KESE-LP

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KESE-LP

Yuma, Arizona
Channels	35 (UHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company)
Founded	October 24, 1997
Former callsigns	K35EX (CP only)
Transmitter Power	8 kW
Height	80 m

KESE-LP is the lone Telemundo affiliate serving the Yuma-El Centro (Imperial Valley) TV market, located in Yuma, Arizona. It is owned and operated by Gulf-California Broadcast Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, and shares studios with KECY-TV in Yuma.

The station is the first full-time Telemundo outlet for the Yuma / El Centro market; Telemundo programming was originally seen late-nights on CBS affiliate KSWT.

[edit] History

The station began with an original construction permit granted on October 24, 1997. The station was assigned the callsign K35EX and was owned by Estrella License Corporation. Gulf-California Broadcast Company acquired the station in October 2000, applied for a station license in November, and changed the station's callsign to KESE-LP in December. The FCC granted the station a license on February 2, 2001.

[edit] Digital television

In September 2006, KESE-LP was identified as a singleton applicant for a companion digital LPTV signal on UHF channel 40 [1]. A singleton applicant is one whose application for a construction permit has no competition from nearby applications on the same or adjacent channels. As a singleton applicant, the station is likely to be granted a construction permit.

[edit] External links

Query the FCC's TV station database for KESE-LP

Local United States broadcast television in the Imperial Valley market (Nielsen DMA #167)
KYUM-LP 2 (Ind) - KVFA-LP 6 (Ind) - KVYE 7 (UNI) - KECY 9 (Fox/ABC/MyNetworkTV) - KYMA 11 (NBC) - KSWT 13 (CBS/The CW on DT.2) - K19CX 19 (Ind) - K28FM 28 (MTV3) KESE-LP 35 (TEL) - K52EG 52 (3ABN) - KAJB 54 (TFU)
Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable:
KAET 8 (PBS) - KGTV 10 (ABC) - KNXV 15 (ABC) - KPBS 15 (PBS)
Local Mexican broadcast television channels
XHBC 3 (Televisa Mexicali) - XHAQ 5 (TV Azteca 13) - XHBM 14 (Televisa XEW) - XHEXT 20 (TV Azteca 7) - XHMEX 32 (Televisa XHGC) XHMEE 38 (Televisa XEQ) - XHLRT 44 (Televisa XEW) - XHRCS 50 (Telemax) - XHILA 66 (Ind/CNI)
Local cable television channels
KWUB 6 (The CW)¹ ¹(KWUB became an affiliate of The CW and was included on KSWT's digital signal in September 2006)