KUNA-LD (channel 15) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network

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. It is owned by the

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alongside

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affiliate

KESQ-TV KESQ-TV (channel 42) is a television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside five low-power stations: ...

(channel 42), Class A

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affiliate

KPSP-CD KPSP-CD (channel 38) is a low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power, Class A television station licensed to Cathedral City, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley, Palm Springs area as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by the ...

(channel 38), Class A

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affiliate

KDFX-CD KDFX-CD (channel 33) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Indio and Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company along ...

(channel 33.2), CW affiliate

KCWQ-LD KCWQ-LD (channel 2) is a low-power television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley as an affiliate of The CW Plus. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alongside ABC affiliate KE ...

(channel 2), and

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(channel 12). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way in Thousand Palms; KUNA-LD's transmitter is located in the

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. In addition to its own digital signal, the station is

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in high definition on KPSP's second digital subchannel, and in

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on KESQ's eighth digital subchannel. Both KPSP and KESQ transmit from Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and

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History

KUNA-LD signed on the air originally as K15EI on May 15, 1996, and then switched

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to KUNA-LP on March 31, 2003. The station filed a license to cover application for digital operations on December 14, 2021. The digital license was issued on February 4, 2022, with the station changing its call sign to KUNA-LD.

Subchannel

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External links

Official website
1996 establishments in California Indio, California UNA News-Press & Gazette Company UNA-LD Telemundo affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1996 UNA-LD {{California-tv-station-stub

History

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