KECY
   
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El Centro, California/Yuma United States |
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| City | El Centro |
| Branding | Fox 9 (general) Fox 9 News (newscasts) ABC 5 (on DT2; general) ABC 5 News (on DT2; newscasts) Desert CW6 (on DT3) Telemundo 3 (on DT4) |
| Slogan | It's About Time |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 9.1 Fox/MyNetworkTV 9.2 ABC 9.3 The CW 9.4 Telemundo |
| Affiliations | Fox (1994–present; primary) MyNetworkTV (2006-present; secondary) ABC (DT2) The CW (DT3; via The CW Plus) Telemundo (DT4; via KESE-LP) |
| Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of Yuma-El Centro, LLC) |
| First air date | December 11, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | El Centro Yuma |
| Sister station(s) | KYMA-DT, KSWT, KESE-LP |
| Former callsigns | KECC-TV (1968–1981) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1968–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: ABC (1968–1970, 1982–1985) CBS (1970–1982, 1985–1994) Secondary: UPN (1995–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 478 m |
| Facility ID | 51208 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°3′19.1″N 114°49′46.8″W / 33.055306°N 114.829667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kecytv.com |
KECY-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in El Centro, California, that also serves Yuma, Arizona. Owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is operates as part of a virtual triopoly with Yuma-licensed CBS affiliate KSWT (channel 13) and Yuma-licensed NBC affiliate KMYA-DT (channel 11), both of which are owned by Northwest Broadcasting but operated by NPG via shared services agreements, as well as sister to low-power Telemundo affiliate KESE-LP (analog channel 35). KECY maintains transmitter facilities located in the Chocolate Mountains, while all three stations share studios located on South 4th Avenue in Yuma, with an advertising sales office on West Main Street in El Centro.
On April 18, 1962, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signed an agreement with Mexico, effective September 4, allowing the allocation of channels 7 and 9 to El Centro and giving the Imperial Valley its first opportunity for local VHF television. Before the channels were added to the Table of Allocations, Tele-Broadcasters of California, Inc., applied to build a station on channel 7 on July 5, 1962, requesting a waiver from the FCC to do so. KXO-TV, Inc., submitted a rival channel 7 bid on September 14, 1962, meaning that the FCC would need to decide who would be awarded the construction permit. To avoid delays in build-out, Tele-Broadcasters agreed to amend its application on November 9, 1962, to specify operations on channel 9. The FCC approved both applications on April 10, 1963, with channel 7 being designated KXO-TV and channel 9 KECC-TV, and soon after, ABC announced that it would affiliate with KECC, who expected to be on the air by September 1.
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