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| City | Twentynine Palms, California |
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| KXLA, KJLA | |
| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1997 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 31 (UHF, 1997–2003) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16729 |
| ERP | 150 kW |
| HAAT | 784 m (2,572 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°2′16.8″N 116°48′49.9″W / 34.038000°N 116.813861°W |
| Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Public license information | |
| Website | kvmdtv |
KVMD (channel 31) is a television station in Twentynine Palms, California, United States, airing programming from Merit Street Media. Station owner Ronald Ulloa is also president and majority owner of Rancho Palos Verdes–licensed independent station KXLA (channel 44). KVMD's studios are located on Corinth Avenue (near Interstate 405) in West Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Snow Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains, north of Banning, California; its broadcast signal covers most of the area within the Inland Empire.
KVMD's signal is relayed by two low-power translators: KSMV-LD in Los Angeles and KIMG-LD in Ventura, both of which also broadcast on digital channel 23 and virtual channel 31. The station is carried throughout the Los Angeles media market on various cable television systems. KVMD-DT is also available on DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 31, its former analog channel.
The station broadcasts digitally on 19 subchannels. KVMD is dedicated to providing free over-the-air programming to minority groups in southern California. Currently, programming is offered in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese and Armenian.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVMD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.