WROB-LD,
virtual channel
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25 (
UHF digital channel 26), is a
low-powered Buzzr
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-
affiliated television station
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licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Topeka
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Un ...
,
Kansas
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,
United States
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. The station is owned by Heartland Broadcasting, LLC. WROB-LD maintains offices located in the Two Pershing Square Center, near Crown Center and Union Station in Kansas City and a location in Topeka.
KCKS-LD
KCKS-LD, virtual channel 25 ( UHF digital channel 19), is a low-powered Buzzr- affiliated television station licensed to Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Heartland Broadcasting, LLC.
KCKS-LD, branded as tv25.tv, simu ...
simulcasts on WROB-LD and
KMJC-LD
KMJC-LD, virtual channel 25 ( UHF digital channel 22), is a low-powered Buzzr- affiliated television station licensed to Louisburg, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Heartland Broadcasting, LLC.
KCKS-LD in Kansas City, Kansas simu ...
in
Louisburg, Kansas
Louisburg is a city in Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,969.
History
19th century
Prior to the American Civil War, the land of what is now called Louisburg w ...
.
History
The station first signed on the air on January 13, 2014, carrying programming from the MiCasa Broadcast Network. Originally branded as "Rob TV", the station maintained affiliations with
This TV
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Broadcast Networks, LLC, part of the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. Originally fo ...
and the
Justice Network
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.
In April 2015, the station changed its on-air branding to the website domain-style brand "TV25.tv"; on June 1, 2015, This TV programming moved to digital subchannel 25.10, with its former slot on the station's main channel becoming an affiliate of
Buzzr
Buzzr is an American digital terrestrial television, digital broadcast television network owned by Fremantle North America, a unit of the Fremantle (company), Fremantle subsidiary of RTL Group. The network serves as an outlet for the extensive li ...
. On July 28, WROB-LD substantially expanded the number of network affiliations transmitted over its digital signal (a move made possible due to the station's affiliation with multicast networks that transmitted exclusively in
standard definition
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), adding affiliations with the Justice Network (on 25.2), Q Network (an independently programmed service on 25.3),
Heartland
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* Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution
* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
* Heartland Alliance, an anti-poverty organization i ...
(on 25.4),
Newsmax TV
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(on 25.5),
WeatherNation TV
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(on 25.6), Untamed Sports TV (on 25.8) and
The Works (on 25.9); at that time, MiCasa was relocated to digital subchannel 25.7.
In August 2015, as part of an affiliation agreement between
Luken Communications and Heartland Broadcasting, the station added
Rev'n
Rev’n is an American vehicle-oriented digital broadcast television network owned by Get After It Media and launched on November 3, 2014.
History
As early as October 2012, Luken Communications, LLC was planning a car focused channel then called ...
on digital channel 25.7, and the Retro Television Network on channel 25.9.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
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:
References
External links
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Television stations in Kansas
Buzzr affiliates
True Crime Network affiliates
WeatherNation TV affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 2014
Retro TV affiliates
Low-power television stations in the United States
2014 establishments in Kansas