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| Branding | KESQ News Now |
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| History | |
| 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 | 0.25kW |
| HAAT | 185.2 m (608 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N116°26′6″W / 33.86611°N 116.43500°W /33.86611; -116.43500 |
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Public license information | LMS |
KYAV-LD (channel 12) is alow-powerindependent television station inPalm Springs, California, United States, serving theCoachella Valley. It is owned by theNews-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongsideABC affiliateKESQ-TV (channel 42) and four other low-power stations:CBS affiliateKPSP-CD (channel 38),Fox affiliateKDFX-CD (channel 33),CW+ affiliateKCWQ-LD (channel 2), andTelemundo affiliateKUNA-LD (channel 15). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way inThousand Palms; KYAV-LD's transmitter is located on Edom Hill northeast ofCathedral City andI-10..
Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LD has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based inColombia, andMas Musica, a 24-hour Spanish-languagemusic video channel.
In January 2003, the station relaunched withAzteca América programming; that May, Desert Television—owner ofKPSP-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 ofAccuWeather, 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 toABC affiliateKESQ-TV andTelemundo affiliateKUNA-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.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 12.2 | 720p | 16:9 | Newsnow | Main KYAV-LD programming |
| 15.3 | 1080i | Telemun | Telemundo (KUNA-LD) | |
| 38.2 | CBSLCL2 | CBS (KPSP-CD) |
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