KEGS (TV)

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KEGS
Goldfield, Nevada
Channels	7 (VHF) analog
Translators	KEGS-LP ch.63 (UHF), Las Vegas, Nevada KRRI-LP ch.25 (UHF), Reno, Nevada
Affiliations	ImaginAsian RTN
Owner	Equity Broadcasting (Nevada Channel 3, Inc.)
Founded	January 12, 1993
Call letters meaning	K Equity Goldfield Station
Former callsigns	K63FD (1993-1997) KTVY-LP (1997-2005)
Transmitter Power	22.9 kW

KEGS is a television station in Goldfield, Nevada, serving the Reno, Nevada market as an affiliate of ImaginAsian and Retro Television Network on channel 7. The station is also seen on KRRI-LP channel 25 in Reno, Nevada, and on KEGS-LP channel 63 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like many stations owned by Equity Broadcasting, the stations are operated remotely by satellite; their programming can be seen free-to-air on Galaxy 10R.

[edit] History

The Las Vegas station was founded on January 12, 1993 as K63FD, and later gained the call sign KTVY-LP in 1997. On May 31, 1999, the Goldfield station signed on as KBNX. When Equity acquired the station in 2002, the station was rechristened KTVY-TV to match the station in Las Vegas. Finally, in late May of 2005, both stations changed their call sign to the current KEGS.

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 18, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEGS will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

Equity Broadcasting currently has a construction permit to move KEGS-LP to UHF channel 30, with a digital signal on channel 24.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KEGS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KRRI

Broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas market  (Nielsen DMA #48)

KVBC 3 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KVVU 5 (FOX) - KLAS 8 (CBS) - KLVX 10 (PBS, Create on DT3) - KTNV 13 (ABC) - KINC 15 (UNI) - KEEN 17 (TLN) - KHDF 19 (AZA) - KVMY 21 (MNTV) - KLVD 23 (DS) - KTUD 25 (Ind) - KELV 27 (TFU) - KVPX 28 (VSEN-TV) - KPVT 30 (FamilyNet) - KNBX 31 (TeleFórmula) - KVCW 33 (The CW) - KMCC 34 (Multimedios) - KVTE 35 (Ind) - KBLR 39 (TEL) - K41IO 41 (TBN) - KPVM 41 (ION) - K43FO 43 (3ABN)  KGNG 47 (HSN) - KLSV 50 (JTV)  KHMP 62 (A1) - KEGS 63 (IA/RTN)