- 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 inGoldfield, Nevada , serving theReno, Nevada market on channel 7. The station is also seen on KRRI-LP channel 25 inReno, Nevada , and on KEGS-LP channel 30 inLas Vegas, Nevada . Like many stations owned byEquity Broadcasting , the stations are operated remotely by satellite; their programming can be seen free-to-air onGalaxy 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 withImaginAsian .Digital television
Because it was granted an original
construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan onApril 21 ,1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digitaltelevision station . Instead, on or beforeFebruary 17 ,2009 , which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEGS will be required to turn off itsanalog signal and turn on itsdigital 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
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