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virtual channel In most telecommunications organizations, a virtual channel is a method of remapping the ''program number'' as used in H.222 Program Association Tables and Program Mapping Tables to a channel number that can be entered via digits on a receiver's ...
25 ( UHF digital channel 26), is a low-powered
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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 ...
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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
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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 ...
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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
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and the
Justice Network True Crime Network (formerly Justice Network) is an American digital multicast television network that is operated by True Crime Network, LLC, a limited liability company, which is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in true crime, in ...
. 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
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), adding affiliations with the Justice Network (on 25.2), Q Network (an independently programmed service on 25.3),
Heartland Heartland or Heartlands may refer to: Businesses and organisations * 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 Newsmax TV is an American conservative television channel owned by Newsmax. The network primarily focuses on opinion-based talk shows. It carries a news/talk format throughout the day and night, with documentaries and films on weekends. During ...
(on 25.5),
WeatherNation TV WeatherNation TV (branded on-air as simply WeatherNation) is an American broadcast, digital streaming, cable, and satellite television network owned by WeatherNation, Inc, a subsidiary of Performance One Media and ultimately owned by Robert J ...
(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
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on digital channel 25.7, and the Retro Television Network on channel 25.9.


Digital television


Digital channels

The station's digital signal is
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrob-Ld 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