- KCPT
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KCPT
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 19 (UHF)
digital = 18 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate =March 29 ,1961
location =Kansas City, Missouri
callsign_meaning = Kansas
City
Public
Television
former_callsigns = KCSD-TV (1961-1972)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Public Television 19, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1961-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 1150 kW (analog)
55 kW (digital)
HAAT = 357 m (analog)
355 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 53843
coordinates = coord|39|4|58.7|N|94|28|50.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kcpt.org/ www.kcpt.org]KCPT is a public
television station inKansas City, Missouri , serving the greaterKansas City metropolitan area as a PBS member station.The station signed on for the first time as KCSD, owned by the Kansas City School District. The school district put the license on the market in 1971. A group of civic leaders formed "Public Television 19" and bought the license. The station relaunched in January 1972 as KCPT. That fall, it began broadcasting PBS shows in color for the first time.
From studios located in downtown Kansas City, KCPT produces local programs such as "
Kansas City Week in Review ", "Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations " and "Ruckus", a political affairs program. Newer programs include "TalkBack Live with Steve Rose " and "One on One with Victor Hogstrom ". KCPT's studios were once home toKCTV , and KCTV's trademark transmission tower still rises above the building.Digital TV
*19.1: Simulcast of KCPT
*19.2: KCPT HD
*19.3: Create
*19.4: KCPT-4External links
* [http://www.kcpt.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.kcpt.org/about/towertrivia.shtml Tower Trivia site]
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