KDFX-CA
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| Indio / Palm Springs, California | |
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| Branding | Fox 11 (general) NewsChannel 3 HD |
| Channels | Analog: 33 (UHF) Digital: KESQ-DT 42.4 (UHF, 33.2 via PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Call letters' meaning | Desert FoX |
| Sister station(s) | KESQ-TV, KCWQ-LP/LD, KUNA-LP, KESQ-AM, KUNA-FM |
| Former callsigns | KDBA-LP |
| Former channel number(s) | 40 (UHF) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (as translator of KECY-TV, 1990-1995) |
| Transmitter power | 9.6 kW (analog) 42 kW (KESQ-DT4) |
| Height | 171 m (analog) 277 m (KESQ-DT4) |
| Facility ID | 51207 (analog) 25577 (KESQ-DT4) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N 116°26′2″W / 33.86611°N 116.43389°W |
| Website | KDFX Fox 11 |
KDFX-CA is the Class A Fox-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley licensed to Indio and Palm Springs, California. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV, low-powered CW affiliate KCWQ-LP/LD, and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP. All four stations share studios located at 42-650 Melanie Place in Palm Desert. Syndicated programming on KDFX-CA includes: "Anderson", "Family Guy", "The Nate Berkus Show" and "The Simpsons".
[edit] History
KDFX-CA went on-the-air on UHF channel 40 in 1990 originally as a satellite of CBS affiliate KECY-TV in El Centro, California / Yuma, Arizona. It became KDBA-LP on November 1, 1992 but switched to full-time Fox programming in 1995 when KECY switched their affiliation to that network. In 1997, KDBA split off to become a self-supporting affiliate for the Coachella Valley when Pacific Media Corporation (principally controlled by Judge Robinson O. Everett of Wilmington, North Carolina) entered into a management agreement with Lambert Broadcasting of Los Angeles. Lambert invested heavily in KDBA and upgraded the station to Class A status.
After becoming a separate stand alone entity, it adopted the current KDFX-CA call letters and the on-air moniker "The Desert Fox". The station was very successful in its first year of operation and Lambert Broadcasting sold its option and management contract to the News Press & Gazette Company just one year later. In the interim, FOX programming came on cable from Los Angeles' KTTV. When KDFX-CA became an independently-run local station, the Coachella Valley area cable companies displaced KTTV-TV and KDFX-CA adopted the "Fox 11" moniker. Overnight, the station simulcasts KESQ-DT4 which is called the "First Alert Weather Channel" and offers The Local AccuWeather Channel.
[edit] Newscasts
NewsChannel 3 HD in the Morning
(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9)
- Anchors:
- Jeff Stahl
- Emilie Voss
- Weather:
- Jerry Steffen
- Reporter:
- June Bulnes
NewsChannel 3 HD at 5:30
(Weeknights 5:30 to 6)
- Anchors:
- John White
- Tamara Damante
- Weather:
- Ginger Jeffries
NewsChannel 3 HD at 10 (10 to 10:30 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- John White
- Tamara Damante
- Weather:
- Ginger Jeffries
- Sports:
- Spencer Linton
- Reporter:
- Philippe Djegal
Weekends
- Anchor:
- Jason Sloss
- Weather:
- Ashley Brown
- Sports:
- Greg Lee
- Reporter:
- Gil Diaz
KDFX-CA features additional news personnel from KESQ-TV. See that article for a complete listing.
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