KVYE
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| City | El Centro, California |
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| KAJB,KMXX,KSEH | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1996 |
Former call signs | KXLO (CP,1991–1996) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog:7 (VHF,1996–2009) |
Call signmeaning | Univision Yuma–El Centro |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36170 |
| ERP | 1,000kW |
| HAAT | 477.4 m (1,566 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°3′2.1″N114°49′40.9″W/ 33.050583°N 114.828028°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | noticiasya |
KVYE(channel 7) is atelevision stationlicensed toEl Centro, California,United States, serving theYuma, Arizona–El Centro, Californiamarketas an affiliate of the Spanish-language networkUnivision.It is owned byEntravision Communications,which provides certain services toCalipatria, California–licensedUniMásaffiliateKAJB(channel 54) under ajoint sales agreement(JSA) with Calipatria Broadcasting Company. The two stations share studios on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro; KVYE's transmitter is located atop Black Mountain.[2]
History[edit]
TheFederal Communications Commission(FCC) granted an originalconstruction permiton August 3, 1989, to build a television station licensed in El Centro.[3]Before its license grant, the permit was extended four times[4][5][6][7]and modified twice.[8][9]On March 23, 1994, the FCC canceled the permit, but restored it five days later.[10]
The station made its debut in June 1996; however, the station maintained its construction permit status.[11][12]
On March 15, 1998,Entravision Communications(which operated KVYE under alocal marketing agreement) bought station licensee La Paz Wireless Corporation for $700.000.[13]Entravision obtained the initial license for the station on November 26, 1999.[14]
On November 8, 2002, the FCC granted a permit to construct the station'sdigitalfacilities (requested in 1999).[15]The station completed construction of its full-power digital facilities in June 2007, and was granted a license on January 29, 2010.[16]
In February 2017, KVYE began to carryAzteca Américaon 7.2; prior to this affiliation, Azteca América was seen in the market solely through carriage of the network's national feed onTime Warner Cable.[17]
On March 12, 2018, the digital multicast networksCometandCharge!began broadcasting on digital subchannels 7.3 and 7.4, respectively.
In 2019, KVYE added a fifth digital subchannel, affiliated withCourt TV.
On December 31, 2022, Azteca América ceased operations.TV Aztecacontent in the U.S. thusly moved toEstrella TV,seen in the market on a subchannel ofKYMA.
News operation[edit]
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.
The newscast debuted on January 26, 2015.[18]
Technical information[edit]
Subchannels[edit]
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 7.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Univisn | Univision |
| 7.2 | 480i | 2.SOON | [Blank] | |
| 7.3 | CometTV | Comet | ||
| 7.4 | Charge! | Charge! | ||
| 7.5 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
| 7.6 | Majstad | Majestad TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
KVYE shut down its analog signal, overVHFchannel 7, on June 12, 2009,[20]the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transitionUHFchannel 22,[21]usingvirtual channel7.
References[edit]
- ^"Facility Technical Data for KVYE".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^All Stations - Entravision Communications
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Call Sign History".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"S-1 SEC Filing".June 19, 1996.
- ^Fybush, Scott (September 24, 2010)."El Centro and California's Imperial Valley".Northeast Radio Watch.RetrievedMarch 8,2017.
- ^Entravision Communications Corporation - Form S-1 - NASDAQ
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Application Search Details".Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Lafayette, Jon (March 6, 2017)."Azteca America Adds New Affiliate in San Diego Market".Broadcasting & Cable.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
- ^Noticias Univisión El Centro celebra su primer aniversario - Noticias Ya(in Spanish)
- ^"RabbitEars listing for KVYE".RabbitEars.RetrievedOctober 30,2022.
- ^Analog Service Termination Notification - Federal Communications Commission
- ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 29, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2012.
External links[edit]
- Television channels and stations established in 1996
- 1996 establishments in California
- Univision affiliates
- Comet (TV network) affiliates
- Charge! (TV network) affiliates
- Court TV affiliates
- Television stations in the Yuma–El Centro market
- Spanish-language television stations in California
- Entravision Communications stations