KBSH-TV
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KBSH-DT channel 7 is a CBS
affiliate based in Hays, Kansas
and serves the Central Kansas portion of the Wichita
TV market. It is owned by Schurz Communications
.
KBSH is part of the Kansas Broadcasting System (KBS) network of CBS affiliates, repeating the signal of KWCH-TV
in Wichita, Kansas
, with local advertising and news inserts.
KBSH is mostly view on Cable Channel 7 expect for Hays, Russel, and Great Bend. KBSH in Hays and Russel is on Eagle Cable Channel 10. KBSH was on Cox Cable Channel 7 in Great Bend until the 2000's along with KWCH on Cox Cable Channel 12, but today KBSH is on the former position of where KWCH was on Cox Cable 12.
(as KLOE), Goodland
, were also secondary ABC affiliates. Most of the ABC programming late in that agreement tended to be news and sports programming. ABC is now brought to the area via KAKE-TV
through either low-power translators or cable TV.
KBSH is the youngest of the Kansas Broadcast System stations, signing on for the first time on September 2, 1959 as KAYS-TV. The station faced stiff opposition from the already established KCKT-TV in Great Bend, which was carrying the NBC lineup in consort with its sister station KGLD at Garden City (later, these stations would become KSNC and KSNG, part of the rival Kansas State Network). KAYS was co-located with KAYS Radio and, under Beach/Schmidt ownership, KAYS-AM/TV became a dominant force in West Central Kansas broadcasting.
KAYS provided daily news coverage from its Hall Street studios, and also served as the Master Control center for sister KLOE-TV in Goodland through much of the late 80's and 1990s. The full daily newscast continued until the late 1990s when new ownership brought consolidation to the Kansas Broadcasting System: KBSH's evening newscasts were reduced to a short insert in the main newscast from KWCH at Wichita.
In 2001, the news insert came to an end. The two reporter/photographers stationed at KBSH began sending their stories to Wichita to be incorporated into the "Eyewitness News" programs seen simultaneously in Wichita, Hays, Goodland and Dodge City/Ensign. The local broadcast operation was reduced even further in 2005 when KBS inaugurated a new digital automation system in Wichita, providing commercial scheduling and Master Control operations to all four KBS stations.
Today, KBSH-TV maintains a news bureau and sales office in the same Hall Street location in Hays that it has occupied almost since the beginning. And, even though they've not shared common ownership for almost two decades, KAYS-AM still shares its home with Channel 7 (along with a cluster now known as Eagle Radio of Hays.
On April 6, 2006, previous owner Media General
announced that, in addition to acquiring four NBC owned-and-operated stations, Media General will be selling four of its TV stations. KWCH (including its satellites, which all count as one station) was one of them http://www.media-general.com/press/2006/april6_06.htm; a deal has been made for them to be sold to Schurz, who completed the acquisition on September 25, 2006. http://broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6357398.html?display=Breaking+News http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2006/sep25_06.html
On June 24, 2009, the station's callsign was officially changed to KBSH-DT to reflect the switch to digital-only broadcasts.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate based in Hays, Kansas
Hays, Kansas
Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University...
and serves the Central Kansas portion of the Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
TV market. It is owned by Schurz Communications
Schurz Communications
Schurz Communications is a South Bend, Indiana-based radio, television, cable tv and newspaper media group.-Cable Television Systems:*Antietam Cable, Hagerstown, Maryland *Advanced Cable Communications, Coral Springs, Florida...
.
KBSH is part of the Kansas Broadcasting System (KBS) network of CBS affiliates, repeating the signal of KWCH-TV
KWCH-TV
KWCH-DT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Wichita, Kansas that is licensed to Hutchinson. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter in Colwich. The station can be seen on Cox cable channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 2012...
in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
, with local advertising and news inserts.
KBSH is mostly view on Cable Channel 7 expect for Hays, Russel, and Great Bend. KBSH in Hays and Russel is on Eagle Cable Channel 10. KBSH was on Cox Cable Channel 7 in Great Bend until the 2000's along with KWCH on Cox Cable Channel 12, but today KBSH is on the former position of where KWCH was on Cox Cable 12.
History
The station was founded as KAYS-TV in 1958. Early in its history, KAYS-TV and its sister, KBSLKBSL-TV
KBSL-DT channel 10 is a CBS affiliate based in Goodland, Kansas and serves the northwestern Kansas / southwestern Nebraska portion of the Wichita TV market . It can also be seen in part of east-central Colorado...
(as KLOE), Goodland
Goodland, Kansas
Goodland is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,489.-History:...
, were also secondary ABC affiliates. Most of the ABC programming late in that agreement tended to be news and sports programming. ABC is now brought to the area via KAKE-TV
KAKE-TV
KAKE, channel 10, is an ABC-affiliated television station based in Wichita, Kansas. The station is owned by Atlanta, Georgia-based Gray Television...
through either low-power translators or cable TV.
KBSH is the youngest of the Kansas Broadcast System stations, signing on for the first time on September 2, 1959 as KAYS-TV. The station faced stiff opposition from the already established KCKT-TV in Great Bend, which was carrying the NBC lineup in consort with its sister station KGLD at Garden City (later, these stations would become KSNC and KSNG, part of the rival Kansas State Network). KAYS was co-located with KAYS Radio and, under Beach/Schmidt ownership, KAYS-AM/TV became a dominant force in West Central Kansas broadcasting.
KAYS provided daily news coverage from its Hall Street studios, and also served as the Master Control center for sister KLOE-TV in Goodland through much of the late 80's and 1990s. The full daily newscast continued until the late 1990s when new ownership brought consolidation to the Kansas Broadcasting System: KBSH's evening newscasts were reduced to a short insert in the main newscast from KWCH at Wichita.
In 2001, the news insert came to an end. The two reporter/photographers stationed at KBSH began sending their stories to Wichita to be incorporated into the "Eyewitness News" programs seen simultaneously in Wichita, Hays, Goodland and Dodge City/Ensign. The local broadcast operation was reduced even further in 2005 when KBS inaugurated a new digital automation system in Wichita, providing commercial scheduling and Master Control operations to all four KBS stations.
Today, KBSH-TV maintains a news bureau and sales office in the same Hall Street location in Hays that it has occupied almost since the beginning. And, even though they've not shared common ownership for almost two decades, KAYS-AM still shares its home with Channel 7 (along with a cluster now known as Eagle Radio of Hays.
On April 6, 2006, previous owner Media General
Media General
Media General, Inc. is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as flagship station WFLA-TV.The company was...
announced that, in addition to acquiring four NBC owned-and-operated stations, Media General will be selling four of its TV stations. KWCH (including its satellites, which all count as one station) was one of them http://www.media-general.com/press/2006/april6_06.htm; a deal has been made for them to be sold to Schurz, who completed the acquisition on September 25, 2006. http://broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6357398.html?display=Breaking+News http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2006/sep25_06.html
On June 24, 2009, the station's callsign was officially changed to KBSH-DT to reflect the switch to digital-only broadcasts.