KYAV-LD
Television station in Palm Springs, California
KYAV-LD (channel 12) is a low-power independent television station in Palm Springs, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside ABC affiliate KESQ-TV (channel 42) and four other low-power stations: CBS affiliate KPSP-CD (channel 38), Fox affiliate KDFX-CD (channel 33), CW+ affiliate KCWQ-LD (channel 2), and Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LD (channel 15). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way in Thousand Palms; KYAV-LD's transmitter is located on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10.
01History
Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LD has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in Colombia, and Mas Musica, a 24-hour Spanish-language music video channel.
In January 2003, the station relaunched with Azteca América programming; that May, Desert Television, owner of KPSP-CD, acquired the outlet.
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 affiliate of AccuWeather, a 24-hour weather network that features live 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.
02Subchannels
Sources and credits
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