KIVA (TV)

This article is about a defunct television station in Yuma, Arizona. For the room used for certain religious rituals, see Kiva. For other uses, see Kiva (disambiguation).
KIVA
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • NBC (1953–1970)
  • Secondary:
  • DuMont (1953–1956)
  • CBS (1953–1963)
  • ABC (1953–1963)
Ownership
OwnerMerrill Telecasting Company
History
First air date
October 18, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-10-18)
Last air date
January 31, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-01-31) (16 years, 105 days)
Call sign meaning
"Imperial Valley"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
ERP316 kW[1]
HAAT440 feet (130 m)
Transmitter coordinates32°44′42″N 114°44′19″W / 32.74500°N 114.73861°W / 32.74500; -114.73861
Links
Public license information

KIVA (channel 11) was a television station in Yuma, Arizona, United States. It was the first local television station in Yuma and, for more than half of its existence, the only local station. It signed on October 8, 1953, and signed off January 31, 1970, being affiliated with NBC throughout its history. For more than half of its existence, it was owned by Bruce Merrill. The station shut down because of economic troubles resulting from the presence of three total stations in the market.

  1. ^ "KIVA" (PDF). Television Factbook. 1968. p. 47-b. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2022 – via World Radio History.