Diya TV is an American broadcast television network that was founded in 2009 by Ravi Kapur, a journalist, and is based in San Francisco, California. It is the widest distributed Asian American owned and themed television network in the United States, reaching in excess of 80 million people over the air.
Diya TV provides programming geared toward Indian American and South Asian interests in the United States, with programming rooted in news and investigative journalism in English, Hindi and Punjabi.[2]
Ravi Kapur was the former owner of KAXT-CD in San Francisco, which was formerly affiliated with Diya TV.[3] Diya TV is referred to as "America’s first and only South Asian broadcast television network".[4]
List of affiliates
- KSMV-LD - Los Angeles, California
- WACP - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- KLEG-CD - Dallas, Texas
- KDTS-LD - San Francisco, California
- KAAP-LD - San Jose, California
- KQAH-LD - Seattle, Washington
- WPTG-CD - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- WLVO-LD - Atlanta, Georgia
- WWMW-LD - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- KGHD-LD - Las Vegas, Nevada
- KTAS - San Luis Obispo–Santa Barbara–Santa Maria, California
- KPDY-LD - Santa Barbara, California
- W18EU-D - Miami–Fort Lauderdale-Key West, Florida
- WSWF-LD - Orlando, Florida
- WTBT-LD - Tampa, Florida
- WISH-TV - Indianapolis, Indiana
- WUBX-CD - Durham, North Carolina
- WDYJ-LD - New York, New York
- KBBV-CD - Bakersfield, California
- WXOH-LD - Columbus, Ohio
- WRJK-LD - Arlington Heights, Illinois
- WWAT-CD - Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- WMWI-LD - Verona, Wisconsin
Former affiliates
- WNYX/WXNY/W33ET-D - New York, New York
- KFLA-LD - Los Angeles, California
- KAXT-CD/KMMC-LD - San Francisco, California
- KQHO-LD - Houston, Texas
- WTXI-LD - Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach–Key West, Florida
- WHNE-LD - Detroit, Michigan
- WRNT-LD - Hartford, Connecticut
- WCRN-LD - Providence, Rhode Island
- KBID-LD - Fresno, California
References
- ^ "Stations for Network - Diya TV". RabbitEars.info.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/company/diyatv/ [self-published source]
- ^ "Ravi Kapur". indiaspora.org. Biography.
- ^ "Where to Watch Diya TV". Diya TV. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
External links
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