KGCS-LD

KGCS-LD
Joplin, Missouri
United States
Channels Digital: 22 (UHF) [1]
Affiliations Youtoo America
Owner Board of Governors-Missouri Southern State University
Founded January 24, 1986
Former callsigns K57DR (1986-1995)
KGCS-LP (1995-2009)
Former channel number(s) 57 (UHF analog, 1986-2009)
Former affiliations America One
Transmitter power 14 kW
Height 711 feet (217 m)
Facility ID 4206
Transmitter coordinates 37°5′49.2″N 94°34′25.8″W / 37.097000°N 94.573833°W / 37.097000; -94.573833
Website mssu.edu/kgcs

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 22, 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).

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 counci 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. 1 2 ”30th-Anniversary.pcf”. KGCS-LD; Missouri Southern State University. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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