KYAV-LP
Encyclopedia
KYAV-LP is a Spanish-language television station
serving the Palm Springs, California
area as an Azteca America
affiliate. It broadcasts over-the-air in analog
on VHF
channel 12 and on Time Warner Cable
channel 19. Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LP has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in Colombia
, 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-LP
, although the station operates under the licensee U-Dub Productions LLC based in Yucca Valley, California
. The company operates another Azteca America station, a low-power feeder for the Victor Valley, California
on channel 19.
On October 18, 2009, KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal has ceased operations.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
serving the Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
area as an Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
affiliate. It broadcasts over-the-air in analog
NTSC
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on VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 12 and on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
channel 19. Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LP has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, 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
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KPSP-LP
KPSP-LP
KPSP-CD is a CBS-affiliated Class A low-power television station serving California's Coachella Valley . It is officially licensed to Cathedral City. Its studios and offices are in Thousand Palms, California...
, although the station operates under the licensee U-Dub Productions LLC based in Yucca Valley, California
Yucca Valley, California
Yucca Valley is an incorporated town located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 at the 2010 census, up from 16,865 at the 2000 census...
. The company operates another Azteca America station, a low-power feeder for the Victor Valley, California
Victor Valley, California
Victor Valley is a subregion of Southern California north of the San Bernardino Mountains in the Mojave Desert. It is located in San Bernardino County and situated east of the Antelope Valley and north of the Cucamonga Valley. The Victor Valley is part of the 14th largest metropolitan area, the...
on channel 19.
On October 18, 2009, KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal has ceased operations.