KBSD-DT
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HAAT | 216.8 m (711 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°38′28″N 100°20′39″W / 37.64111°N 100.34417°W |
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Website | www |
KBSD-DT (channel 6) is a
KBSD-DT is part of the Kansas Broadcasting System (KBS), a statewide network of four full-power stations that relay programming from
History
The station first signed on the air on August 1, 1957, By 1958, a third Kansas station was airing ABC programming via KAKE,
In 1961, Southwest Kansas Television Company opted to switch KTVC's network affiliation from ABC to CBS (airing programming primarily from KTVH in Hutchinson), taking effect on June 4. In making the decision, station president Wendell Elliott cited the need for freedom in scheduling its programming, which the ABC contract did not offer.[7] The next year, KAYS changed its affiliation to CBS and purchased KWHT-TV of Goodland, Kansas, changing its call letters to KLOE-TV; the four stations formed the Kansas Broadcasting System, the CBS affiliate for central and western Kansas.[8]
Leigh Warner bought Southwest Kansas Television Company in 1969.[9] After Warner's death in 1985, his estate sold KTVC to Nuco TV, which owned the remainder of the KBS network; in approving the sale, the FCC noted that KTVC was the last television station in western Kansas not already owned by a Wichita station.[10]
The Kansas Broadcasting System was acquired for $45 million by Smith Broadcasting in 1989;[11] after the sale was completed, the station changed its call letters to KBSD-TV, as part of an effort that saw KWCH's three semi-satellites change their call letters to bolster the KBS network's identity. Smith sold the station to Spartanburg, South Carolina–based Spartan Communications in 1994; Spartan merged with Media General in 2000. In 2005, KWCH began operating a digital automation system from its Wichita studio facility, which handled the scheduling of advertisements and master control operations for all four KBS stations.
On April 6, 2006, Media General announced that it would sell KWCH, its satellites, and four other stations as a result of its purchase of four former NBC owned-and-operated stations (WVTM-TV in Birmingham, Alabama; WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio; WNCN serving Raleigh, North Carolina; and WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island). South Bend, Indiana–based Schurz Communications eventually emerged as the winner and took over on September 25, at which time Schurz formed a new subsidiary known as "Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc.", which became the licensee for its Wichita media market broadcasting properties.[12][13][14]
Schurz announced on September 14, 2015, that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including KWCH-DT and its satellites, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. Gray already owned KAKE and its satellites (including KUPK channel 13); however, it sold that station to Lockwood Broadcast Group and kept the KBS stations.[15][16][17] The sale was completed on February 16, 2016.[18]
Newscasts
KTVC/KBSD produced a full local newscast for many years, in addition to simulcasting newscasts from KTVH/KWCH. News programming on the station in recent years has been downsized to reports contributed to KWCH's Wichita-based newscasts and web content supplied through KWCH's website.
Notable former on-air staff
- Cameron Sanders – anchor/reporter (1978–1979; later a correspondent for CNN and host of American Public Media's Marketplace)
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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6.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KBSD-DT | CBS |
6.2 | 480i | KBSD-WX | Always On Storm Team 12 | |
6.3 | Heroes | Heroes & Icons | ||
6.4 | Outlaw | Outlaw
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Analog-to-digital conversion
KBSD shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 5 to channel 6.[20] The station modified its callsign to KBSD-DT two weeks later on June 25, 2009, in reflection of the transition.
The digital transition resulted in the loss of ability to listen to KBSD's audio feed over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBSD-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "The Electronics World". Garden City Telegram. August 2, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Ensign Station Will Be KTVC". Garden City Telegram. April 10, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Channel 6 To Hook With ABC Station". Garden City Telegram. January 5, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Question 5 in KTVC Theft". Garden City Telegram. June 19, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "First Televised Mass in State Scheduled". The Advance Register. February 13, 1959. p. 5. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Channel 6 to Join CBS-TV". Garden City Telegram. May 8, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "KBS, Kansas Broadcasting System" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 12, 1962. p. 55. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KBSD-DT
- ^ "Memorandum Opinion & Order (FCC 88-184)". Federal Communications Commission. May 19, 1988. pp. 4034–4035. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 25, 1988. p. 83. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Schurz Snaps Up Kansas Affil". Broadcasting & Cable. July 28, 2006. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "For Immediate Release". Media General. April 6, 2006. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "News Releases". Media General. September 25, 2006. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations". South Bend Tribune. September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ Kuperberg, Jonathan (September 14, 2015). "Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "Gray Television Sells Some, Buys Some". TVNewsCheck. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ Gray Closes Schurz Acquisition, Related Transactions, And Incremental Term Loan Facility Press Release, Gray Television, Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.