KTQW-CA
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KGPT-CA, channel 49, is a low-power television station in Wichita, Kansas
, owned by Great Plains Television Network. KGPT is part of The Wichita Channels, which together with KSMI-51 brings 8 diverse networks to Wichita
. KGPT is currently not carried by Cox
's Wichita cable system, but is carried by AT&T U-Verse.
(49.1), Azteca America
(49.2), FastCast AccuWeather
(49.3), TUFF TV
(49.4), NBC's Universal Sports
(51.1), My Family TV
(51.2), BIZ Television
(51.3), and the Sound Track Channel (51.4). KGPT-CA will also begin broadcasting Bounce TV
, a new digital broadcast network targeted at African-Americans, and Live Well Network, a lifestyle-oriented digital broadcast network, which will both begin airing in fall of 2011.
The station has various local programs, such as Generation Now (a local show for teenagers), The Wichita Outdoor Show, and Spotlight! On Wichita (showcases local area businesses), as well as other local programming.
and ZDTV
network programming,
On November 16, 1998, the call letters were changed to KTQW-LP to match their slogan "Total Quality Wichita". At first, it was the sole broadcast affiliate of TechTV
, allocating 20 hours per day to the network with 4 daily hours of local programs. It is unknown how this arrangement came to be.
On June 10, 2004, the station relocated to channel 49 and became a Class A television service
as KTQW-CA.
On December 14, 2006, the FCC
approved sale of KTQW from Knowledge LC to Great Plains Television Network. The sale was completed on December 21, 2006. On January 8, 2007, the call letters were officially changed to KGPT to match the name of the company, Kansas Great Plains Television Network. The station has applied to increase power from 4.8 kW
to 13.91 kW.
, Yellow Ribbons From Home, which aired and streamed on Independence Day
2007. The special included video greetings to the troops from their families, Kansas Governor
Kathleen Sebelius
, Senators Pat Roberts
and Sam Brownback
and all four members of Congress
from Kansas, plus former Senator Bob Dole
and Mayor Carl Brewer
of Wichita. Country stars including Darryl Worley
, Blake Shelton
, Emerson Drive
, Terri Clark
, and Heartland
also sent greetings and offer special performances. By streaming
its programming, KGPT will allow this show to be seen by U.S. troops; it will also be offered on-demand at the station's website.
On June 22, 2007, July was proclaimed Yellow Ribbons From Home Month by the Governor of Kansas, in commemoration of the special program KGPT provided.
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...
, owned by Great Plains Television Network. KGPT is part of The Wichita Channels, which together with KSMI-51 brings 8 diverse networks to 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...
. KGPT is currently not carried by Cox
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
's Wichita cable system, but is carried by AT&T U-Verse.
Digital television
The station's digital signal on UHF 49 is multiplexed:| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 49.1 | Retro Television Network Retro Television Network The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs... |
| 49.2 | Azteca America Azteca América Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by... |
| 49.3 | AccuWeather AccuWeather AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the... |
| 49.4 | Tuff TV Tuff TV TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute... |
Programming
The station has since become one of "The Wichita Channels" - made up currently of KGPT-49 and KSMI-51, the Channels currently bring 8 diverse networks to Wichita, those networks being the Retro Television NetworkRetro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
(49.1), Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
(49.2), FastCast AccuWeather
AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
(49.3), TUFF TV
Tuff TV
TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
(49.4), NBC's Universal Sports
Universal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
(51.1), My Family TV
My Family TV
My Family TV is a United States general entertainment television network jointly owned by ValCom and Luken Communications, and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.-History:...
(51.2), BIZ Television
Biz Television
Biz Television is a broadcast television network targeting entrepreneurs and small business owners in the United States. BIZ TV is Hispanic operated business with a deep commitment to the Latino community and a goal of maintaining a 50% Latino workforce....
(51.3), and the Sound Track Channel (51.4). KGPT-CA will also begin broadcasting Bounce TV
Bounce TV
Bounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in...
, a new digital broadcast network targeted at African-Americans, and Live Well Network, a lifestyle-oriented digital broadcast network, which will both begin airing in fall of 2011.
The station has various local programs, such as Generation Now (a local show for teenagers), The Wichita Outdoor Show, and Spotlight! On Wichita (showcases local area businesses), as well as other local programming.
History
The station signed on the air on June 6, 1998 as K53EO on channel 53. It initially broadcast America's VoiceNational Empowerment Television
National Empowerment Television , also known as America's Voice, was a cable TV network designed to rapidly mobilize conservative followers for grassroots lobbying. It was created by Paul Weyrich, a key strategist for the paleoconservative movement...
and ZDTV
TechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
network programming,
On November 16, 1998, the call letters were changed to KTQW-LP to match their slogan "Total Quality Wichita". At first, it was the sole broadcast affiliate of TechTV
TechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
, allocating 20 hours per day to the network with 4 daily hours of local programs. It is unknown how this arrangement came to be.
On June 10, 2004, the station relocated to channel 49 and became a Class A television service
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
as KTQW-CA.
On December 14, 2006, the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
approved sale of KTQW from Knowledge LC to Great Plains Television Network. The sale was completed on December 21, 2006. On January 8, 2007, the call letters were officially changed to KGPT to match the name of the company, Kansas Great Plains Television Network. The station has applied to increase power from 4.8 kW
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
to 13.91 kW.
Yellow Ribbons From Home
Original programming from KGPT included a salute to the family and troops of the United States militaryMilitary of the United States
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military...
, Yellow Ribbons From Home, which aired and streamed on Independence Day
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
2007. The special included video greetings to the troops from their families, Kansas Governor
Governor of Kansas
The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
, Senators Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
and Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
and all four members of Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
from Kansas, plus former Senator Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
and Mayor Carl Brewer
Carl Brewer (politician)
Carl Brewer is the mayor of Wichita, Kansas. He is Wichita's first elected African American mayor. He won his first term in 2007. Brewer was re-elected to a second four year term on April 5, 2011....
of Wichita. Country stars including Darryl Worley
Darryl Worley
Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004...
, Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
, Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
, Terri Clark
Terri Clark
Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
, and Heartland
Heartland (band)
Heartland is an American country music band from Huntsville, Alabama. It is composed of Jason Albert , Craig Anderson , Todd Anderson , Chuck Crawford , Mike Myerson , and Keith West...
also sent greetings and offer special performances. By streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
its programming, KGPT will allow this show to be seen by U.S. troops; it will also be offered on-demand at the station's website.
On June 22, 2007, July was proclaimed Yellow Ribbons From Home Month by the Governor of Kansas, in commemoration of the special program KGPT provided.