KAKE
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Wichita, Kansas United States |
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| Branding | KAKEland (general) KAKE News (newscasts) (pronounced "cake") |
| Slogan |
Come Home to KAKE (general) On Your Side (news) |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10 () |
| Subchannels | 10.1 ABC 10.2 MeTV |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary until 1956) |
| Owner |
Lockwood Broadcast Group (Knoxville TV LLC) |
| First air date | October 19, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | The word "cake" (sic) |
| Former callsigns | KAKE-TV (1954–2010) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 21 (UHF, 1999–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1954–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 56.5 kW (main signal) 15 kW (fill-in translator) |
| Height | 309.8 m |
| Facility ID | 65522 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°46′52.9″N 97°31′9.1″W / 37.781361°N 97.519194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KAKE, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group. KAKE maintains studio facilities located on West Street in northwestern Wichita, and its transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County (on the town limits of Colwich). On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications and AT&T U-verse channel 10 in standard definition, and in high definition on channel 1010.
KAKE also serves as the flagship of the KAKEland Television Network, a regional network of six stations (two full-power, two low-power and two translators) that relay ABC network programming and other programs provided by KAKE across central and western Kansas, as well as bordering counties in Colorado and Oklahoma. The station's distinctive call sign is pronounced as "cake," although it has been branded as "KAKEland" – after the aforementioned statewide relay network – since July 2011.
The station first signed on the air on October 19, 1954 as KAKE-TV (the "-TV" suffix was dropped in 2010). It originally operated as a primary NBC and secondary ABC affiliate, taking both networks from KTVH (channel 12, now KWCH-DT). Channel 10 lost the NBC affiliation after KEDD (channel 16) signed-off on April 30, 1956 and KARD-TV (channel 3, now KSNW) assumed the full-time affiliation, leaving it exclusively affiliated with ABC. KEDD's shut down and the consequent move of NBC to KARD-TV, coupled with the loss of the NBC affiliation from KAKE resulted in Wichita becoming one of the smallest U.S. cities to have three television stations that each maintain exclusive affiliations with one of the major networks. On October 28, 1964, KAKE signed on KUPK-TV (channel 13) in Garden City to serve as a satellite station for southwestern Kansas.
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