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KVMD is a LATV-affiliated television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. The broadcast signal covers all the Greater Los Angeles Area on digital UHF channel 23. KVMD-DT is also available on DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 31, its former analog channel. The station is also seen throughout the Los Angeles media market on various cable TV systems.

The station broadcasts digitally on nine subchannels. KVMD is dedicated to providing free over-the-air programming to minority groups in southern California. Currently programming is offered in, English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, and Armenian. KVMD's owner, Ronald Ulloa, is also president and majority owner of KXLA.

KVMD's transmitter is located in Mount. Wilson.

KVMD has subchannels in other languages serving the region's Asian American community.

The station became an affiliate of LATV on January 1, 2018.

History

On December 1, 1997 on analog channel 31, KVMD signed on. While its analog signal was rather weak and could not generally be received beyond Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley, it sought and obtained carriage on many cable television systems throughout Southern California, as well as satellite TV, due to its fortuitous location in the outskirts of the Los Angeles DMA and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must-carry rules. KVMD started out broadcasting America One programming. On July 29, 2002, its digital signal went on the air on channel 23. This signal is much stronger, potentially reaching 80 times as many viewers over the air as its analog signal, and reaching most of the Inland Empire. It also reaches a good portion of Los Angeles, Orange and part of San Diego counties.

On June 1, 2003, KVMD became the first station in the country to shut off its analog channel and go digital-only, in support of the government-mandated digital transition.

On June 1, 2008, KVMD started to air ARTN Armenian programming every night. On August 31, 2017, KVMD discontinued ARTN programming and moved to cable-only, and switched to Almavision programming.

In December 2017, it was announced that the station will become the Los Angeles market's LATV affiliate on January 1, 2018, replacing KJLA, which became the new Azteca América affiliate in the Los Angeles market.

Low-Power Stations

  • KBAB-LD Channel 51 Santa Barbara
  • KFUL-LD Channel 44 San Luis Obispo
  • KLFA-LD Channel 25 Santa Maria
  • KODG-LD Channel 17 Palm Springs
  • KSDX-LD Channel 29 San Diego

DirecTV Carriage

KVMD ceased programming on DirecTV's local standard-definition coverage on December 19, 2007 but returned on October 31, 2008.

Digital channels

Channel Programming
31.1 LATV
31.2 HTTV USA (Mandarin)
31.3 Super TV USA (Mandarin)
31.4 GDTV World American Edition (Cantonese/Mandarin)
31.5 U.S. National TV (Cantonese/Mandarin)
31.6 Un Voz de Consuelo TV (Spanish religious)
31.7 OnTV4U (Spanish)
31.8 EEE Network (Spanish Religious)
31.9 Tele Vida Abundante (Spanish religious)
31.10 Spanish infomercials

References

Template:LATV stations

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