KECY-TV

KECY-TV


CityEl Centro, California
Channels
Branding
  • Fox 9 (general)
  • News 11 on Fox 9 (newscasts)
  • ABC 5 (DT2; general)
  • News 11 on ABC 5 (DT2; newscasts)
  • Desert CW6 (DT3)
  • Telemundo 3 (DT4)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KYMA-DT, KESE-LD
History
First air date
December 11, 1968 (55 years ago) (1968-12-11)[1]
Former call signs
KECC-TV (1968–1981)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
9 (VHF, 1968–2009)
Digital:
48 (UHF, 2004–2009)
Primary:
ABC (1968–1970, 1982–1985)
CBS (1970–1982, 1985–1994)
Secondary:
UPN (1995–2006)
Call sign meaning
El Centro Yuma
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51208
ERP50 kW
HAAT478 m (1,568 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°3′19.1″N 114°49′46.9″W / 33.055306°N 114.829694°W / 33.055306; -114.829694
Translator(s)K11XU-D (11 VHF, El Centro)
Links
Public license information
Websitekyma.com/fox-9/

KECY-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to El Centro, California, United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–El Centro, California market as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate KESE-LD (channel 35); NPG also provides certain services to Yuma-licensed dual CBS/NBC affiliate KYMA-DT (channel 13) through a shared services agreement (SSA) with Imagicomm Communications. The three stations share studios on South 4th Avenue in downtown Yuma, with an advertising sales office on West Main Street in El Centro; KECY-TV's transmitter is located in the Chocolate Mountains.

  1. ^ "Directory of TV Stations in the U.S." (PDF), Broadcasting Yearbook, p. A-7, 1970
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KECY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.