KGCS-LD

KGCS-LD is a low-powered digital television station that is licensed to and serving Joplin, Missouri. The station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 21, and it is owned by the Board of Governors at Missouri Southern State University.[2] The station is an affiliate of Youtoo America (formerly America One).

KGCS-LD
Joplin, Missouri
United States
ChannelsDigital: 21 (UHF) [1]
Virtual: 21 (PSIP)
AffiliationsYoutoo America
OwnerBoard of Governors-Missouri Southern State University
FoundedJanuary 24, 1986
Former call signsK57DR (1986-1995)
KGCS-LP (1995-2009)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
57 (UHF, 1986-2009)
Digital:
22 (UHF, 2009-2019)
Former affiliationsAmerica One
Transmitter power14 kW
Height711 feet (217 m)
Facility ID4206
Transmitter coordinates37°5′49.2″N 94°34′25.8″W
Websitemssu.edu/kgcs

History

The station began in September 1984 as MSTV, a cable-exclusive student-access television station. Student-produced programming was the main staple for the channel. The channel began broadcasting city council meetings in Joplin, and those broadcasts still happen on the station in the present.[3] Although the construction permit for the over-the-air signal was issued in January 1986, it was not on the air until sometime in 1988. In 1988, the station launched as K57DR, operating on analog UHF channel 57. The transmitter was erected just before the signal went on the air. In 1995, the station's callsign was changed to KGCS-LP. The station's digital signal on UHF channel 22 has been on the air since 2008, and the station changed the call letters to the current KGCS-LD in July 2009 after voluntarily shutting down their analog signal.[3]

References
  1. Rabbitears.Info -- Digital TV market listing for KGCS-LD
  2. RabbitEars.Info -- Query for KGCS-LD
  3. ”30th-Anniversary.pcf Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine”. KGCS-LD; Missouri Southern State University. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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