KSMI-LD

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KSMI-LD

Wichita, Kansas United States
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 30
Branding	KSMI 30
Programming
Affiliations	30.1: Heartland 30.2: Retro TV 30.3: Rev'n 30.4: The Action Channel 30.5: The Family Channel 30.6: HSN
Ownership
Owner	Get After It Media (Digital Networks–Wichita, LLC)
Operator	Great Plains Television Network, LLC (via LMA)
Sister stations	KAGW-CD
History
First air date	June 7, 1990 (31 years ago) (1990-06-07)
Former call signs	K51DN (1990–1995) KSMI-LP (1995–2010)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 51 (UHF, 1990–2010) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2010–2013)
Former affiliations	LD1: Telemundo Azteca América LD2: My Family TV (2008–2013)[1][2] The Family Channel (2013–?)[3] LD3: PBJ (2011–2016)[1] LD4: Tuff TV[1][2] Frost Great Outdoors LD5: Frost Great Outdoors[2] Tuff TV LD6: Jewelry TV[2]
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56518
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	272.5 m (894 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°48′0.7″N 97°31′30.2″W / 37.800194°N 97.525056°W / 37.800194; -97.525056Coordinates: 37°48′0.7″N 97°31′30.2″W / 37.800194°N 97.525056°W / 37.800194; -97.525056
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	www.kagwtv.com

KSMI-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 30, is a low-powered Heartland-affiliated television station licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States. Owned by Get After It Media, it is operated by Great Plains Television Network, LLC under a local marketing agreement (LMA), making it sister to Class A Independent and Cozi TV-affiliated station KAGW-CD (channel 26). The two stations share offices on South Greenwood Street in Wichita; KSMI-LD's transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County (north-northeast of Colwich).

History[]

Former KSMI-LD logo used from 2013 until 2018.

The station first signed on the air on June 1, 1990. In the early 2000s, KSMI-LP became an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo (now on KSNW-DT2); a few years later, it affiliated with Azteca América. Luken Communications purchased the station in 2010, and entered into a local marketing agreement with Great Plains Television Network, LLC to manage the station; that year, the station flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 51. Luken also began providing the station with affiliations from the company's various networks.

On October 17, 2013, KSMI-LP began transmitting its digital signal (which moved to UHF channel 30) from a new, taller tower near Colwich and increased its effective radiated power to 15 kilowatts. Even though this change resulted an increase in its overall coverage area, the signal is only adequately receivable in the immediate Wichita area with marginal reception south of the city due to adjacent channel interference (a phenomenon in which part of the signal "spills into" an adjacent frequency, making it harder for digital tuner to detect which channel to use) with Univision affiliate KDCU-DT on channel 31 and in areas north of Wichita—particularly Hutchinson—due to both adjacent channel and co-channel interference. KGBD in Great Bend, a semi-satellite of ABC affiliate KAKE (channel 10), also broadcasts on UHF channel 30, making it difficult, if not impossible, to receive KSMI-LP, as the receiver cannot tell decipher between the two stations. The co-channel interference problem is amplified at night due to DXing from signals bouncing off the ionosphere, which permits the signal to travel farther than normal.

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

References[]

External links[]

• KAGW 26 official website
• Broadcast TV: A lot to see for free
• KSMI in the FCC TV station database

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