KDGL-LD

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For the ICAO airport code KDGL, see Douglas Municipal Airport (Arizona). For the FM Station KDGL, see KDGL.
KDGL-LD
Sublette, Kansas
United States
CitySublette, Kansas
ChannelsDigital: 23 (UHF)
Virtual: 23 (PSIP)
BrandingTV23 (general)
NewsWest23 (newscasts)
Programming
Subchannelssee below
Ownership
OwnerHigh Plains Broadcasting, LLC.
(High Plains Broadcasting, LLC)
KDDC-LD, KGCE-LD, KDGU-LD
History
First air date
October 1, 2012; 9 years ago (2012-10-01)
Call sign meaning
Dodge Garden Liberal
Technical information
Facility ID182368
ERP1 kW
HAAT71.6 m (235 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°28′28.0″N 100°51′11.0″W / 37.474444°N 100.853056°W / 37.474444; -100.853056
Translator(s)KSWE-LD (18 UHF, Liberal)
Links
Websitewww.kdgltv.com www.NewsWest23.com

KDGL-LD,[1] virtual UHF and digital channel 23, is a low-powered Cozi TV-affiliated television station serving Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle that is licensed to Sublette, Kansas. The station is owned by High Plains Broadcasting. KDGL has sister stations in Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, and Ulysses.[2][3] This forms a continuous coverage of over 90 miles radius from Sublette, Kansas. FCC service contours indicate that KDGL and its sister stations cover approximately 156,350 people.[4] Actual people covered is estimated to be 204,000+ with 74,000+ households with the 2010 census using the Longley-Rice model.

Purpose[]

KDGL was formed to provide local news, weather, sports, and community events to the Southwest Region of the State of Kansas as well as much of the Oklahoma Panhandle. High Plains Today is produced every weekday at noon.

Location[]

KDGL is located in an old AT&T microwave radio tower on the South edge of Sublette, Kansas.

Facilities[]

Currently KDGL is operating a completely digital SD-SDI master control plant. MPEG2 Encoding and Multiplexing is accomplished with a Motorola TMX-2010 system. Automation software is from Deyan Automation Systems in Cyprus. Traffic and Billing software is Natural Log 8. Live events are streamed over the internet or private backhauls to the station's master control plant with a Streambox . Video is stored in a 15 disk Fibre Channel disk array with 16 channels of playback and 8 channels of record via 4 Leitch Nexio MPEG2/DV25 servers. The on-air weather graphics system for severe weather graphics was written by the station. The on-air or studio control room is 100% SD-SDI. Graphics are done with a dual channel SDI Chyron Corporation Duet SD character generator running Lyric. Switching is done with a BlackMagic ATEM 15 channel switcher.

Studio[]

KDGL is utilizing existing building space in the 22 x 78 building. The studio is 15 x 20.

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[5]
23.1 480i 16:9 KDGL-LD Cozi TV
23.2 KDGL-2 Buzzr
23.3 KDGL-3 Bounce TV
23.4 KDGL-4 The Country Network
23.5 KDGL-5 NewsNet
23.6 KDGL-6 AMGTV
23.7 KDGL-7 InfoWars
23.8 KDGL-8 The Walk TV

Translators[]

City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Dodge City KDDC-LD 32 1 kW 120 m (394 ft) 182335 37°45′58″N 100°02′04″W / 37.76611°N 100.03444°W / 37.76611; -100.03444 (KDDC-LD)
Garden City KGCE-LD 14 3.5 kW 122 m (400 ft) 182305 37°46′43″N 100°53′44.9″W / 37.77861°N 100.895806°W / 37.77861; -100.895806 (KGCE-LD)
Liberal KSWE-LD 18 1.73 kW 144 m (472 ft) 182292 37°03′13.5″N 100°51′24.0″W / 37.053750°N 100.856667°W / 37.053750; -100.856667 (KSWE-LD)
Ulysses KDGU-LD 33 1 kW 95 m (312 ft) 182385 37°34′53.5″N 101°18′28.8″W / 37.581528°N 101.308000°W / 37.581528; -101.308000 (KDGU-LD)

References[]

  1. ^ http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=182368
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=kdgl-ld#station
  4. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=High+Plains+Broadcasting
  5. ^ "KDGL-LD SUBLETTE, KS". www.rabbitears.info.
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