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Full-power digital · channel 28 · PALM SPRINGS, CA
| Facility ID | 25577 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST COMPANY |
| Community of licence | PALM SPRINGS, CA
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 33.86614, -116.43472 |
| Effective radiated power | 100 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 496 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-24.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
| Website | https://www.kesq.com/ |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | none |
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-11 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 795457 | 8 | LPD | |
| KGBY-LD | 10 | LPD | JEFF CHANG |
| KYAV-LD | 12 | LPD | GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST COMPANY |
| facility 795419 | 13 | LPD | |
| KODG-LD | 17 | LPD | BILTMORE BROADCASTING PALM SPRINGS, INC. |
| KVPS-LD | 19 | LPD | ESTHER ARENAS |
| KCWQ-LD | 20 | LPD | GULF-CALIFORNIA BROADCAST COMPANY |
| K21DO-D | 21 | DCA | HC2 STATION GROUP, INC. |
| KPDI-LD | 25 | LPD | MAJOR MARKET BROADCASTING OF CALIFORNIA |
| KMIR-TV | 26 | DTV | ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC |
| KPSE-LD | 29 | LPD | ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC |
| KRET-CD | 31 | DCA | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KESQ-TV | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KESQ-TV | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.