# KESE-LD

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**KESE-LD** (channel 35, cable channel 3) is a [low-power television station](/source/Low-power_television_station) licensed to [Yuma, Arizona](/source/Yuma,_Arizona), United States, serving the Yuma, Arizona–[El Centro, California](/source/El_Centro,_California) [market](/source/Media_market) as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network [Telemundo](/source/Telemundo). It is owned by the [News-Press & Gazette Company](/source/News-Press_%26_Gazette_Company), alongside El Centro–licensed [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company)/[ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)/[CW+](/source/CW%2B) affiliate [KECY-TV](/source/KECY-TV) (channel 9); NPG also provides certain services to Yuma-licensed dual [CBS](/source/CBS)/[NBC](/source/NBC) affiliate [KYMA-DT](/source/KYMA-DT) (channel 13) through a [shared services](/source/Shared_services) agreement (SSA) with [Rincon Broadcasting Group](/source/Rincon_Broadcasting_Group). The three stations share studios on South 4th Avenue in downtown Yuma, with an advertising sales office on West Main Street in El Centro; KESE-LD's transmitter is located southeast of Yuma.

## History

The station signed on in October 1997 as the first full-time Telemundo outlet for the Yuma–El Centro market. Prior to the sign-on of the station, KSWT (now [KYMA-DT](/source/KYMA-DT)) had a secondary affiliation with Telemundo, carrying some of the network's programs in the late night hours; the full Telemundo schedule could only be viewed over-the-air in western portions of the California side of the market via [San Diego](/source/San_Diego)/[Tijuana](/source/Tijuana) affiliate [XHAS-TV](/source/XHAS-TV) (now a [Canal 66](/source/Canal_66) affiliate) or on some cable providers in the area via the network's national feed.

The station began with an original construction permit granted on October 24, 1997. The station was assigned the callsign K35EX and was owned by Estrella License Corporation. Gulf-California Broadcast Company acquired the station in October 2000, applied for a station license in November, and changed the station's callsign to KESE-LP in December. The [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) (FCC) granted the station a license on February 2, 2001.

## Technical information

### Subchannel

Subchannel of KESE-LD Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming 35.1 1080i 16:9 TLMD Telemundo

### Analog-to-digital conversion

In September 2006, KESE-LP was identified as a singleton applicant for a companion digital LPTV signal on UHF Channel 40.[1] A singleton applicant was one whose application for a construction permit had no competition from nearby applications on the same or adjacent channels. As a singleton applicant, the station is likely to be granted a construction permit. Currently, KESE-LP can be seen (in [1080i](/source/1080i) full [high definition](/source/High-definition_television)) on KECY's digital subchannel 9.4, a full power station.

On April 19, 2021, KESE-LP was licensed for digital operation on channel 35, changing its call sign to KESE-LD.

## See also

- [Channel 3 branded TV stations in the United States](/source/Channel_3_branded_TV_stations_in_the_United_States)
- [Channel 35 low-power TV stations in the United States](/source/Channel_35_low-power_TV_stations_in_the_United_States)
- [Channel 35 digital TV stations in the United States](/source/Channel_35_digital_TV_stations_in_the_United_States)

## References

1. ["Radio-Info Boards – Index"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061210045520/http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic%2C46344.0.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,46344.0.html) on December 10, 2006.

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