KPJO-LD

KPJO-LP

Pittsburg, Kansas/Joplin, Missouri
City of license Pittsburg, Kansas
Branding KPJO TV 49
Slogan TV how it was meant to be!
Subchannels 49.1 Antenna TV
MyNetworkTV
49.2 Doctor TV [1]
Owner Pittsburg/Joplin TV, LLC (operated through a LMA by DTV America Corporation
(Pittsburg/Joplin TV, LLC)
First air date February 17, 2014 (current incarnation)
Call letters' meaning K Pittsburg JOplin
Sister station(s) WCZU-LD
Former callsigns K49GR (2002-2005)
Transmitter power 12.4 kW
Height 302 feet (92 m)
Facility ID 127415
Transmitter coordinates 37°11′30.1″N 94°41′19″W / 37.191694°N 94.68861°W
Website KPJO Profile at DTVAmerica.com

KPJO-LP is a low-powered television station that is licensed to Pittsburg, Kansas and serving the Joplin, Missouri television market. It is owned by Pittsburg/Joplin TV, LLC, and operated through a local marketing agreement by DTV America Corporation of Sunrise, Florida. The station is a primary affiliate of classic-television specialty network Antenna TV, and is secondarily affiliated with the MyNetworkTV syndicated programming service.

Its transmitter is located near the corner of NE Bethlehem Road and NE 80th Street in a rural section of Cherokee County, KS near Galena.

History

The station began existence as K49GR, but wasn’t on the air. It was granted a construction permit in 2002, and the current call letters KPJO-LP came in 2005. It is unknown what affiliations KPJO had between then and 2014.

In 2014, DTV America Corporation and Pittsburg/Joplin TV signed a local marketing agreement to bring a MyNetworkTV and Antenna TV affiliate to Joplin, Missouri and Pittsburg, Kansas.[2]

MyNetworkTV was previously the only major channel (network or programming service) that wasn’t available directly from Joplin. KMYT-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma was the de facto MyNetworkTV affiliate in the western half of the Joplin market, while the eastern part of the market relied on Fox affiliate KRBK in Springfield, Missouri for MyNet programming, but MyNet programming on KRBK was run out of pattern since 2011 when Fox programming returned to that station. The CW, on the other hand, is only accessible via cable television through cable-exclusive CW Plus affiliate “KSXF,” one of the many cable-only CW Plus and original WB 100+ affiliates with faux call letters.

Programming

KPJO’s programming schedule is actually similar to that of sister station WCZU-LD in Bowling Green, Kentucky. MyNetworkTV programming is run on weeknights from 7 to 9 p.m. CT, and Antenna TV programming is aired outside MyNetworkTV’s primetime programming for 22 hours every weekday, and all 48 hours of the weekend. Antenna TV dominates the weekend broadcast schedule since MyNet does not run programming on Saturdays or Sundays.

On channel 49.2, Doctor TV programming is available.[3] Doctor TV is a new healthy lifestyle-oriented television channel featuring healthy-cooking shows, fitness shows, lifestyle programs, and some classic movies, along with some programming from The Worship Network from 1 to 3:30 a.m. CT (2 to 4:30 a.m. ET).[4][5] Doctor TV's national feed can be viewed online at their website.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://drtvchannel.com/affiliates/
  2. ↑ Press Release (December 20, 2013). "DTV America Launches New My Net Stations". DTV America Corporation. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Affiliates - DRTV ChannelDRTV Channel
  4. ↑ DRTV Schedule June 2014 - DRTVSchedule-June-2014
  5. ↑ http://drtvchannel.com/drtvlaunch/
  6. ↑ Dr.TV Live - DRTV ChannelDRTVChannel

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