KBSD-TV

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KBSD-TV
(semi-satellite of KWCH-TV, Wichita, Kansas)
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Dodge City/Garden City, Kansas
City of license Ensign, Kansas
Branding Eyewitness News 6
Channels Analog: 6 (VHF)

Digital: 5 (VHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Schurz Communications, Inc.
(Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date July 24, 1957
Call letters’ meaning Kansas
Broadcasting
System
Dodge City
Former callsigns KTVC (1957-1989)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
20 kW (digital)
Height 219 m (analog)
198.2 m (digital)
Facility ID 66414
Transmitter Coordinates 37°38′28.3″N, 100°20′40.8″W
Website www.kwch.com

KBSD channel 6 is a CBS affiliate based in Dodge City, Kansas and serves the southwestern Kansas portion of the Wichita TV market; also serving part of the Oklahoma panhandle (part of the Amarillo market). It is owned by Schurz Communications.

KBSD is part of the Kansas Broadcasting System (KBS) network of CBS affiliates, repeating the signal of KWCH-TV in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts.

The "D" in KBSD stands for Dodge City.

KBSD came to life July 24, 1957 as KTVC, licensed to Ensign with studio and transmitter at Dodge City. Cowles Broadcasting purchased KTVC in 1962 and united it with KTVH Hutchison (now KWCH), KLOE Goodland and KAYS Hays to form the Kansas Broadcasting System. In the mid-1980s, KTVC's call letters were changed to KBSD, to reflect the regional identities of the other KBS satellites (KLOE became KBSL; KAYS became KBSH).

KTVC/KBSD produced a full local newscast for many years, in addition to carry the newscast from KTVH/KWCH. More recently, the station has been downsized to contribution reports to the Wichita newscast and web content supplied through KWCH.COM. Master Control and commercial scheduling functions for KBSD are now handled through a fully digital operating system based at KWCH in Wichita.

On April 6, 2006, previous owner Media General announced that, in addition to acquiring four NBC owned-and-operated stations, Media General will be selling four of its TV stations. KWCH (including its satellites, which all count as one station) was one of them [1]; a deal has been made for them to be sold to Schurz, who completed the acquisition on September 25, 2006. [2] [3]

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Broadcast television in the Wichita/Hutchinson Plus market  (Nielsen DMA #69)

Wichita-Hutchinson: KSNW 3 (NBC) - KCTU-LP 5 (ION) - KPTS 8 (PBS) - KAKE 10 (ABC) - KWCH 12 (CBS) - K15DD 15 (HSN) - KSAS 24 (Fox) - K28JB 28 (TBN) - KSCW 33 (The CW) - KMTW 36 (MNTV) - KFVT-LP 40 (Ind.) - KGPT-CA 49 (A1/WHT/Faith/RTN) - KSMI-LP 51 (AZA)
Great Bend-Hays-Salina (Central Kansas): KSNC 2 / K06LZ 6 (NBC) - KBSH 7 (CBS) - KOOD 9 (PBS/SHPTV) - KOCW 14 / KAAS 18 (Fox) - K15CN 15 (TBN) - K25CV 25 / K30GD 30 / K51GC 51 (ABC)
Colby-Goodland-McCook (NW Kansas/SW Nebraska): KLBY 4 (ABC) - KSNK 8 (NBC) - KBSL 10 (CBS) - K23BU 23 / K32BY 32 (PBS/SHPTV)
Dodge City-Garden City (SW Kansas): KSWK 3 / KDCK 21 (PBS/SHPTV) - KBSD 6 (CBS) - KSNG 11 (NBC) - KUPK 13 (ABC) - KSAS-LP 29 / KAAS-LP 31 (Fox) - K39FW 39 / K43HN 43 (TBN)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Kansas
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Kansas
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Schurz Communications, Inc.

AM Radio Stations: WASK · WSBT

FM Radio Stations: WASK · WKOA · WKHY · WNSN · WXXB

ABC Network Affiliate: KSPR1

CBS Network Affiliates: KWCH · KBSD2 · KBSH2 · KBSL2 · WDBJ · WSBT

The CW Network Affiliates: K15CZ / K17DL · KSCW

NBC Network Affiliates: KYTV · WAGT

1Schurz shares ownership of this station with Perkin Media.
2These stations are repeaters of KWCH-TV.
Annual Revenue: Unknown · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.schurz.com