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KESE-LD (channel 35) is a
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. The
low-power television station
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licensed to Yuma, Arizona
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, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, California
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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo
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network. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company
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, alongside El Centro–licensed Fox
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/ABC
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/ CW+ affiliate KECY-TV
KECY-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to El Centro, California, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, California market as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by the News-Pres ...
(channel 9); NPG also provides certain services to Yuma-licensed dual CBS
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/NBC
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affiliate KYMA-DT
KYMA-DT (channels 11 and 13) is a television station licensed to Yuma, Arizona, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona– El Centro, California market as an affiliate of CBS and NBC. It is owned by Imagicomm Communications, which maint ...
(channel 13) through a shared services
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agreement (SSA) with Imagicomm Communications
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. 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.
History
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
KYMA-DT (channels 11 and 13) is a television station licensed to Yuma, Arizona, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona– El Centro, California market as an affiliate of CBS and NBC. It is owned by Imagicomm Communications, which maint ...
) 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 via San Diego
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affiliate XHAS-TV (now a Canal 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. The Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) granted the station a license on February 2, 2001.
Technical information
Subchannel
Analog-to-digital conversion
In September 2006, KESE-LP was identified as a singleton applicant for a companion digital LPTV signal on UHF channel 40. 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
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full high definition
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) 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.
See also
*Channel 3 branded TV stations in the United States
The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 3 (though neither using virtual channel 3 nor broadcasting on physical RF channel 3):
* KBJR-DT2 in Duluth, Minnesota
* KESE-LD in Yuma, Arizona
* KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, C ...
* Channel 35 low-power TV stations in the United States
* Channel 35 digital TV stations in the United States
References
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