KYAV-LD,
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channel 12, is a
low-powered television station serving the
Palm Springs, California
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area. Owned by
St. Joseph, Missouri-based
News-Press & Gazette Company, it is a
sister station
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to
KESQ KESQ may refer to:
*KESQ-TV, a television station (channel 28, virtual channel 42) licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States
*KESQ (AM)
KESQ (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish music format licensed to Indio, Californ ...
,
KPSP-LD,
KDFX-CD,
KCWQ and
KUNA-LD.
History
Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LD has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in
Colombia
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, and
Mas Musica, the 24-hour Spanish-language music video channel.
It has been an
Azteca America affiliate since May 2003 and was purchased by Desert Television in August 2004, owner of local
CBS affiliate
KPSP-CD, although the station operates under the licensee U-Dub Productions LLC based in
Yucca Valley, California. The company used to operate another Azteca America station, a low-power feeder for the
Victor Valley, California on channel 19.
On October 18, 2009, the then-KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal ceased operations. On February 22, 2012, the station changed its call sign to KYAV-LD. The station became an
AccuWeather affiliate, a 24-hour live weather network features weather reports and forecasts.
In January 2012,
News-Press & Gazette Company acquired the non-license assets of KYAV and KPSP; a year later, it purchased the stations' licenses outright. The deals made KYAV a sister station to
ABC affiliate
KESQ-TV and
Telemundo affiliate
KUNA-LP, among other stations.
As of 2019, the AccuWeather affiliation (which has been discontinued from most of its affiliates by this point) has been dropped in favor of a "News" format.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed:
References
External links
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YAV-LD
Television channels and stations established in 1990
Low-power television stations in the United States
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