KPLC-TV
 
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Lake Charles, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | KPLC 7 (general) KPLC 7 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | 7 at Your Service |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 NBC 7.2 Grit TV 7.3 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | NBC (Secondary through 1980) |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (KPLC License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | September 29, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | Port of Lake Charles |
| Sister station(s) |
KVHP WAFB WBXH-CD (Baton Rouge) KSLA-TV (Shreveport) WVUE-DT (New Orleans) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 7 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 8 (VHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: ABC (1954–1980) |
| Transmitter power | 62 kW |
| Height | 451 meters (1,480 ft) |
| Facility ID | 13994 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°23′46″N 93°0′3″W / 30.39611°N 93.00083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KPLC, channel 7, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. KPLC is owned by Raycom Media, and has transmitter facilities located in Fenton, Louisiana. Its studios are located on Division Street in downtown Lake Charles.
KPLC-TV began broadcasting in the summer of 1954. Owner T.B. Lanford of Shreveport had previously signed on KPLC AM radio and was eager to expand into television.
The station was later purchased by a St. Louis group headed by investor Elliot Stien. He visited KPLC frequently along with his friend, St. Louis Cardinals baseball legend Stan Musial.
In 1970, G. Russell Chambers purchased KPLC-TV from the St. Louis group and dramatically increased the station's coverage by adding a 1,500-foot (460 m) tower, providing a quality signal for the NBC affiliate as far north as Leesville, as far east as Lafayette and to the Gulf of Mexico. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations required that the radio stations be sold. Perry Sanders purchased the AM/FM combo and changed its call letters to KLCL.
In 1986, Cosmos Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Liberty Life Insurance Company, took over. KPLC was one of the first television stations in the U.S. to launch its own website in the 1990s.
In 2004, KPLC began broadcasting in digital as well as analog with the launch of KPLC (DT). Later in the year the station launched its first local 24-hour weather channel, "KPLC WeatherPlus." Simultaneously, the station launched a service specifically for cellphones and PDA's, "7 On Your Cell."
In March 2004 while workers were installing a new transmission tower in high winds, the old transmission tower fell, causing a service disruption lasting about two weeks to over-the-air viewers in Southwest Louisiana. Service to cable customers was not interrupted due to the station's signal being delivered by fiber lines. A lower-power temporary tower was erected on top the station's broadcast studios a couple of days after the tower fell, allowing viewers within a few miles of the station to again receive the signal over-the-air.
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