KESQ-TV
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| KESQ-TV | |
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| Palm Springs, California | |
| Branding | NewsChannel 3 HD(cable channel) |
| Slogan | The Desert's News Leader |
| Channels | Analog: 42 (UHF) |
| Translators | K27DS Yucca Valley |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) |
| First air date | October 5, 1968 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ESQuire Magazine (former owner) |
| Former callsigns | KPLM-TV (1968-1978) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 227 m (analog) 219 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 25577 |
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| Website | www.kesq.com |
KESQ-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley of California. Licensed to Palm Springs, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 42 and a digital signal on UHF channel 52. KESQ's transmitter is located northeast of Cathedral City. The station is owned by Gulf-California Broadcast Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of News-Press & Gazette Company. KESQ is a sister station to FOX affiliate KDFX-CA, CW affiliate KCWQ-LP, and Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP. The four stations share studios located on Melanie Place in Palm Desert. Gulf-California also owns two area radio stations: KUNA-FM and KESQ-AM.
KESQ operates an outlying translator in Yucca Valley, K27DS, on channel 27.
Along with other major Coachella Valley television stations, KESQ identifies itself on-air using its cable designation (NewsChannel 3 HD) rather than its over-the-air channel position. The unusual practice, also common in the Fort Myers / Naples, Florida market, stems in part from the area's exceptionally high cable penetration rate of 80.5% [1] -- one of the highest in the United States.
KESQ is currently the #1 rated station in the Palm Springs market. [2] In addition to its newscasts, the station features many of the most popular syndicated programs including: Live with Regis and Kelly, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. Weekend syndicated programming on KESQ includes 24 and Da Vinci's Inquest.
[edit] Digital Broadcasting
Along with its main digital signal on DT1, KESQ offers three additional channels on its digital service.
| RF | PSIP | Programming | Aspect ratio |
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| 52.1 | 42.1 | main KESQ programming (ABC) | 16:9 |
| 52.2 | 33.2 | KDFX-CA (FOX) | 16:9 |
| 52.3 | 2.3 | KCWQ-LP (The CW) | 4:3 |
| 52.4 | 42.2 | First Alert Weather Channel (AccuWeather) | 4:3 |
KDFX and KCWQ are offered on KESQ's digital signal because they do not broadcast digital signals of their own. While all four stations broadcast on KESQ-DT (UHF 52), the company labels KDFX and KCWQ with their analog channel through PSIP.
[edit] On-Air Personalities
Anchors
- Jeff Stahl - weekday mornings and Noon (also reporter)
- Melanie Hebert - weekday mornings and Noon (also reporter)
- John White - weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30, and 11 PM
- Tamara Damante - weeknights at 6 and 11 PM (also at 10 PM on KDFX)
- Elizabeth Beaubien - weeknights at 5 and 6:30 PM
- Jason Sloss - weekends (also reporter)
Weather
- Ginger Jeffries - weeknights
- Dave Spahr - weekday mornings and Noon
- Peter Cannella - weekends
- Ashley Brown - First Alert weather channel, fill-in
Sports
- Paul Cicala - weeknights at 6 and 11 PM (also at 10 PM on KDFX)
- Chris Miller
Reporters
- Nathan Baca
- Gil Diaz
- Elyse Webb
- Rodney Wardle
- Eddie Quezada
[edit] External links
- Station Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KESQ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KESQ-TV
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