KDFX TV Indio / Palm Springs CA

KDFX-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is a low-powered, Class A Fox-affiliated television station licensed to both Indio and Palm Springs, California, United States and serving the Coachella Valley in California's Inland Empire. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, it is a sister station to Palm Springs-licensed ABC affiliate KESQ-TV (channel 42), and four other low-power stations: Cathedral City-licensed Class A CBS affiliate KPSP-CD (channel 38), Palm Springs-licensed low-powered CW affiliate KCWQ-LD (channel 2), Indio-licensed low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP (channel 15), and low-powered AccuWeather affiliate KYAV-LD (channel 12). The six stations share studios on Dunham Way in Thousand Palms; KDFX-CD's transmitter is located on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10. Along with other major Coachella Valley television stations, KDFX identifies itself on-air using its cable designation (Fox 11) rather than its over-the-air channel position. The unusual practice stems in part from the area's exceptionally high cable penetration rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the United States. In addition to its own digital signal, KDFX is simulcast in standard definition on KESQ's fourth digital subchannel (UHF channel 42.4 or virtual channel 33.2 via PSIP) from the same Edom Hill transmitter facility.