Indio/Palm Springs, California United States |
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Branding | Fox 11 (general) NewsChannel 3 HD CBS Local 2 News |
Slogan |
The Desert's News Leader & Where LOCAL Comes First! |
Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) & KESQ-DT 42.4 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 33.2 Fox |
Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) |
Founded | November 1, 1992 |
Call letters' meaning | Desert Fox |
Sister station(s) | KESQ-TV, KPSP-CD, KCWQ-LP/LD, KUNA-LP/LD, KESQ-AM, KUNA-FM |
Former callsigns | K40DB (1990–1997) KDFX-LP (1997–2003) KDFX-CA (2003–2015) |
Former channel number(s) | 40 (UHF analog, 1992–1997) 33 (UHF analog, 1997–2015) |
Former affiliations |
CBS (as translator of KECY-TV, 1992–1995) |
Transmitter power | 9.6 kW (analog) 4.8 kW (digital) 42 kW (KESQ-DT4) |
Height | 171 m 277 m (KESQ-DT4) |
Facility ID | 51207 25577 (KESQ-DT4) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N 116°26′2″W / 33.86611°N 116.43389°W |
KDFX-CD is the low-powered, Class A Fox-affiliated television station for the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley licensed to Indio/Palm Springs, California. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 33.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Edom Hill in Cathedral City.
Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV, Class A CBS affiliate KPSP-CD, low-powered CW affiliate KCWQ-LP/LD, and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP/LD. All five outlets share studios at Melanie Place in Palm Desert. Syndicated programming on this station includes The Wendy Williams Show, The Real, Celebrity Name Game, The Simpsons and Mike & Molly among others. KDFX can also be seen over-the-air on KESQ's forth digital subchannel.