KGMC (TV)
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Clovis/Fresno, California United States |
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| City | Clovis |
| Branding | estrellaTV Fresno |
| Channels |
Digital: 43 (UHF) Virtual: 43 () |
| Subchannels | See Below |
| Affiliations | Estrella TV |
| Owner |
Cocola Broadcasting (Cocola Broadcasting Companies, LLC) |
| Founded | October 2, 1989 |
| First air date | September 11, 1992 |
| Call letters' meaning | Gary Morris Cocola (name of owner) |
| Sister station(s) | KVHF-LD, KFAZ-CA, KHSC-LP, KJKZ-LP, KJEO-LD, KSDI-LD, KMSG-LD, KVVG-LD |
| Former callsigns | KSDI (1992) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog 43 (UHF, 1992–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
The Box (1992–1995) The WB (1995–1997) America's Store (1998–2007) JTV (2007–2012) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 335 kW |
| Height | 542 m |
| Facility ID | 23302 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′26″N 119°25′56″W / 37.07389°N 119.43222°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
KGMC, virtual and UHF digital channel 43, is an Estrella TV-affiliated television station located in Fresno, California, United States that is licensed to Clovis. The station is owned by Cocola Broadcasting and is sister to eight low-power stations. KGMC maintains studio facilities located on West Herndon Avenue in Pinedale, and its transmitter is located on Bear Mountain (northwest of Squaw Valley).
A live simulcast of some of KGMC's non-network programming can be seen on the Cocola Broadcasting homepage.
The UHF channel 43 allocation in the Fresno market was originally licensed to KICU-TV. Operating as an independent station, the station signed on the air on December 23, 1961, five days after Fresno's first independent station, KAIL (channel 53, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate on channel 7) took to the air. KICU carried a mix of movies and other independent fare. Toward the end of its run, KICU also picked up some NBC programs that were not cleared to air by that network's Fresno affiliate, KMJ-TV (channel 24, now KSEE-TV). The station ceased operations in 1968; the KICU-TV call letters are now used by an independent station in San Jose.
KGMC first signed on the air on September 11, 1992, as KSDI; the station was originally an affiliate of the viewer-request music video network The Box. That December, the station changed its call letters to KGMC (the calls were previously used by KOCB in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1979 to 1989).
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