KESQ-TV
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Palm Springs, California United States |
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| Branding | NewsChannel 3 HD CBS Local 2 (on DT2) FOX 11 (on DT4) Telemundo 15 (on DT7) Palm Springs CW 5 (on DT8) |
| Slogan | The Desert's News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 42 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 42.1 ABC KESQ 42.2 CBS NESQ 33.2 (42.4) FOX 15.1 (42.7) Telemundo 2.3 (42.8) CW+ |
| Translators | K15FC 15 and K27DS 27 Yucca Valley |
| Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) |
| First air date | October 5, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning |
ESQuire Magazine (former owner) |
| Sister station(s) | KDFX-CD, KCWQ-LP/LD, KUNA-LP/LD, KPSP-CD, KUNA-FM, KESQ-AM, KECY-TV, KEYT-TV |
| Former callsigns | KPLM-TV (1968–1980) |
| Former channel number(s) | 42 (UHF analog, 1968–2009) 52 (UHF digital) |
| Former affiliations | AccuWeather |
| Transmitter power | 42 kW |
| Height | 227 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 25577 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°52′0″N 116°26′5.5″W / 33.86667°N 116.434861°W |
| Website | kesq.com |
KESQ-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley licensed to Palm Springs. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF Channel 42 from a transmitter on Edom Hill in Cathedral City. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable Channel 3 (hence its "NewsChannel 3" branding) both in standard definition and in high definition. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, it is partner of Class A CBS affiliate KPSP-CD, Class A FOX affiliate KDFX-CD, low-powered CW affiliate KCWQ-LP, and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP.
All five stations broadcast from studios located on Dunham Way in Thousand Palms. Syndicated programming on KESQ includes Access Hollywood, Extra, Inside Edition and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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