVMD began to carry thePhil McGraw-backedMerit Street Media on its debut day, April 2, 2024, under a programming agreement with theTrinity Broadcasting Network to assure main-channelmust-carry coverage of the network on pay-TV providers throughout the Los Angeles market. TBN flagshipKTBN-TV (channel 40) carries Merit Street on its second subchannel, but as it also asks for must-carry coverage which disallows subchannel carriage, would have had to make separate agreements with providers to carry the network otherwise.
In June 2025, KVMD disaffiliated from Merit TV due to a payment dispute with Merit Street Media, and replaced the programming with infomercials.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 31.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KVMD-DT | Infomercials |
| 31.2 | 480i | 4:3 | CRTV | |
| 31.3 | iCitiTV | iCitiTV(in Chinese) | ||
| 31.4 | CRTV | Infomercials | ||
| 31.5 | RCTV | Rare Collectibles TV | ||
| 31.6 | ShopLC | Shop LC | ||
| 31.7 | CRTV | Infomercials | ||
| 31.8 | WCETV | WCETV /CCTV-4(in Chinese) | ||
| 31.9 | CRTV | Infomercials | ||
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| 35.1 | KTAV | Spanish Religious (KTAV-LD) | ||
| 57.8 | VIETOCC | VIETOCC(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.10 | 16:9 | VIETPHO | VietPho TV(in Vietnamese) | |
| 57.13 | 4:3 | VCAL | VCAL TV(in Vietnamese) | |
| 57.14 | VMTV | VietMedia TV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.15 | BBTV | BBTV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.16 | IVTV | IVTV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.17 | VNBC | VNBC TV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.18 | VISION | VVTV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.19 | IBC | IBC-TV(in Vietnamese) | ||
| 57.20 | P&H TV | An Binh Hanh Phúc TV(in Vietnamese) |
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