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| KEVC-CD,KLOB,KMIR-TV,KPST-FM,KVER-CD,KVES-LD | |
| History | |
First air date | January 3, 2000 (25 years ago) (2000-01-03) |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 50 (UHF, 2000–2014) |
Call sign meaning | "King of Palm Springs Entertainment" (slogan) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 181414 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 1kW |
| HAAT | 210.9 m (692 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°52′0.0″N116°26′2″W / 33.866667°N 116.43389°W /33.866667; -116.43389 |
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Public license information | LMS |
KPSE-LD (channel 50) is alow-power television station licensed toPalm Springs, California, United States, serving theCoachella Valley as an affiliate ofMyNetworkTV. It is owned byEntravision Communications (as the company's only MyNetworkTV affiliate), and issister toNBC affiliateKMIR-TV (channel 36, also licensed to Palm Springs),Indio-licensedUnivision affiliateKVER-CD (channel 41) andUniMás affiliateKEVC-CD (channel 5). KPSE and KMIR share studios on Parkview Drive inPalm Desert; KEVC and KVER maintain separate facilities on Corporate Way, also in Palm Desert. KPSE's transmitter is located atop Edom Hill inCathedral City.
The station signed on January 3, 2000, as KPSE-LP on channel 50, themarket's first locally basedUPN affiliate. Owned by Mirage Media, it immediately replacedLos Angeles'KCOP-TV on Coachella Valley'sTime Warner Cable system; until KPSE's launch, KCOP had served as UPN'sde facto affiliate for Palm Springs. After UPN andThe WB shut down and merged in 2006 to formThe CW (which affiliated withKCWQ-LP and a subchannel ofABC affiliateKESQ-TV), KPSE joined MyNetworkTV.
On September 26, 2007,Journal Communications (owner of KMIR) announced its purchase of KPSE from Mirage Media for$4.7 million with the transaction receiving approval January 28, 2008. In October 2013, Journal reached a deal to sell KMIR and KPSE toOTA Broadcasting, LLC (a company controlled byMichael Dell'sMSD Capital).[2] The sale was completed January 1, 2014[3]
Along with other major Coachella Valley stations, KPSE-LP formerly identified itself on-air using itscable channel 13 position (which it took over from KCOP-TV) rather than its over-the-air analog channel position. This unusual practice (also common in theFort Myers–Naples, Florida market) stems in part from Palm Springs's exceptionally high cablepenetration rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the United States. The station now brands simply as "KPSE My TV".
On September 22, 2011, Journal was granted aconstruction permit for a new low-power digital station on channel 29,[4] which was immediately issued the call sign K29KF-D.[5] On September 3, 2014, OTA Broadcasting changed K29KF-D's call letters to KPSG-LD[5] and applied for a license to cover the permit;[6] a week later, channel 29 became KPSE-LD,[5] while KPSE-LP on channel 50 took the KPSG-LP call sign.[7] On May 26, 2015, the KPSG-LP license was canceled.[8]
On July 21, 2017, it was announced thatSpanish-language broadcasterEntravision Communications (minority owned byUnivision Communications) was acquiring KPSE andKMIR-TV for $21 million. The sale to Entravision will make both stations a sister stations toKEVC-CD,KVER-CD andKVES-LD.[9] The transaction was completed on November 1.[10]
Due to its low-power status, the station was pulled from Time Warner Cable systems at midnight on July 11, 2013, in aretransmission consent dispute with Time Warner; KMIR continued to air on the system due to rules disallowing full-power stations from being pulled during asweeps period.[11] KMIR, along with all Journal stations, was pulled at midnight on July 25, 2013, off Time Warner systems at the end of the sweeps period.[12] On September 20, 2013, a deal was reached to return Journal's stations, including KMIR and KPSE, to Time Warner Cable; as part of the deal, KPSE moved to channel 20, ceding its former channel 13 slot to KMIR (which lost its longtime channel 6 position toGame Show Network).[13]
Sister station KMIR produces three local news broadcasts for KPSE-LD. This includes a two-hour extension of the NBC affiliate's weekday morning show. Known asKMIR News Today on KPSE My TV, the program can be seen from 7 to 9 a.m. offering a local alternative toToday. There is a nightly prime time newscast calledKMIR News at 10:00 on KPSE My TV that runs for 30 minutes. All KPSE-LD broadcasts compete with local news seen onClass A Fox affiliateKDFX-CD that is produced by rival KESQ and KPSP.
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 50.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KPSE-LD | Main KPSE-LD programming /MyNetworkTV |
| 50.2 | 480i | Grit | Grit | |
| 50.3 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 50.4 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
| 50.5 | Audio only | KLOB | Simulcast ofKLOB-FM / Radio La Suavecita 94.7 | |