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 satellite station of KFFX-TV, which serves the Tri-Cities area. 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.

History

KCYU-LD signed on April 1, 1993 as K68EB, broadcasting as a repeater of Spokane‘s KAYU-TV (with inserts for local ads), but switched to KFFX-TV when that station signed on in January 1999.[1] The K68EB calls was changed to KCYU-LP on November 20, 1995 with KCYU-LP continuing to broadcast on channel 68.[2] Originally on channel 68, it moved to channel 41 in 2002. On December 15, 2008, KCYU-LP dropped analog broadcasting and converted to a high definition digital signal the same day.[3] On July 8, 2009 KCYU-LP changed the KCYU-LP call letters from KCYU-LP to the current KCYU-LD calls.[4]

On April 21, 2009, KCYU-LD began airing This TV is carried on 41.2. This TV is also carried on Charter Cable channel 292.