| Callsign: | KYAV-LD |
| Branding: | KESQ News Now |
| Digital: | 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations: | Local news and events (2019-present) |
| Founded: | July 25, 1990 |
| Location: | Palm Springs–Yucca Valley, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Callsign Meaning: | YuccA Valley |
| Owner: | News-Press & Gazette Company |
| Licensee: | Gulf-California Broadcasting Co. |
| Erp: | 0.99 kW |
| Haat: | 157 m |
| Facility Id: | 2961 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KYAV-LD, VHF digital channel 12, is a low-power television station serving the Palm Springs, California area. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, it is a sister station to KESQ-TV, KPSP-CD, KDFX-CD, KCWQ-LD and KUNA-LD.
Founded July 25, 1990, KYAV-LD has been previously affiliated with CNC, a Spanish-language news channel based in Colombia, and Mas Musica, the 24-hour Spanish-language music video channel.
In January 2003, the station relaunched with Azteca America programming; that May, Desert Television—owner of KPSP-CD—acquired the outlet.[1]
On October 18, 2009, the then-KYAV-LP went out of business and the signal ceased operations. On February 22, 2012, the station changed its call sign to KYAV-LD. The station became an AccuWeather affiliate, a 24-hour live weather network features weather reports and forecasts.
In January 2012, News-Press & Gazette Company acquired the non-license assets of KYAV and KPSP; a year later, it purchased the stations' licenses outright. The deals made KYAV a sister station to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV and Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP, among other stations.[2]
As of 2019, the AccuWeather affiliation (which has been discontinued from most of its affiliates by this point) has been dropped in favor of a "News" format.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| 12.2 | Newsnow | Main KYAV-LD programming / Local news and events | ||
| Telemun | Simulcast of KUNA-LD / Telemundo | |||
| CBSLCL2 | Simulcast of KPSP-CD / CBS |