KUNA-LD (channel 15) is a
low-power television station licensed to
Indio, California
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, United States, serving the
Coachella Valley
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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language
Telemundo
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network. It is owned by the
News-Press & Gazette Company
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alongside Palm Springs–licensed
ABC
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Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
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affiliate
KESQ-TV
KESQ-TV (channel 42) is a television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside five low-power stations: CBS ...
(channel 42),
Cathedral City
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Cathedral city may also refer to:
* Cathedral City, California, a city in Southern California, United States
* Cathedral City Cheddar, a brand of Cheddar cheese
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–licensed
Class A CBS
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affiliate
KPSP-CD
KPSP-CD (channel 38) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Cathedral City, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alongside Palm Sprin ...
(channel 38), Class A
Fox
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affiliate
KDFX-CD
KDFX-CD (channel 33) is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to both Indio and Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alo ...
(channel 33.2, licensed to both Indio and Palm Springs), and Palm Springs–licensed
CW affiliate
KCWQ-LD
KCWQ-LD (channel 2) is a low-power television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley as an affiliate of The CW Plus. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alongside ABC affiliate KES ...
(channel 2). The stations share studios on Dunham Way in
Thousand Palms, while KUNA-LD's transmitter is located in the
Indio Hills
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.
In addition to its own digital signal, the station is
simulcast
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in
high definition on KPSP's second digital subchannel, and in
standard definition
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on KESQ's eighth digital subchannel. Both KPSP and KESQ transmit from Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and
I-10
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.
History
KUNA-LD signed on the air originally as K15EI on May 15, 1996, and then switched
call letters
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to KUNA-LP on March 31, 2003. The station filed a license to cover application for digital operations on December 14, 2021.
The digital license was issued on February 4, 2022, with the station changing its call sign to KUNA-LD.
Subchannel
See also
*
KESQ-TV
KESQ-TV (channel 42) is a television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside five low-power stations: CBS ...
*
KDFX-CD
KDFX-CD (channel 33) is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to both Indio and Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company alo ...
References
External links
Official website*
Telemundo network affiliates
UNA-LD
Indio, California
News-Press & Gazette Company
Television channels and stations established in 1996
1996 establishments in California
UNA-LD
Low-power television stations in the United States
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