KCPT
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Kansas City, Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas United States |
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| City | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Branding | KCPT Kansas City PBS |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 19 () |
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| Owner | Public Television 19, Inc. |
| First air date | March 29, 1961 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Kansas City Public Television |
| Sister station(s) | KTBG |
| Former callsigns | KCSD-TV (1961–1972) |
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| Former affiliations | NET (1961–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 55 kW |
| Height | 1,165 ft(355 m) |
| Facility ID | 53843 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°4′58.7″N 94°28′50.1″W / 39.082972°N 94.480583°WCoordinates: 39°4′58.7″N 94°28′50.1″W / 39.082972°N 94.480583°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KCPT, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 18), is a PBS member television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Public Television 19, Inc.. KCPT maintains studio facilities (which are shared with sister adult album alternative radio station KTBG (90.9 FM)) located on East 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri's Union Hill section (adjacent to the transmitter tower of CBS affiliate KCTV (channel 5)), and its transmitter is located near 23rd Street and Stark Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri's Blue Valley section.
On cable, the station is available on Charter Communications and SureWest channel 11, Comcast channel 4 and AT&T U-verse channel 19.
The station first signed on the air on March 29, 1961 as KCSD. It was founded by the Kansas City School District, and originally operated as a member station of National Educational Television; it later became a charter member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) when it launched on October 6, 1970. The school district put the station's license up for sale in 1971. A group of civic leaders formed a nonprofit broadcasting entity called Public Television 19, Inc., and bought the license. The station changed its callsign to KCPT in January 1972. That fall, it began broadcasting PBS programs in color for the first time. In 1973, the station held its first televised auction.
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