KCPT

KCPT
Kansas City, Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas United States

City	Kansas City, Missouri
Branding	KCPT, Kansas City PBS
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 19 (PSIP)
Subchannels	19.1 PBS 19.2 PBS Encore 19.3 Create
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Public Television 19, Inc.
First air date	March 29, 1961 (1961-03-29)
Call letters' meaning	Kansas City Public Television
Sister station(s)	KTBG
Former callsigns	KCSD-TV (1961–1972)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 19 (UHF, 1961–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1961–1970)
Transmitter power	55 kW
Height	1,165 ft(355 m)
Facility ID	53843
Transmitter coordinates	39°4′58.7″N 94°28′50.1″W / 39.082972°N 94.480583°W / 39.082972; -94.480583
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.kcpt.org

KCPT, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 18), is a PBS member television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Public Television 19, Inc.. KCPT maintains studio facilities (which are shared with sister adult album alternative radio station KTBG (90.9 FM)) located on East 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri's Union Hill section (adjacent to the transmitter tower of CBS affiliate KCTV (channel 5)), and its transmitter is located near 23rd Street and Stark Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri's Blue Valley section.

On cable, the station is available on Time Warner Cable and SureWest channel 11, Comcast channel 4 and AT&T U-verse channel 19.

History

KCPT's former logo (replaced on February 9, 2016)

Live broadcast of KCPT's Ruckus Event.

The station first signed on the air on March 29, 1961 as KCSD. It was founded by the Kansas City School District, and originally operated as a member station of National Educational Television; it later became a charter member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) when it launched on October 6, 1970. The school district put the station's license up for sale in 1971. A group of civic leaders formed a nonprofit broadcasting entity called Public Television 19, Inc., and bought the license. The station changed its callsign to KCPT in January 1972. That fall, it began broadcasting PBS programs in color for the first time. In 1973, the station held its first televised auction.

In 1984, KCPT relocated its operations to facilities in the Union Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, located south of downtown Kansas City, which had originally served as the broadcast facility of KCTV (channel 5) from 1955 to 1983; that station's trademark transmission tower still rises above the building. In 2002, KCPT won a National Emmy Award for Best Documentary for Be Good, Smile Pretty, a film which documents Tracy Droz Tragos' journey to find the father she lost in Vietnam.

In 2008, KCPT began broadcasting its programming in high definition. In December 2013, KCPT gained a sister radio station when Public Television 19, Inc. finalized its purchase of KTBG (90.9 FM) in Warrensburg from the University of Central Missouri for $1.1 million, plus $550,000 in "in kind" services; the transmitter for the station would also be moved 20 miles west to adequately cover most of the Kansas City area.^[1]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
19.1	720p	16:9	KCPT-1	Main KCPT programming / PBS
19.2	480i	16:9	KCPT-2	PBS Encore
19.3	480i	4:3	KCPT-3	Create

In addition to its main channel, KCPT operates two digital subchannels: KCPT2 on digital channel 19.2 offers programming from the PBS Encore service, KCPT Create on digital channel 19.3 features how-to and other instructional programming from the Create network; both subchannels launched in 2008.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KCPT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 19, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 18.^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 19.

Programming

In addition to carrying PBS programs and programs syndicated for public television distribution, KCPT produces local programs such as Kansas City Week in Review, Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations, the political affairs program Ruckus, Check, Please! Kansas City and The Local Show.

Some of KCPT's former on-air program hosts have included John Masterman (the host of Kansas City Illustrated) and Laurel Defoe, who joined the station from commercial outlet WDAF-TV (channel 4).

References

↑ Mook, Ben (19 April 2013). "Kansas City pubTV buys Triple A music station". Current.org website. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KCPT
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Television stations in Kansas City

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WDAF-TV (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna TV, 4.3 This TV) KCTV (5.1 CBS) KMBC-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV) KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS Encore, 19.3 Create) KCKS-LD (25.1 This!, 25.2 Justice TV, 25.3 Q, 25.4 Heartland, 25.5 NewsMax, 25.6 WeatherNation, 25.7 Rev'n TV, 25.8 Untamed Sports, 25.9 The Works, 25.10 Buzzr ) KCWE (29.1 The CW, 29.2 Movies!) KCDN-LD (35.1 DS) KMCI-TV (38.1 Ind., 38.2 Bounce, 38.3 Escape, 38.4 Grit) KSHB-TV (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Cozi TV, 41.3 Laff) K45IO-D (45.1 HSN) KUKC-LP 48 (UNI) KPXE-TV (50.1 Ion, 50.2 Qubo, 50.3 Life, 50.4 Ion Shop, 50.5 QVC Over Air, 50.6 HSN) KSMO-TV (62.1 MNTV, 62.2 MundoMax)

Local cable channels	Fox Sports Kansas City Jayhawk Television Network Time Warner Cable Sports Channel 6 News Lawrence

Adjacent locals	St. Joseph KQTV (2.1 ABC) KTAJ-TV (16.1 TBN, 16.2 Church, 16.3 Smile/JUCE TV, 16.4 Enlace, 16.5 Salsa ) KBJO-LD (21.1 The CW) KNPN-LD (26.1 Fox, 26.2 News-Press 3 NOW, 26.4 TMD) Sedalia KMOS-TV (6.1 PBS, 6.2 Create, 6.3 World) Topeka KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 MHz/PBS Kids, 11.3 Create/PBS Encore) WIBW-TV (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV/MeTV) KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 Fox) KTKA-TV (49.1 ABC, 49.2 WX, 49.3 The CW)

Defunct stations	KUJH-LP 14 (Ind.) KCTY 25 (DuMont)

See also St. Joseph TV Topeka TV Omaha TV Des Moines TV Columbia/Jefferson City TV

Television stations in the Platte Purchase of Missouri, including St. Joseph

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	KQTV (2.1 ABC) KTAJ (16.1 TBN, 16.2 Church, 16.3 Smile/JUCE TV, 16.4 Enlace, 16.5 Salsa) KBJO-LD (21.1 The CW) KNPN-LD (26.1 Fox, 26.2 NP3 NOW, 26.4 TMD) KNPG-LD (30.1 TMD)

Adjacent locals	Kansas City WDAF (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna, 4.3 This TV) KCTV (5.1 CBS) KMBC (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV) KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS-HD, 19.3 Create) KCWE (29.1 CW, 29.2 Movies!) KMCI (38.1 Ind., 38.2 Bounce, 38.3 Escape, 38.4 Grit) KSHB (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Cozi TV, 41.3 Laff) KPXE (50.1 ION, 50.2 qubo, 50.3 Life, 50.4 Ion Shop, 50.5 QVC Over Air, 50.6 HSN) KSMO (62.1 MNTV, 62.2 MundoMax) Lincoln KUON (12.1 PBS/NET, 12.2 World, 12.3 Create) Omaha KMTV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 Antenna, 3.3 Laff) WOWT (6.1 NBC, 6.2 AccuWeather) KETV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 MeTV) KXVO (15.1 CW, 15.2 This TV, 15.3 Grit) KHIN (36.1-3 PBS/IPTV) KPTM (42.1 Fox, 42.2 MNTV, 42.3 Estrella) Topeka KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Create, 11.3 PBS HD) WIBW (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV/This) KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 Fox)

Local cable channels	News-Press 3 NOW

See also Kansas City TV Topeka TV Omaha TV

PBS member stations in the state of Missouri

KMOS 6.1 (Sedalia) KETC 9.1 (St. Louis) KCPT 19.1 (Kansas City) KOZK 21.1 / KOZJ 26.1 (Springfield / Joplin)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Missouri

The Kansas City Area

Kansas City, Missouri The Metro Area History Timeline Economy Neighborhoods Architecture Fountains Barbecue Jazz Broadcast Film Education Sports

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