KVME-TV

KVME-TV (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Bishop, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles television market as an affiliate of Jewelry Television. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Avalon-licensed MeTV owned-and-operated station KAZA-TV (channel 54). KVME-TV's studios are located on North Main Street in Bishop, and its transmitter is located in the White Mountains, about 20 mi east of Bishop.

History

The station signed on the air on August 21, 2007, as KBBC-TV on analog channel 20, operating as a bilingual independent. KBBC's programming was mostly Spanish, featuring such shows as La Corte del Pueblo (a Spanish-language version of The People's Court), La Corte de Familia, the daily soccer program Fútbol al Día from Monterrey-based Multimedios Televisión, and a newscast with extensive coverage from Central America. The nighttime programming had premiered on KNLA-LP, which was a translator station.

The station later added afternoon and overnight programming from the Home Shopping Network. KBBC also offered English-language religious programming

Affiliation changes

MeTV

KVME-TV became affiliated with MeTV on April 30, 2012, sharing the affiliation with the third digital subchannel of Anaheim-based KDOC-TV (channel 56). KVME-TV carried MeTV on their primary digital channel 20 (virtual channel 20.1), which is also available on the DirecTV and Dish Network local packages tier for the Los Angeles market. KVME-TV and KDOC-TV marketed the subchannel as "MeTV Hollywood", changing from KDOC's previous brand of "MeTV Los Angeles". Local advertising for MeTV Hollywood was sold by a jointly managed ad sales team for both stations.[3] However, KVME-TV's MeTV feed did not carry the full schedule of programming, electing to carry Spanish-language religious and paid programming during the early morning weekday hours of 5 to 8 a.m., preempting regularly scheduled programming within those hours. The MeTV affiliation ended on January 15, 2018.

Heroes & Icons

On January 15, 2018, KVME-TV became an affiliate of MeTV's sister network, Heroes & Icons, sharing the affiliation with the fourth digital subchannel of Los Angeles-based KCOP-TV (channel 13).[4] Like the previous affiliation with MeTV, KVME-TV's Heroes & Icons feed did not carry the full schedule of programming, electing to carry Spanish-language religious and paid programming during the early morning weekday hours of 7 to 10 a.m., preempting regularly scheduled programming within those hours. On February 28, 2022, subchannel 20.2 was upgraded to 720p high definition, mirroring low-power sister station, KSFV-CD 27.2 in Los Angeles, which also carried Heroes & Icons in HD.

Jewelry TV

On January 11, 2019, KVME-TV changed its affiliation from Heroes & Icons to Jewelry Television; the H&I affiliation was moved to the station's second digital subchannel.[5]

In 2025, KVME-TV added MeTV Toons to its new 20.3 subchannel. On September 29, 2025, KVME-TV dropped the H&I feed from 20.2, and became a charter station for the WEST network. This change also happened on KVME's satellite feed and on its sister station KSFV-CD 27.2. H&I is now no longer available over the air in the Bishop area. It is still available in the Los Angeles area on KCOP-TV 13.4 and KAZA-TV 54.5.

callsign	KVME-TV
digital	20 (UHF)
virtual	20
affiliations	20.1: Jewelry Television 20.2: WEST 20.3: MeTV Toons
airdate	August 21, 2007
location	Bishop–Mammoth Lakes– Los Angeles, California
country	United States
city	Bishop, California
callsign meaning	Venture Memorable Entertainment (slogan of MeTV, station's previous affiliation)
former callsigns	KBBC-TV (2007–2012)
former channel numbers	Analog: 20 (UHF, 2007–2008)
owner	Weigel Broadcasting‡R1R‡
licensee	KVME-TV LLC
sister stations	KAZA-TV, KHTV-CD, KPOM-CD, KSFV-CD
former affiliations	Spanish Independent (2007–2012) MeTV (2012–2018) Heroes & Icons (2018–2019 on 20.1, 2019–2025 on 20.2)
erp	1.9 kW
haat	924 m
facility id	83825
coordinates	37.41186°N, -118.18592°W
licensing authority	FCC

History

Affiliation changes

MeTV

Heroes & Icons

Jewelry TV

MeTV

Heroes & Icons

Jewelry TV

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital transition

References