KMCT-TV

KMCT-TV
West Monroe/Monroe, Louisiana
United States
City West Monroe, Louisiana
Slogan Monroe's Christian Television
Channels Digital: 38 (UHF)
(to move to 22 (UHF))
Virtual: 39 (PSIP)
Subchannels 39.1 Religious Ind.
39.2 Ion Television
39.3 QVC Over Air
39.4 HSN
39.5 Sonlife
39.6 Quest
39.7 Justice Network
Translators 23 KLMB-CD El Dorado, AR
Affiliations Religious Independent (2005–2013, 2016–present)
Owner Carolina Christian Broadcasting[1]
(KMCT Holdings, LLC)
First air date April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07)
Call letters' meaning Monroe
Christian
Television
Former channel number(s) Analog:
39 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Virtual:
38 (PSIP, 2017–2018)
Former affiliations Pax TV (1998–2005)
MyNetworkTV (2013–2016)
Transmitter power 14 kW
25 kW (CP)
Height 144 m (472 ft)
92 m (302 ft) (CP)
Facility ID 38584
Transmitter coordinates 32°30′22″N 92°8′55″W / 32.50611°N 92.14861°W / 32.50611; -92.14861
32°30′21.2″N 92°8′55.6″W / 32.505889°N 92.148778°W / 32.505889; -92.148778 (CP)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website http://kmct.tv/

KMCT-TV is a religious independent television station licensed to West Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Carolina Christian Broadcasting (through subsidiary KMCT Holdings, LLC), it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 (or virtual channel 39 via PSIP) from a transmitter co-located with its studios at 701 Parkwood Drive in West Monroe.

History

Founded June 13, 1983 by Charles Reed, the station was then owned by Louisiana Christian Broadcasting, Inc. The station moved to its current location on Parkwood Drive in 1991. The station was bought by First Assembly of God of West Monroe in November 2009 when it became The Voice Network. In 2013, KMCT-TV became a MyNetworkTV affiliate, with religious programming moved to DT2.[2]

In October 2014, the station's antenna collapsed during severe weather, knocking KMCT programming off the air and from cable. By March 2015, the station was back on Comcast cable, and in September 2015, the station relaunched with a low power signal. KMCT is currently looking at relaunching at full power on channel 39 once the FCC approves its antenna installation.[3] In the interim, religious programming from KMCT aired on a subchannel of its former sister station KWMS-LP. In late August 2016, KMCT began operating at full power, but eventually decided to drop all secular programming and become a religious independent station, with Sonlife remaining on the second subchannel.[4] MyNetworkTV went unseen in the market for several months until Gray Television picked it up in late 2017 for their KNOE-DT3 subchannel (which is an affiliate of The CW Plus), airing the service's programming from 1:30 to 3:30 a.m., overlaying default network-fed overnight paid programming from The CW Plus.[5] In 2018, KMCT added five subchannels: Ion Television to channel 39.2 (displacing Sonlife to 39.5), QVC Over the Air to channel 39.3, HSN to channel 39.4, Quest to channel 39.6, and Justice Network to channel 39.7.

From 2001 to 2005, KMCT aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KTVE's newscasts at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[6]
39.11080i16:9KMCT-HDMain KMCT-TV programming
39.2480i4:3getTVIon
39.3QVCQVC Over Air
39.4HSNHome Shopping Network
39.5SBNSonlife Broadcasting Network
39.6QUESTQuest
39.7JUSTICEJustice Network

Analog-to-digital conversion

KMCT-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 39, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38.[7] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 39.

Prior broadcast facility uses

The building and tower on Parkwood Drive in West Monroe used by KMCT-TV is the former facility of KLAA channel 14 (now Fox affiliate KARD-TV). KLAA signed on August 6, 1974,[8] and moved to new facilities in 1983. Prior to KLAA, the facility was used by KYAY channel 39 from KYAY's sign-on August 9, 1967 until going off the air August 16, 1971.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ KMCT My39
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "The Voice Network Programming". thevoicenetwork.tv. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ↑ TitanTV Query for KNOE
  6. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KMCT
  7. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  8. ↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook", 1979 edition, Page B-104 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook", 1974 edition, Page A-26


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