KYAV-LD

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..

KYAV-LD

Palm Springs, California United States
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12
Branding	KESQ News Now
Programming
Affiliations	12.2: Independent 15.3: Telemundo 38.2: CBS
Ownership
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
History
Founded	July 25, 1990
Former call signs	K12OJ (1990–1997) KYAV-LP (1997–2012)
Former affiliations	CNC Mas Musica AccuWeather (2012–2019)
Call sign meaning	Yucca Valley
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	2961
Class	LD
ERP	0.25 kW
HAAT	185.2 m (608 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°51′58″N 116°26′6″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

History

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.^[2]

On October 18, 2009, the then-KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal ceased operations.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[3]

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.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KYAV-LD^[4]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
12.2	720p	16:9	Newsnow	Main KYAV-LD programming
15.3	1080i		Telemun	Telemundo (KUNA-LD)
38.2			CBSLCL2	CBS (KPSP-CD)

  Simulcast of subchannels of another station