KDGL-LD

For the ICAO airport code KDGL, see Douglas Municipal Airport (Arizona). For the FM Station KDGL, see KDGL.
KDGL-LD
Sublette, Kansas/Guymon, Oklahoma
City of license Sublette
Branding TV23 (general)
NewsWest23 (newscasts)
Slogan TV23 Your Community TV
Channels Digital: 23 (UHF)
Subchannels 6
Affiliations RTV/Tuff TV/Ebru TV/PBJ/ The Walk TV / AMG TV
Owner High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.
(High Plains Broadcasting, LLC)
First air date October 1, 2012
Call letters' meaning Dodge Garden Liberal
Sister station(s) KDDC-LD Dodge City, Kansas / KGCE-LD Garden City, Kansas / KSWE-LD Liberal, Kansas / KDGU-LD Ulysses, Kansas
Transmitter power

1 kW

HAAT = 71.6 m
Facility ID 182368
Transmitter coordinates 37°28′28.0″N 100°51′11.0″W / 37.474444°N 100.853056°W / 37.474444; -100.853056
Website www.kdgltv.com www.NewsWest23.com

KDGL-LD[1] channel 23, is an Independent TV station serving Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. KDGL has sister stations in Dodge City, Kansas, Garden City, Kansas, Liberal, Kansas, and Ulysses, Kansas.[2][3] This forms a continuous coverage of over 90 miles radius from Sublette, Kansas. FCC service contours indicate that KDGL and its sister stations cover approximately 156,350 people.[4] Actual people covered is estimated to be 204,000+ with 74,000+ households with the 2010 census using the Longley-Rice model.

Ownership

High Plains Broadcasting, LLC owns the 5 stations. The southernmost licensed station, KSWE, also serves much of the Oklahoma Panhandle, which is part of the Amarillo DMA.

Purpose

KDGL was formed to provide local news, weather, sports, and community events to the Southwest Region of the State of Kansas as well as much of the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Location

KDGL is located in an old AT&T microwave radio tower on the South edge of Sublette, Kansas.

Facilities

Currently KDGL is operating a completely digital SD-SDI/AES master control plant. MPEG2 Encoding and Multiplexing is accomplished with a Motorola TMX-2010 system. Automation software is from Deyan Automation Systems in Cyprus. Traffic and Billing software is Natural Log 8. Live events are streamed over the internet or private backhauls to the stations master control plant with a Streambox ACT-L3. Video is stored in a 20 disk Leitch VR400 MPEG2 server system. The on-air weather graphics system for severe weather graphics was written by the station. The on-air or studio control room is analog with several pieces of digital equipment. Graphics are done with a dual channel SDI Chyron Corporation Duet SD character generator running Lyric. Switching is done with a Grass Valley Group Model 250 2-1/2 M/E switcher formerly from a Public TV Station in Iowa. Picture in picture and 2 talking heads is accomplished with a Grass Valley Group DPM-700 dual channel picture manipulator.

Studio

KDGL is utilizing existing building space in the 22 x 78 building. The studio is 15 x 20.

Digital television

Channel Programming
23.1 Retro TV
23.2 Tuff TV
23.3 Ebru TV
23.4 PBJ
23.5 The Walk TV
23.6 AMG TV

References

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