KINE

KINE is a Sprout affiliate that serves the Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California market. It broadcasts on Channel 9. The station began in 1984 as an Independent station with a secondary affiliation with PBS as a semi-satellite of KETS-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, However, the station was split from KETS in 2005 and became an alternate Nick Jr. affiliate whenever KGBQ would break into programming or breaking news. In 2009, the station then dropped Nick Jr. and became a PBS KIds Sprout affiliate, then in 2013, NBCUniversal bought PBS Kids Sprout and then renamed it Sprout, and KINE immediately became an affiliate of the network.