KMOS-TV
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Sedalia/Warrensburg/Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri United States |
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| Branding | KMOS |
| Slogan | Engage, Educate, Entertain. |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 6 () |
| Subchannels | 6.1 PBS 6.2 Create 6.3 MHz Worldview 6.4 PBS Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS (since 1979) |
| Owner | University of Central Missouri |
| First air date | July 8, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning |
MO (Missouri postal code) Sedalia |
| Former callsigns | KDRO-TV (1954–1959) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1954–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1954–1958) ABC, via KMBC-TV (1958–1959, 1959–1961) CBS, via KRCG (1961–1978) Secondary: ABC (1961–1971 via KRCG) |
| Transmitter power | 322 kW |
| Height | 603 m |
| Facility ID | 4326 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°37′36″N 92°52′3″W / 38.62667°N 92.86750°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kmos.org |
KMOS-TV is a PBS member public television station in Sedalia, Missouri, owned and operated by the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Its studios are located in the Patton Broadcast Center on the UCM campus, while its transmitter is located in Syracuse, Missouri. Although Warrensburg and Sedalia are part of the Kansas City media market (in fact, Warrensburg is an outer-ring suburb of Kansas City), KMOS serves as the PBS member station for the Columbia/Jefferson City market. One consequence is that KMOS cannot be seen on DirecTV or Dish Network in its own city; KCPT is the sole PBS station uplinked on the Kansas City feed. However, it is carried on Charter Cable systems in Warrensburg as one of three Mid-Missouri stations provided.
Until February 17, 2009, KMOS also competed with KETC, the St. Louis PBS member station, on Mediacom cable systems in the market. KETC has since been dropped from Mediacom's systems in Columbia and Jefferson City as of February 17, leaving KMOS to be the sole PBS station in these places.
KMOS-TV signed-on July 8, 1954 as KDRO-TV, owned by Milt Hinlein along with KDRO radio. The calls came from the Drolich brothers, the radio station's original owners. The station was originally an independent.
KDRO-TV went through several partial changes in ownership in the late 1950s. In July 1955, Deare Publications, publisher of the "Sedalia Democrat" newspaper, purchased 50% of KDRO-AM-TV from Hinlein. In July 1957, Jimmy Glenn and Herb Brandes purchased 2/3 interest in KDRO Radio. Hinlein became the sole owner of KDRO-TV as Deare Publications became the owner of the KDRO studio properties.
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