KVYE (channel 7) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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–El Centro, California

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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network

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. It is owned by

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, which provides certain services to

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–licensed

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affiliate KAJB (channel 54) under a

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(JSA) with Calipatria Broadcasting Company. The two stations share studios on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro; KVYE's transmitter is located atop Black Mountain.

History

The

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(FCC) granted an original

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on August 3, 1989, to build a television station licensed in El Centro. Before its license grant, the permit was extended four times and modified twice. On March 23, 1994, the FCC canceled the permit, but restored it five days later. The station made its debut in June 1996; however, the station maintained its construction permit status. On March 15, 1998,

(which operated KVYE under a

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) bought station licensee La Paz Wireless Corporation for $700.000. Entravision obtained the initial license for the station on November 26, 1999. On November 8, 2002, the FCC granted a permit to construct the station's

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facilities (requested in 1999). The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2007, and was granted a license on January 29, 2010. In February 2017, KVYE began to carry

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on 7.2; prior to this affiliation, Azteca América was seen in the market solely through carriage of the network's national feed on

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. On March 12, 2018, the digital multicast networks

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and Charge! began broadcasting on digital subchannels 7.3 and 7.4, respectively. In 2019, KVYE added a fifth digital subchannel, affiliated with

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. On December 31, 2022, Azteca América ceased operations.

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content in the U.S. thusly moved to

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, seen in the market on a subchannel of

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News operation

KVYE presently broadcasts five hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each weekday); the station does not carry newscasts on Saturdays or Sundays. The newscast debuted on January 26, 2015.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KVYE shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition

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channel 22, using

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kvye Television channels and stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in California Univision affiliates Comet (TV network) affiliates Charge! (TV network) affiliates Court TV affiliates VYE VYE Entravision Communications stations