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KGHZ
KGHZ (channel 33) is a defunct television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Owned by Schurz Communications, the station was operated by Gray Television under a local marketing agreement (LMA) for its last four months on the air before its license was returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 31, 2017, as a result of the FCC's 2016 Spectrum reallocation#Broadcast incentive auction, spectrum auction. KGHZ's transmitter was located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland, Missouri, Fordland. For most of its history, it served as the Springfield–Branson, Missouri, Branson media market, market's American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate, a role now served by KSPR-LD. History The station first signed on the air on March 9, 1983 as KSPR; it was the first Independent station (North America), independent station in the Springfield market. KSPR was founded by Springfield TV Association Ltd. The station originally operated from studio facilities locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSPR
KSPR-LD (channel 33) is a low-power television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3) and Branson-licensed CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 25); it is also sister to Branson-licensed tourist information–formatted station K17DL-D, channel 17 (which is owned by Branson Visitors TV, LLC, a joint venture between Gray 0.1%and Market Branson, LLC 9.9%. KSPR-LD, KYTV and KYCW-LD share studios on West Sunshine Street in Springfield, while KSPR-LD's transmitter is located on Highway FF north of Fordland. KSPR-LD's low-power digital broadcasting radius does not reach the entire market. Therefore, it is simulcast in high definition on KYTV's second digital subchannel (also mapped to virtual channel 33.1). History The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1990, as K15CZ; it originally operated as an independent station. K15CZ formerly operated a repeater station, K17DL in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSPR-LD
KSPR-LD (channel 33) is a low-power television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3) and Branson-licensed CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 25); it is also sister to Branson-licensed tourist information–formatted station K17DL-D, channel 17 (which is owned by Branson Visitors TV, LLC, a joint venture between Gray 0.1%and Market Branson, LLC 9.9%. KSPR-LD, KYTV and KYCW-LD share studios on West Sunshine Street in Springfield, while KSPR-LD's transmitter is located on Highway FF north of Fordland. KSPR-LD's low-power digital broadcasting radius does not reach the entire market. Therefore, it is simulcast in high definition on KYTV's second digital subchannel (also mapped to virtual channel 33.1). History The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1990, as K15CZ; it originally operated as an independent station. K15CZ formerly operated a repeater station, K17DL in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schurz Communications
Schurz Communications is a South Bend, Indiana-based broadband media group and cloud services provider. It owned newspapers. History The company was founded in 1872 by Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett with the creation of the ''South Bend Tribune.'' Over the years the company grew through the acquisition of other newspapers, media outlets, radio and television stations, digital companies, broadband operations and cloud services provider. The expanding company was renamed Schurz Communications Inc. in 1976, when the newspapers division and the TV/broadcast division were split into separate entities. In September 2015, Schurz announced it was selling its TV and radio stations to Gray Television. Gray then resold Schurz's radio stations to three different buyers upon completion of its purchase of the Schurz broadcasting unit. In September 2016, The American News and Farm Forum, owned by Schurz, acquired '' The Public Opinion'' newspaper in Watertown, South Dakota from United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorimar-Telepictures
Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation was an entertainment company established in 1985 with the merger of Lorimar Productions, Inc. and Telepictures Corporation. Headquartered at the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) in Culver City, California, its assets included television production and syndication (which operated under the Lorimar-Telepictures name), feature films, home video, and broadcasting. History The merger of Lorimar-Telepictures was announced on October 7, 1985, by Merv Adelson. On February 19, 1986, the merger was complete. Lee Rich, one of the other founders of Lorimar, sold his shares in 1986 and left the company. In 1987, Lorimar-Telepictures decided to launch separate divisions with brand logos, which are Lorimar Television for network television production, Lorimar Syndication for broadcast and off-net syndication, and Lorimar International for television distribution, with Lorimar-Telepictures being the parent company of the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telepictures
Telepictures (also known as Telepictures Productions; formerly known as Telepictures Distribution and Telepictures Corporation) is an American television show and filmmaking company, currently operating as a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios. Telepictures was established in 1979 by David Salzman, Michael Jay Solomon, and Michael Garin as a television syndication firm. History Early years The company syndicated Rankin-Bass's programming and specials that were produced from 1974 to 1988, including new and successful animated series, such as '' ThunderCats'' and ''SilverHawks''. Telepictures bought Rankin-Bass outright in 1983. In addition, Telepictures had syndicated numerous television programs such as ''My Favorite Martian'', ''Here's Lucy'', ''Love Connection'', and the original ''The People's Court'' with Judge Joseph Wapner. Telepictures also operated a small publishing arm, which published magazines, such as ''The Muppets Magazine'' and ''Challenge of the GoBo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fordland, Missouri
Fordland is a city in southern Webster County, Missouri, United States. The population was 800 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Fordland was platted in 1882. The community has the name of J. S. Ford, a railroad official for the Fort Scott, Kansas City, and Memphis railroad company. A post office called Fordland has been in operation since 1882. Geography Fordland is located on the southeastern edge of the Springfield Plateau in the Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant port ... of south central Missouri. The village is located along U.S. Route 60 in Missouri, U.S. Route 60 between Diggins, Missouri, Diggins, four miles to the east and Rogersville, Missouri, Rogersville, 6.5 miles to the southwest. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOZL-TV
KOZL-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Osage Beach–licensed Fox affiliate KRBK (channel 49); Nexstar also provides certain services to CBS affiliate KOLR (channel 10) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Mission Broadcasting. The stations share studios on East Division Street in Springfield, while KOZL-TV's transmitter is located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland. History Early history The station first signed on the air in 1968 as KMTC; founded by Meyer Communications, it originally operated as the market's first full-time ABC affiliate. It originally operated from studios located on East Cherry Street in Springfield. Prior to its sign-on, ABC programming had been limited to off-hours clearances on KYTV (channel 3) and KTTS-TV (channel 10, now KOLR) from their respective sign-ons in October and March 1953. Although the Springfield market had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KYTV (TV Station)
KYTV (channel 3) is a television station in Springfield, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate KSPR-LD (channel 33) and Branson, Missouri, Branson-licensed The CW, CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 24); it is also sister station, sister to Branson-licensed visitor center, tourist information–formatted station K17DL-D, channel 17 (which is owned by Branson Visitors TV, limited liability company, LLC, a joint venture between Gray [50.1%] and Market Branson, LLC [49.9%]). KYTV, KSPR-LD and KYCW-LD share studios on West Sunshine Street in Springfield, while KYTV's transmitter is located on Highway FF north of Fordland, Missouri, Fordland. History The station first signed on the air on October 1, 1953, becoming the second television station to sign on in the Springfield market; the first was CBS affiliate KTTS-TV (channel 10, now KOLR), which signed on in March of that same year. Founded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Piedmont was founded in 1996 as Grapevine Communications, and was originally based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company merged with GOCOM Communications in 1999; it inherited GOCOM's Charlotte headquarters and changed its name to GOCOM Holdings. In 2003, the name was again changed to Piedmont Television (the GOCOM name is now used by another company that owns WRSP-TV/WCCU in Springfield/Urbana, Illinois; that company is partially connected to Piedmont). The company sold its stations to various owners in 2007. Stations formerly owned by Grapevine/GOCOM/Piedmont Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license In American, Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed through the syndication structure of Fox First Run. MyNetworkTV began its operations on September 5, 2006, with an initial affiliate lineup covering about 96% of the country, most of which consisted of stations that were former affiliates of The WB and UPN that did not join the successor of those two networks, The CW. Under the ownership structure of Fox Corporation, the service is incorporated as a subsidiary company known as MyNetworkTV, Inc. On September 28, 2009, following disappointment with the network's results, MyNetworkTV dropped its status as a television network and transitioned into a programming service, similar to Ion Television and The CW Plus, relying mainly on repeats o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra High Frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequency, radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter). Radio waves with frequencies above the UHF band fall into the super-high frequency (SHF) or microwave frequency range. Lower frequency signals fall into the VHF (very high frequency) or lower bands. UHF radio waves propagate mainly by Line-of-sight propagation, line of sight; they are blocked by hills and large buildings although the transmission through building walls is strong enough for indoor reception. They are used for UHF television broadcasting, television broadcasting, cell phones, satellite communication including GPS, personal radio services including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, walkie-talkies, cordless phones, satellite phones, and numerous other applications. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bend, Indiana
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the List of cities in Indiana, fourth-largest city in Indiana. The South Bend-Mishawaka metropolitan area, metropolitan area had a population of 324,501 in 2020, while its combined statistical area had 812,199. The city is located just south of Indiana's border with Michigan. The area was settled in the early 19th century by fur traders and was established as a city in 1865. The St. Joseph River shaped South Bend's economy through the mid-20th century. River access assisted heavy industrial development such as that of the Studebaker, Studebaker Corporation, the Oliver Corporation, Oliver Chilled Plow Company, and other large corporations. The population of South B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
