KYMA

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KYMA

Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California
Branding	NBC News Channel 11
Channels	11 (VHF) analog, 41 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Sunbelt Communications Company
Founded	January 22, 1965
Call letters meaning	K YuMA
Former affiliations	ABC
Transmitter Power	316 kW/493 m (analog) 926 kW/468 m (digital)
Website	www.kyma.com

KYMA, "NBC News Channel 11", is a NBC affiliate in Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California. It broadcasts over the air on Channel 11 from its studio in Yuma. The station also has a newsroom in El Centro. KYMA is received over the air in Blythe, California in the Palo Verde valley, the southeastern end of the Coachella Valley and the signals are clear to viewers in Mexicali, Mexico.

KYMA currently has news broadcasts weekdays at 5:30am, 12pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm. Weekend newscasts air at 5pm and 10pm. The station was an ABC affiliate when it first went on the air (1965, reinstated 1988), but later switched to NBC during the period that KSWT and KECY-TV (1995) also swapped affiliations. This move left Yuma without a primary ABC affiliate, until KECY stepped in, acquired more ABC programming, and placed it on a digital subchannel.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

NewsChannel 11 Sunrise - 5:30AM-7:00AM
NewsChannel 11 Midday - 12:00PM-12:30PM
NewsChannel 11 Early Edition - 5:00PM-5:30PM
NewsCnannel 11 Evening Edition - 6:00PM-6:30PM
NewsChannel 11 Nightside - 10:00PM-10:35PM

Weekends

NewsChannel 11 Weekend Edition - 5:00PM-5:30PM & 10:00PM-10:30PM

[edit] Past Personalities

(In Alphabetical Order)

Personality	Position	Years at KYMA	Currently
Rayhan Daudani	Reporter	1999-2001	Reporter WWBT Richmond, VA
Carlos Faura	Weather	1998-2001	Weather Reno, NV
Jim Heath	Anchor	2000-2003	Anchor WPDE Myrtle Beach, SC
Jim Howell	News Director/Anchor/Sports Director	1995-2005	Sports Information Director, Arizona Western College
Bruce Kirk	News Director/Anchor	1998-2001	News Director WSET Lynchburg, VA
Heather Moore	Anchor	2000-2002	Anchor KTVK Phoenix, AZ
Kaushal Patel	Anchor	1999-2003	Anchor KTXA Dallas, TX
Elissa Rivas	Anchor	1997-2000	Anchor Houston, TX
Ashlee Tate	Morning/Midday anchor	2002-2005	Weekend Weather & sub-anchor KFSN Fresno, CA
Tammy Vo	Anchor/Reporter	2000-2002	KSAZ Reporter in Phoenix

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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/MNTV)(ABC on DT.2) - KYMA 11 (NBC) - KSWT 13 (CBS/The CW on DT.2) - K19CX 19 (PBS) - K28FM 28 (RTN) - KESE-LP 35 (TEL) - K52EG 52 (3ABN) - KAJB 54 (TFU)
Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable:
KTVK 3 (Ind) - KCAL 9 (Ind) - 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)
Defunct local cable television channels
KWUB 6 (The CW)

NBC network affiliates in the state of Arizona

KNAZ 2 (Flagstaff) - KVOA 4 (Tucson) - KYMA 11 (Yuma) - KPNX 12 (Phoenix)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, Religious, Spanish, and Other stations in Arizona