KCPT

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KCPT
Kansas City, Missouri
Channels	Analog: 19 (UHF) Digital: 18 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Public Television 19, Inc.
Founded	March 29,1961
Call letters meaning	Kansas City Public Television
Former callsigns	KCSD (1961-72)
Former affiliations	NET (1961-70)
Transmitter Power	1150 kW (analog)/55 kW (digital)
Website	www.kcpt.org

KCPT is a public television station in Kansas City, Missouri, serving the greater Kansas 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 to KCTV, and KCTV's trademark transmission tower still rises above the building.

[edit] Digital TV

19.1: Simulcast of KCPT
19.2: KCPT HD
19.3: Create
19.4: KCPT-4

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v • d • e Broadcast television in the Kansas City market (Nielsen DMA #31)
WDAF 4 (Fox) - KCTV 5 (CBS) - KMBC 9 (ABC) - KUJH-LP 14 / K27FR 27 (Ind) - KCPT 19 (PBS) - KCWE 29 (The CW) - KCDN-LP 35 (DS) - KMCI 38 (Ind) - KSHB 41 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - K45IO 45 (HSN) - KUKC-LP 48 (UNI) - KPXE 50 (ION) - KSMO 62 (MNTV) Out-of-market stations available on cable KTWU 11 (PBS, Topeka) Local cable television channels Metro Sports - 6 News Lawrence

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Ottumwa / Kirksville market (Nielsen DMA #200)
KTVO 3 (ABC) - KYOU 15 / K34CW 34 (Fox) - K18GU 18 (PBS/IPTV) - K23CI 23 (CBS) - K27CV 27 (NBC) - K42AM 42 (TBN) Out-of-market stations available on cable Kansas City: KCTV 5 (CBS) - KCPT 19 (PBS) - KSHB 41 (NBC) Des Moines: WOI 5 (ABC) - KDSM 17 (Fox) - KFPX 39 (ION)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the St. Joseph market (Nielsen DMA #201)
KQTV 2 (ABC) - KTAJ 16 (TBN) - K46FG 46 (PBS/NET) Out-of-market stations available on cable Kansas City: WDAF 4 (Fox) - KCTV 5 (CBS) - KCPT 19 (PBS) - KCWE 29 (The CW) - KSHB 41 (NBC) - KPXE 50 (ION) Topeka: KTWU 11 (PBS) - WIBW 13 (CBS) - KSNT 27 (NBC) - KTKA 49 (ABC) Local cable television channels "WBJO" 6 (The CW)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Missouri
KMOS 6 (Sedalia) - KETC 9 (St. Louis) - KCPT 19 (Kansas City) - KOZK 21 / KOZJ 26 (Springfield / Joplin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Missouri