KVYE

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KVYE
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El Centro, California/Yuma, Arizona/
Mexicali, Baja California
United States/Mexico
CityEl Centro, California
ChannelsDigital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 7
BrandingUnivision Yuma–El Centro (general)
Noticias Univision El Centro (newscasts)
Azteca Yuma 7 (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations7.1: Univision
7.2: Azteca América
7.3: Comet
7.4: Charge!
7.5: Court TV
Ownership
OwnerEntravision Communications
(Entravision Holdings, LLC)
KAJB, KMXX, KSEH, KWST
History
First air date
June 1996 (25 years ago) (1996-06)
Former call signs
KXLO (CP, 1991–1996)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
7 (VHF, 1996–2009)
Call sign meaning
UniVision Yuma–El Centro
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID36170
ERP1000 kW
HAAT477.4 m (1,566 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°3′2.1″N 114°49′40.9″W / 33.050583°N 114.828028°W / 33.050583; -114.828028
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitenoticiasya.com/el-centro

KVYE, virtual channel 7 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to El Centro, California, United States and also serving Yuma, Arizona and Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The station is owned by Santa Monica-based Entravision Communications, which also operates Calipatria, California-licensed UniMás affiliate KAJB (channel 54) under a joint sales agreement (JSA) with owner Calipatria Broadcasting Company. The two stations share studios on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro and transmitter facilities atop Black Mountain.[1]

History[]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit on August 3, 1989, to build a television station licensed in El Centro.[2] Before its license grant, the permit was extended four times[3][4][5][6] and modified twice.[7][8] On March 23, 1994, the FCC canceled the permit, but restored it five days later.[9]

The station made its debut in June 1996; however, the station maintained its construction permit status.[10][11]

On March 15, 1998, Entravision Communications (which operated KVYE under a local marketing agreement) bought station licensee La Paz Wireless Corporation for $700.000.[12] Entravision obtained the initial license for the station on November 26, 1999.[13]

On November 8, 2002, the FCC granted a permit to construct the station's digital facilities (requested in 1999).[14] The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2007, and was granted a license on January 29, 2010.[15]

In February 2017, KVYE began to carry Azteca América on 7.2; prior to this affiliation, Azteca América was seen in the market solely through carriage of the network's national feed on Time Warner Cable.[16]

On March 12, 2018, the digital multicast networks Comet and Charge! began broadcasting on digital subchannels 7.3 and 7.4, respectively.

In 2019, KVYE added a fifth digital subchannel, affiliated with Court TV.

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.

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[17]
7.1 1080i 16:9 Univisn Main KVYE programming / Univision
7.2 480i Azteca Azteca América
7.3 Comet Comet
7.4 Charge Charge!
7.5 CourtTV Court TV

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

KVYE shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009,[18] the official date in 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 UHF channel 22.[19] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7.

The newscast debuted on January 26, 2015.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ All Stations - Entravision Communications
  2. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  7. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  8. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  9. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission.
  10. ^ "S-1 SEC Filing". June 19, 1996.
  11. ^ Fybush, Scott (September 24, 2010). "El Centro and California's Imperial Valley". Northeast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. ^ Entravision Communications Corporation - Form S-1 - NASDAQ
  13. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  14. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  15. ^ "Application Search Details". Federal Communications Commission.
  16. ^ Lafayette, Jon (March 6, 2017). "Azteca America Adds New Affiliate in San Diego Market". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  17. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KVYE
  18. ^ Analog Service Termination Notification - Federal Communications Commission
  19. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  20. ^ Noticias Univisión El Centro celebra su primer aniversario - Noticias Ya (in Spanish)

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