KMSG-LD, virtual channel 53 (UHF digital channel 29), is a low-powered dual MyNetworkTV/Azteca America-affiliated television station licensed to Fresno, California, United States. Owned by Cocola Broadcasting, it is sister to Merced-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KGMC (channel 43) and seven other low-power stations. KMSG-LD's transmitter is located on Bear Mountain, near Meadow Lakes, California.
KMSG's Azteca America feed is rebroadcast on KVVG-LD channel 54.1 in Visalia.
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History[]
KVVG-LD started out as KVVG-LP, an affiliate of Almavision for the Visalia area in early 2005. Formerly on channel 31, it later moved to channel 54. KVVG-LP changed to Tvida Vision in mid-2005. As of 2011, the station converted to a digital signal, as KVVG-LD.
The KVVG calls were originally used on a DuMont affiliate on channel 27 in Tulare in the 1950s. The KMSG calls were originally used on what is now CW affiliate KFRE-TV (channel 59) from its sign-on from 1985 to 2001.
Until mid-2006, KMSG's programming was also seen on KPMC-LP (channel 42, now KZKC-LD) in Bakersfield, which was sold to McGraw-Hill, becoming a standalone Azteca América affiliate and later a translator of ABC affiliate KERO-TV (channel 23).
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Unichur | Universal Church |
| 39.2 | [Blank] | |||
| 39.3 | 480i | 4:3 | CBN | Christian Broadcasting Network |
| 39.4 | [Blank] | |||
| 39.5 | 480i | 4:3 | TCN | The Country Network |
| 43.2 | 720p | 16:9 | AZTECA | Main KMSG-LD2 programming / Azteca America |
| 43.3 | 480i | 4:3 | DAYSTAR | Daystar |
| 53.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KMSG-DT | Main KMSG-LD programming / MyNetworkTV |
Former Digital channels[]
2020-2021[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.3 | 480i | 4:3 | CBN | CBN News |
| 39.4 | [Blank] | |||
| 39.5 | 480i | 4:3 | TCN | The Country Network |
| 43.2 | 720p | 16:9 | AZTECA | Main KMSG-LD2 programming / Azteca America |
| 43.3 | 480i | 4:3 | DAYSTAR | Daystar |
| 53.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KMSG-DT | Main KMSG-LD programming / MyNetworkTV |
Programming[]
KMSG provides programming for the Hispanic community. Some of its most popular programming includes novelas, sports events such as First Division Mexican League Soccer, news, talk, comedy, reality, and women's magazines.
Rebroadcasters[]
Current[]
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
Former callsigns | Former affiliations | (Analog/ Digital) |
(Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFAZ-CA | Visalia | 8 (virtual) 18 (UHF) |
December 7, 1992 | K Fresno AZteca America | K08LV (1992–2002) | unknown | 15 kW | 644 m | 68406 |
| KMCF-LD |
Visalia | 35 (UHF) 6 (VHF) |
June 12, 1997 | unknown | K35GB (2000) K35FU (2000) K10OC (1994–2000) |
Analog/LD1: Tele Vida Abundante (until 2008) KNXT Catholic Television (2015-2018) For Lease (2018-2020 LD2: For Lease (2008-2015, 2016-2021, 2021-present) Universal Church (2020-2021) LD3: For Lease (1997-2021) LD4: For Lease (1997-2021) |
150 kW | 791 m | 20560 |
| TV stations in California |
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| KCOP, Los Angeles KEYT-DT2, Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo |
| TV stations in California | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azteca América | UniMás | Telemundo | Univision | Other stations | |||
| KMSG-LD2, Fresno | KBTF-CD/KTFB-CA, Bakersfield | KKEY-LP, Bakersfield | KVER-CD, Indio | KVMM-CD, Santa Barbara | KVMD, Twentynine Palms | KCBT-LD, Bakersfield | KZMM-CD, Fresno |
| KVYE-DT2, El Centro | KEVC-CD, Indio | KUNA-LP, Indio | KVYE, El Centro | KSDX-LD, San Diego | KWHY, Los Angeles | ||
| XHAS-TDT, Tijuana/San Diego | KKTF-LD, Chico | KION, Monterey | KDTV-DT/KDTV-CD, San Francisco/Santa Rosa | KGMC, Merced | |||
| KRHT-LD, Redding | KDJT-CD, Monterey | KNVN-DT2, Chico | KBNT-CD, San Diego | KQCA-DT3, Stockton | |||
| KSBO-CD, San Luis Obispo | KTSB-CD, Santa Maria | KCSO-LD/KMUM-CD/KMMW-LD, Sacramento/Stockton | KUVS, Sacramento | KRCA, Riverside | |||
| KBBV-CD, Bakersfield | KFTR, Ontario | KTAS, San Luis Obispo | KFTV, Hanford | ||||
| KMCE-LD, Monterey | KDTF-LD, San Diego | KSTS, San Jose | KUCO-LD, Chico | ||||
| KSAO-LD, Sacramento | KAJB, Calipatria | KUAN-LD, Poway | KEUV-LP, Eureka | ||||
| KEMO, San Francisco | KTFF-DT/KTFF-LD, Porterville/Fresno | KNSO, Clovis | KMEX, Los Angeles | ||||
| KJLA, Ventura | KTFK, Stockton | KVEA, Corona | KPMR, Santa Barbara | ||||
| KFSF, Vallejo | KABE-CD, Bakersfield | ||||||
| KSMS, Monterey | |||||||
| TV stations in Central California, including Fresno and Visalia |
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| KVHF-LD 4 (VBC GUIDE) KAIL 7 (TCT) KFAZ-CA 8 (Decades) K17JI-D 12 (3ABN) KVBC-LP 13 (CourtTV) KHSC-LP 16 (KJOI-LP) KVPT 18 (PBS) KFTV 21 (UNI) KZMM-CD 22 (Ind) KSEE 24 (NBC) KMPH 26 (Fox) KJKZ-LP 27 (KKDJ) KFSN 30 (ABC) KBID-LP 31 (Euronews) KJEO-LD 32 (NUESTRA) KGOF-LD 32 (HMONG) KSDI-LD 33 (Telemax) KMCF-LD 35 (LATV) KGMC 43 (ESTRELLA) KGPE 47 (CBS) KNXT 49 (Ind) KNSO 51 (TLM) KMSG-LD 53 (MNTV) KFRE 59 (CW) KTFF-DT/KTFF-LD 61/41 (UMas) |
