to self published sources . please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message kcyu ld semi satellite of kffx tv pendleton oregon yakima washington united states branding fox 41 slogan everybody s watching fox channels digital 41 uhf virtual 41 psip subchannels 41.1 fox 41.2 this tv affiliations fox owner northwest broadcasting mountain licenses l.p. first air date october 1 1989 1989 10 01 as k53cy may 1993 1993 05 current license call letters meaning k central washington yu taken from spokane s kayu tv former callsigns k53cy 1989 1993 k68eb 1993 1995 kcyu lp 1995 2009 former channel number s 53 uhf analog 1989 1993 68 uhf analog 1993 2002 41 uhf analog 2002 2008 transmitter power 25.4 kw website www.myfoxyakima.com kcyu ld is a low power digital television station in yakima washington broadcasting on uhf channel 41 as an affiliate of the fox network . the station is owned by northwest broadcasting and is a semi satellite station of kffx tv which serves the tri cities area . it repeats kffx most of the day though it airs separate identifications and commercials and has its own website . on satellite kcyu ld is only available on dish network while directv carries kffx tv instead . the station has its own studios on lincoln avenue in yakima though some support operations are handled at kffx s facility in kennewick . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 translators 4 references 5 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 41.1 720p 16 9 kffx hd main kcyu ld programming fox 41.2 480i 4 3 this tv this tv history edit fox programming first came to yakima on october 1 1989 when k53cy 2 channel 53 generally referred to as simply kcy signed on as a semi satellite of spokane s kayu tv ; it aired most of kayu s programming with the exception of programming that kayu did not hold the rights to show in yakima with inserts for local commercials . 3 subsequently a construction permit for a new low power station on channel 68 in yakima was issued on april 1 1993 4 and given the call sign k68eb ; 5 this facility signed on a month later . 6 despite the different call sign k68eb was still called kcy outside of federal communications commission required station identifications . 7 original owner salmon river communications sold k68eb along with kayu tv kbwu lp in the tri cities and kmvu in medford oregon to northwest broadcasting in 1995 . 8 the call letters were changed to kcyu lp on november 20 1995 . 5 kcyu lp remained a semi satellite of kayu until january 1999 when it became a semi satellite of the new kffx tv . the station remained on channel 68 until 2002 when kcyu lp moved to channel 41 . on december 15 2008 kcyu lp dropped analog broadcasting and converted to a high definition digital signal ; 9 in reflection of this conversion the call letters were modified to the current kcyu ld on july 8 2009 . 5 on april 21 2009 kcyu ld began airing this tv on its digital subcarrier . this tv is also carried on charter cable channel 292 . translators edit kcyu ld is rebroadcast on a translator . 10 k10nq channel 10 prosser owned by northwest broadcasting references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign kcyu ld station station search details dk53cy . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 19 2015 . murphey michael october 5 1989 . kayu tv partnership opens stations in yakima tri cities . spokane chronicle . retrieved december 19 2015 . application search details kcyu ld 1 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 19 2015 . a b c call sign history . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 19 2015 . application search details kcyu ld 2 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 19 2015 . smith craig november 18 1994 . seahawk notebook 54 500 not enough to lift tv blackout . the seattle times . retrieved december 19 2015 . the game will be carried on fox network affiliates in spokane kayu channel 28 portland kpdx channel 49 and yakima kcy channel 68 . michigan investor buys kayu tv . the spokesman review . august 2 1995 . retrieved december 19 2015 . http web.archive.org web 20081224121422 http www.myfoxyakima.com myfox pages home detail contentid 8026347 & version 2 & locale en us & layoutcode tsty & pageid 1.1.1 http web.archive.org web 20081224121422 http www.myfoxyakima.com myfox pages home detail contentid 8026347 & version 2 & locale en us & layoutcode tsty & pageid 1.1.1 external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for kcyu ld query tv fool s coverage map for kcyu ld biafn s media web database information on kcyu ld v t e broadcast television in central washington including yakima yakima kunw cd 2.1 uni kndo 23.1 nbc 23.3 swx kima tv 29.1 cbs 29.2 the cw kapp 35.1 abc 35.2 kxmn ld kcyu ld 41.1 fox 41.2 this tv kyve 47.1 pbs 47.2 v me 47.3 create 47.5 pbs hd k51jg d 73.1 3abn 73.2 3abn latino 73.3 3abn radio 73.4 radio74 ellensburg k25fp d 25 3abn k39dm 39 tbn tri cities kffx tv 11.1 fox 11.2 this tv kvvk ca 15 korx ca 16 uni kepr tv 19.1 cbs 19.2 the cw kndu 25.1 nbc 25.3 swx ktnw 31.1 pbs hd 31.2 v me kvew 42.1 abc 42.2 kxmn ld krlb ld 49.1 tbn walla walla ktvr 13 pbs opb k21jq d 22 hope worship k33ej d 3abn kwwo lp 47 tbn wenatchee knee ld 10 ind kwcc ld 47 ind cable channels northwest cable news root sports northwest defunct stations kcwk 9 kcwk lp 27 fox aza cw kcwt 27 fox ca tbn k34em tbn see also list of television stations in washington list of television stations in oregon seattle spokane portland boise tv v t e fox network affiliates in the state of washington kffx 11 kcyu 41 tri cities yakima kcpq 13 seattle tacoma kayu 28 spokane see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in washington v t e northwest broadcasting kayu fox kfbi myn kffx kcyu ld fox kmcw lp mundomax kmvu fox kpvi nbc kswt cbs 1 kviq cbs kxtf cozi tv kyma nbc 1 wabg abc wbpn myn wicz fox wnbd nbc wnys myn 2 wsyt fox wxvt cbs 3 1 kswt & kyma is operated by news press & gazette company under an ssa . 2 owned by syracuse broadcasting wnys is operated under an ssa . 3 wxvt is operated under an ssa . this article about a television station in the u.s. state of washington is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kcyu ld & oldid 736034783 categories fox network affiliatesthis tv affiliatestelevision stations in washington state media in yakima washingtondigital low power stationstelevision channels and stations established in 1993western united states television station stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from june 2009all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 18 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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