K17DL-D (channel 17) is a
low-power tourist information
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–formatted
television station
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in
Branson, Missouri
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, United States. It is owned by Branson Visitors TV,
LLC, a
joint venture
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between
Gray Television (50.1%) and Market Branson, LLC (49.9%); Gray's interest makes K17DL-D a
sister station to
Springfield-based
NBC
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affiliate
KYTV (channel 3),
ABC
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affiliate
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 (channe ...
(channel 33), and
CW affiliate
KYCW-LD
KYCW-LD (channel 24) is a low-power television station licensed to Branson, Missouri, United States, serving the Springfield area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3) and ABC affi ...
(channel 25). K17DL-D's transmitter is located on
US 160
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in western
Taney County.
History
The original
construction permit to construct a low-power station on channel 17 in Branson was issued on March 3, 1993
and issued the call sign K17DL;
on May 16, 1994, original owner
Lorianne Crook-Owens sold the station to GEP, Inc.
On July 26, 1999,
K17DL, along with
K05JQ
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(channel 5, now defunct) and Springfield-based K15CZ (channel 15, now
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 (channe ...
), was sold to Miller Family Broadcasting.
By this point, channel 17 had come on the air through a series of
special temporary authority grants
and was simulcasting
UPN
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programming with K15CZ; the station was fully licensed on January 14, 2002.
Miller sold K17DL and K15CZ to
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 ...
, owner of KYTV, on March 14, 2002.
After UPN and
The WB
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closed down to form
The CW
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in 2006, K17DL and K15CZ affiliated with the new network.
On May 20, 2009,
Schurz sold a 49.9-percent interest in K17DL to Market Branson for $250,000;
following the sale, the station dropped CW programming (moving to LD2) and began carrying tourist information.
The station also converted to
digital television
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and began broadcasting in
high definition;
[ consequently, the call sign was modified to K17DL-D on May 29, 2009.][ Schurz' remaining 50.1-percent interest in channel 17][ is included in Gray Television's purchase of Schurz' television stations.]
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed
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:
References
External links
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Low-power television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2002
Gray Television
The CW affiliates
2002 establishments in Missouri
Branson, Missouri micropolitan area