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KCTV

KCTV (channel 5) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Media alongside KSMO-TV (channel 62), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. The two stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway, Kansas; KCTV's transmitter facility, the KCTV Broadcast Tower, is located in the…

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Owner
Gray Media · (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Affiliations
5.1: CBS · for others, see § Subchannels
Branding
KCTV 5
Call sign meaning
Kansas City Television
Channels
Digital: 24 (UHF) · Virtual: 5
ERP
1,000 kW

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Tower

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KCTV

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples119
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
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KCTV

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related to Becoming KCTV · 24
KCTV → CBS, Fox, However, In, June, Kansas City, KCMO, KCMO-TV, KLST, KPHO-TV, March, Meredith, Michigan, NBC, Phoenix, Richard Fairbanks, Saginaw, San Angelo, Texas, The
related to News operation · 19
KCTV → Anne Peterson, As, At, Boston's WCVB-TV, By, Don Fortune, However, In, It, Kansas City, KCMO-TV, KMBC-TV, Marty Lanus, The, Though, TV, United States, WDAF-TV, Wendall Anschutz
related to Tower · 16
KCTV → Beginning, Even, Fairway, Falling, FIFA World Cup, For, Grand, It, Kansas Citians, Kansas City, LED, September, Since February, The, This, Union Hill
related to Sports programming · 14
KCTV → CBS's NFL, Chiefs, City, FanDuel Sports Network Kansas, From, Gray-owned, In, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals TV, KMCI-TV, KSHB-TV, KSMO-TV, On September, Sunday
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 7
KCTV → June, November, October, The, UHF, United States, VHF
related to Sale to Gray Television · 7
KCTV → December, Gray Television, KSMO-TV, Meredith, Meredith Local Media, On May, The
related to Subchannels · 6
KCTV → ATSC, August, Kansas City's, KSMO-TV, NextGen TV, The
related to Local non-news programming · 4
KCTV → Better, Better Kansas City, Meredith-distributed, The
Affiliations · 2
KCTV → 5.1: CBS, for others, see § Subchannels
Channels · 2
KCTV → Digital: 24 (UHF), Virtual: 5

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KCTVAffiliations5.1: CBS1.00infobox
KCTVAffiliationsfor others, see § Subchannels1.00infobox
KCTVBrandingKCTV 51.00infobox
KCTVCall sign meaningKansas City Television1.00infobox
KCTVChannelsDigital: 24 (UHF)1.00infobox
KCTVChannelsVirtual: 51.00infobox
KCTVERP1,000 kW1.00infobox
KCTVFacility ID412301.00infobox
KCTVFirst air dateSeptember 27, 1953 (1953-09-27)1.00infobox
KCTVFormer affiliationsABC (1953–1955)1.00infobox
KCTVFormer affiliationsDuMont (secondary, 1954–1955)1.00infobox
KCTVFormer call signsKCMO-TV (1953–1983)1.00infobox
KCTVFormer channel numbersAnalog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009)1.00infobox
KCTVHAAT344 m (1,129 ft)1.00infobox
KCTVLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
KCTVOwnerGray Media1.00infobox
KCTVOwner(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)1.00infobox
KCTVPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
KCTVPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
KCTVSister stationsKSMO-TV1.00infobox
KCTVTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
KCTVWebsitewww.kctv5.com1.00infobox

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