KMSG-LD (channel 53) is a low-power television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV and Azteca América. It is owned by Cocola Broadcasting alongside 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.
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).
On September 28, 2020, MyNetworkTV programming moved to KMSG, after the network's previous affiliate, KAIL (channel 7), switched to TCT.
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.
Newscasts[]
When KMSG took on the MyNetworkTV affiliation, the station aired an edition of KFSN-TV's Action News at 8:00 p.m. weeknights, which previously aired on KAIL. The newscast ended in December 2021 and the station aired NewsNet for three months following.
KMSG offers 2½ hours of news per week (30 minutes each weekday) with the San Joaquin Valley's only 8 p.m. newscast, My 53 News at 8:00, hosted by news director Austin Reed, which debuted April 1, 2022. The half-hour newscast immediately repeats. KMSG also airs the weekly syndicated program The Reed Report produced by Reed, which also airs on KWVT-LD.
Technical information[]
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.4 | 480i | 4:3 | KFVD SD | Daystar |
| 39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Religious independent (Universal Church) | |
| 39.2 | 480i | 4:3 | silent | |
| 39.3 | CBN News | |||
| 39.4 | silent | |||
| 39.5 | The Country Network | |||
| 43.2 | 720p | 16:9 | Azteca | Azteca América |
| 53.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | My53 | MyNetworkTV |
Former Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Religious independent (Universal Church) | |
| 39.2 | 480i | 4:3 | silent | |
| 39.3 | CBN News | |||
| 39.4 | silent | |||
| 39.5 | The Country Network | |||
| 43.2 | 720p | 16:9 | Azteca | Azteca América |
| 43.3 | 480i | 4:3 | Daystar | Daystar |
| 53.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | My53 | MyNetworkTV |
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 |
Former[]
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
Former callsigns | Former affiliations | ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KBID-LP | Fresno | 31 (UHF) 24 (UHF) |
October 6, 1997 | unknown | KGMC-LP (2003–2006) KJKZ-LP (1998–2003) K28EZ (1996–1998) |
America One (via KJEO-LP, until late 2007) | 150 kW | 562 m | 23276 |
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| 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-LD, Indio | KVYE, El Centro | KSDX-LD, San Diego | KWHY, Los Angeles | ||
| XHAS-TDT, Tijuana/San Diego | KKTF-LD, Chico | KMUV-LD, 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-DT/KEZT-CD, Modesto/Sacramento | KRCA, Riverside | |||
| KBBV-CD, Bakersfield | KFTR-DT, Ontario | KTAS, San Luis Obispo | KFTV-DT, Hanford | ||||
| KMCE-LD, Monterey | KDTF-LD, San Diego | KSTS, San Jose | KUCO-LD, Chico | ||||
| KSAO-LD, Sacramento | KAJB, Calipatria | KUAN-LD, Poway | KEUV-LD, Eureka | ||||
| KEMO, San Francisco | KTFF-DT/KTFF-LD, Porterville/Fresno | KNSO, Clovis | KMEX-DT, Los Angeles | ||||
| KWHY-DT2, Los Angeles | KTFK-DT, Stockton | KVEA, Corona | KPMR, Santa Barbara | ||||
| KFSF-DT, Vallejo | KABE-CD, Bakersfield | ||||||
| KSMS, Monterey | |||||||
| TV stations in California | ||||||
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| Daystar | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 3ABN | Tele Vida Abundante | Almavision | Other stations | |
| KRJR-LP, Sacramento | KTBN, Santa Ana | K08MM-D, Bakersfield | K10OI, Marina | KTAV-LD, Altadena | KEBK-LD, Bakersfield | |
| KFVD-LD, Porterville | ||||||
| KMSG-LD3, Fresno | ||||||
| KVHF-LD8, Fresno | ||||||
| KACA-LD, Modesto | K17JI-D, Fresno | K36JH-D, Barstow | KJEO-LD, Fresno | |||
| KOCE-DT3, Huntington Beach | K20JX-D, Sacramento | KMSG-LD4, Fresno | ||||
| K21DO-D, Palm Springs | ||||||
| KLFB-LD, Salinas | ||||||
| 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) | KFVD-LD 15 (Daystar) | KHSC-LD 16 (KJOI-LP) | KVPT 18 (PBS) | KFTV 21 (UNI) | KZMM-CD 22 (Ind) | KSEE 24 (NBC) | KMPH-TV 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) | KIFR 49 (Art) | KNSO 51 (TLM) | KMSG-LD 53 (MNTV) | KFRE-TV 59 (CW) | KTFF-DT/KTFF-LD 61/41 (UMas) Defunct Stations: Adjacent locals |
