KEGS (TV)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KEGS
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 7 (VHF)
digital =
other_chs = KEGS-LP 30 Las Vegas
KRRI-LP 25 Reno
affiliations = RTN [ [http://www.rtnville.com/affiliates.html "RTN/Equity Broadcasting" website, accessed 4/20/08] ]
network =
founded =
airdate = April 2002
location = Goldfield, Nevada
callsign_meaning = Equity
Goldfield
Station
former_callsigns = KTVY-TV (2002-2005)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Equity Media Holdings Corporation
licensee = Nevada Channel 3, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = ImaginAsian(to 5/30/2007)
effective_radiated_power = 22.9 kW
HAAT = 448 m
class =
facility_id = 86201
coordinates = coord|38|3|5|N|117|13|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KEGS
homepage =

KEGS is a television station in Goldfield, Nevada, serving the Reno, Nevada market on channel 7. The station is also seen on KRRI-LP channel 25 in Reno, Nevada, and on KEGS-LP channel 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like many stations owned by Equity Broadcasting, the stations are operated remotely by satellite; their programming can be seen free-to-air on Galaxy 18 [Lyngsat FTA channel listings for Equity on [http://www.lyngsat.com/galaxy3c.html Galaxy 3C (C-band, 95°W)] and [http://www.lyngsat.com/galaxy18.html Galaxy 18 (Ku, 123°W)] ] .

History

The Las Vegas station was founded on January 12, 1993 as K63FD, and later gained the call sign KTVY-LP in 1997. In April 2002, the Goldfield station signed on as KTVY-TV, matching the station in Las Vegas. Finally, in late May 2005, both stations changed their call sign to the current KEGS.

Until May 30, 2007, KEGS was affiliated with ImaginAsian.

Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEGS will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

Equity Broadcasting currently has a construction permit to construct a digital companion station to KEGS-LP on channel 24 in Las Vegas.

References

External links

*TVQ|KEGS
*TVQ|KRRI
*BIA|KEGS|TV|TV