KCTV
KCTV (channel 5) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV (channel 62). The two stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway, Kansas; KCTV's transmitter facility, the KCTV Broadcast Tower, is located in the Union Hill section of Kansas City, Missouri.
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| Branding | KCTV 5 |
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Sister stations | KSMO-TV |
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First air date | September 27, 1953 |
Former call signs | KCMO-TV (1953–1983) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Kansas City's Television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 41230 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 344 m (1,129 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°4′14.4″N 94°34′57.5″W |
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| Website | www |
Channel 5 was the fourth television channel to go on the air in Kansas City; KCMO-TV began broadcasting on September 27, 1953, as the television adjunct of KCMO radio. Originally an ABC affiliate, it switched to CBS in 1955 as part of a group affiliation agreement negotiated by the Meredith Corporation, which agreed to buy KCMO radio and television less than a week after KCMO-TV began broadcasting. In 1956, the present tower, a Kansas City landmark, was constructed to broadcast the station.
Over protests from Kansas City civic leaders, KCMO-TV moved its studio facilities to Fairway, Kansas, at the end of 1977. Meredith sold the KCMO radio stations in 1983; as this required the television station to change its call sign, it paid a Texas station $25,000 to release the call sign KCTV for use in Kansas City. Gray acquired Meredith in 2021.