KCTY (defunct)

KCTY
Kansas City, Missouri
Channels	Analog: 25 (UHF)
Affiliations	silent
Owner	DuMont
First air date	June 9, 1953
Last air date	February 28, 1954
Call letters' meaning	Kansas CiTY
Former affiliations	DuMont
Transmitter power	1 kW TPO
Transmitter coordinates	38°56′24″N 94°40′50″W / 38.94000°N 94.68056°W / 38.94000; -94.68056

KCTY (TV) operated on channel 25 in the Kansas City market from June 9, 1953 to February 28, 1954. The studio for channel 25 was located in the Pickwick Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, but the transmitter was located in a rural area of Overland Park, Kansas.

The station was the second television station in the Kansas City area. It was originally owned by the Empire Coil Company, which built the first commercial UHF television station, (KPTV/channel 27) in Portland, Oregon.

Shortly after KCTY went on the air, it was joined by KCMO-TV on channel 5 and KMBC/WHB-TV on channel 9. With WDAF-TV already on the air on channel 4, viewers had three VHF stations to pick from and not enough of them converted their sets to UHF to watch channel 25. The station was affiliated with the DuMont Television Network which purchased the station at the end of 1953^[1] and operated it for only two months before shutting it down.^[2]^[3]

The station produced many local programs, including the children's program Share the Fun with host Sue Bowen,^[4] local news/sports/weather and some local live sporting events including football games from Shawnee Mission High School.

Its channel 25 frequency was currently used by low-powered station KCKS-LD

Sources

↑ DuMont historical website, Clarke Ingram
↑ http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/html/feb10-1954/
↑ Cleveland Classic Media: November 2009
↑ Hi there, boys and girls!: America's local children's TV shows, p165, Tim Hollis, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2001 ISBN 978-1-57806-396-3

Television stations in Kansas City

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WDAF-TV (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna TV, 4.3 This TV) KCTV (5.1 CBS) KMBC-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV) KAJF-LD (16.1 Silent, 16.2 GetTV, 16.3 SBN, 16.4 LC, 16.5 QVC) KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS Encore, 19.3 Create) KCKS-LD (25.1 Buzzr, 25.2 Justice TV, 25.3 Antenna_TV, 25.4 Heartland, 25.5 Newsmax_TV, 25.6 WeatherNation_TV, 25.7 Rev%27n, 25.8 Untamed_Sports_TV, 25.9 Retro_Television_Network, 25.10 Vibrant TV, 25.11 This_TV, 25.12 Jewelry_Television ) KCWE (29.1 The CW, 29.2 Movies!) KCDN-LD (35.1 DS) KMCI-TV (38.1 Ind., 38.2 Bounce, 38.3 Escape, 38.4 Grit) KSHB-TV (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Cozi TV, 41.3 Laff) K45IO-D (45.1 HSN) KUKC-LP 48 (UNI) KPXE-TV (50.1 Ion, 50.2 Qubo, 50.3 Life, 50.4 Ion Shop, 50.5 QVC Over Air, 50.6 HSN) KSMO-TV (62.1 MNTV)

Local cable channels	Fox Sports Kansas City Jayhawk Television Network Time Warner Cable Sports Channel 6 News Lawrence

Adjacent locals	St. Joseph KQTV (2.1 ABC) KTAJ-TV (16.1 TBN, 16.2 Hillsong, 16.3 Smile/JUCE TV, 16.4 Enlace, 16.5 Salsa ) KNPG-LD (21.1 NBC, 21.2 The CW) KNPN-LD (26.1 Fox, 26.2 News-Press 3 NOW, 26.4 TMD) Sedalia KMOS-TV (6.1 PBS, 6.2 Create, 6.3 World) Topeka KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 MHz/PBS Kids, 11.3 Create/PBS Encore) WIBW-TV (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV/MeTV) WROB-LD (25.1 Buzzr, 25.2 Justice TV, 25.3 Antenna_TV, 25.4 Heartland, 25.5 Newsmax_TV, 25.6 WeatherNation_TV, 25.7 Rev%27n, 25.8 Untamed_Sports_TV, 25.9 Retro_Television_Network, 25.10 Vibrant TV, 25.11 This_TV, 25.12 Jewelry_Television ) KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 Fox) KTKA-TV (49.1 ABC, 49.2 WX, 49.3 The CW)

Defunct stations	KUJH-LP 14 (Ind.) KCTY 25 (DuMont)

See also St. Joseph TV Topeka TV Omaha TV Des Moines TV Columbia/Jefferson City TV

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