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| City | Yuma, Arizona |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Telemundo 3 (cable channel) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 35.1:Telemundo |
| Ownership | |
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| KECY-TV,KYMA-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | October 24, 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-10-24) |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 35 (UHF, 2001–2021) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 19781 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 8kW |
| HAAT | 83.5 m (274 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°38′31″N114°33′37″W / 32.64194°N 114.56028°W /32.64194; -114.56028 |
| Translator(s) | KECY-TV 9.4El Centro, CA |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | kyma |
KESE-LD (channel 35) is alow-power television station licensed toYuma, Arizona, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, Californiamarket as an affiliate of the Spanish-languageTelemundo network. It is owned by theNews-Press & Gazette Company, alongside El Centro–licensedFox/ABC/CW+ affiliateKECY-TV (channel 9); NPG also provides certain services to Yuma-licensed dualCBS/NBC affiliateKYMA-DT (channel 13) through ashared services agreement (SSA) withImagicomm Communications. The three stations share studios on South 4th Avenue in downtown Yuma, with an advertising sales office on West Main Street in El Centro; KESE-LD's transmitter is located southeast of Yuma.
The station signed on in October 1997 as the first full-time Telemundo outlet for the Yuma–El Centro market. Prior to the sign-on of the station, KSWT (nowKYMA-DT) had a secondary affiliation with Telemundo, carrying some of the network's programs in the late night hours; the full Telemundo schedule could only be viewed over-the-air in western portions of the California side of the market viaSan Diego/Tijuana affiliateXHAS-TV (now aCanal 66 affiliate) or on some cable providers in the area via the network's national feed.
The station began with an original construction permit granted on October 24, 1997. The station was assigned the callsign K35EX and was owned by Estrella License Corporation. Gulf-California Broadcast Company acquired the station in October 2000, applied for a station license in November, and changed the station's callsign to KESE-LP in December. TheFederal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the station a license on February 2, 2001.
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 35.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | TLMD | Telemundo |
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In September 2006, KESE-LP was identified as a singleton applicant for a companion digital LPTV signal on UHF channel 40.[2] A singleton applicant is one whose application for a construction permit has no competition from nearby applications on the same or adjacent channels. As a singleton applicant, the station is likely to be granted a construction permit. Currently, KESE-LP can be seen (in1080i fullhigh definition) on KECY's digital subchannel 9.4, a full power station.
On April 19, 2021, KESE-LP was licensed for digital operation on channel 35, changing its call sign to KESE-LD.
