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KCTY (Kansas City)

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the fact that three VHF stations generally satisfied the television needs of most Kansas City viewers and advertisers; the reluctance of viewers to convert their sets to receive UHF; and resistance to the erection of outdoor antennas required to receive the station, which DuMont characterized as more pronounced in Kansas City "than in any other area of which we have knowledge". DuMont also announced it would sign with a VHF station to air its programs, with KCMO-TV assuming DuMont network programs upon the station's closure. KCTY was just the third UHF station of 130 to have gone on the air to fold, after
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price attracted any offers. He then thought to close the station before 1953 was over in order to take the loss on the year's taxes. Instead, worried that such a decision might be detrimental to the future of UHF television, he instead sold KCTY for one dollar to the DuMont network itself in a transaction approved by the FCC in a special meeting on December 31, 1953, giving the company its fourth station. The $ 1 nominal purchase price was the lowest ever for a TV station; when
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a strike that had left Kansas City without television service for more than two weeks. While authorized to broadcast with an effective radiated power of 200,000 watts, it was operating at one-tenth that due to equipment shortages, and the studios, formerly used by KMBC radio, were not complete, making the station completely dependent on filmed programs. Empire also planned to launch similar UHF stations in
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Despite this, the station's financial picture worsened considerably; there were 353,000 VHF receivers in Kansas City but just 52,000 UHF-converted and all-channel sets. Herbert Mayer, the president of Empire Coil, first attempted to put the station on the market, but not even asking buyers to name a
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The new UHF station's affiliations with other television networks proved to be short-lived as the VHF station battles were cleared up and the networks secured affiliations with stations that could be received by all television sets. CBS found a VHF home on August 2, with the launch of the time-share
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KCTY began broadcasting on June 6, 1953, operating with an interim schedule consisting of two movies a day and test patterns to help dealers calibrate equipment, such as UHF converters that most sets needed to tune the new station. It went on the air as WDAF radio and television was in the middle of
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DuMont's study did not last long. On February 12, DuMont announced it would close KCTY at the end of the month on February 28, with Allen B. DuMont noting, "Sound business judgment forces us to this decision." In a letter addressed "to all television broadcasters", DuMont cited a myriad of factors:
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programs. KCTY was eyed as a proving ground for UHF, as it would be the first UHF station to compete with a pioneer (pre-freeze) VHF outlet; an intense push to ensure sets were converted to receive the UHF station; and a second VHF station looked likely within months. A merger of two applicants in
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DuMont announced that it had purchased KCTY in order to provide it support and also in order to study the problems ailing UHF stations at the time; it also declared that it would begin a major marketing program to encourage UHF conversions and give it priority for a higher-power transmitter to be
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DuMont offered the facilities for sale for $ 95,000, and one group investigated possible use of the plant by an educational television station, though this did not materialize. No commercial UHF station would be proposed for channel 25 until 1964, when a consortium from
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After the four-year freeze on television station awards was ended in 1952 with the opening of the UHF band for television broadcasting, Kansas City received several UHF television channels—noncommercial channel 19 and commercial 25 and 65—in addition to three commercial
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built by DuMont Laboratories. DuMont became the first television network to own and operate a UHF television station, while Empire Coil took a $ 750,000 loss on KCTY. Empire Coil subsequently sold itself, along with its two remaining stations, to
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filed an application for a construction permit. A second application was filed in May 1965 by the Allied Broadcasting Company, which was approved but only after two revisions of the UHF table of allocations meant their new station,
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With its application unopposed, Empire Coil was granted a construction permit for channel 25 on January 23, 1953. The new station, with studios in the Pickwick Hotel downtown and a transmitter on 87th Street in an area of
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suggested it was also due to weakening demand for its electronics products and the television station's financial failure. Empire also surrendered the construction permits for the Indianapolis and Denver UHF stations.
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time-share operation on channel 9 and KCKN dropping out of the contest for channel 5 had considerably sped along the progress of the VHF stations compared to the situation when Empire Coil applied for the permit.
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began on channel 5. In late August, KCTY became a basic DuMont affiliate. It also began to expand its schedule and add new studio shows, such as the children's program
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The former KMBC radio studios in the Pickwick Hotel in Kansas City were converted for use by KCTY.
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with host Sue Bowen, as well as local newscasts and live high school football telecasts.
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
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noted that that deal was the next-smallest in TV history.
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Television stations in the Kansas City metropolitan area
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on channel 9; ABC migrated to VHF on September 27, when
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Television channels and stations disestablished in 1954
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Television channels and stations established in 1953
1107:. New Rochelle, New York. January 9, 1954. p. 1 820:. Kansas City, Missouri. August 3, 1953. p. 1. 790:. Kansas City, Missouri. June 21, 1953. p. 92. 540:. Kansas City, Missouri. April 24, 1953. p. 3. 318:. At the time, channel 4 was occupied by pre-freeze 1950: 1927: 1852: 1651: 1401: 1295:. Kansas City, Missouri. May 27, 1965. p. 42. 681:. Kansas City, Missouri. June 7, 1953. p. 1A, 651:. Kansas City, Missouri. June 7, 1953. p. 2A. 302:. Empire Coil had been a trailblazer, having built 203: 189: 184: 171: 152: 126: 109: 104: 96: 91: 81: 76: 53: 37: 277:was located in a rural area that today is part of 2035:Defunct television stations in the United States 748:"KCTY (TV) Moves from Empire to DuMont for $ 1" 27:TV station in Kansas City, Missouri (1953–1954) 298:filed for channel 25 as well as channel 30 in 269:for KCTY was located in the Pickwick Hotel in 1368: 1059: 1057: 8: 706: 704: 498: 496: 462: 460: 32: 1124: 1122: 603: 601: 599: 597: 595: 1375: 1361: 1353: 742: 740: 738: 31: 564:"3 Starters Augur Boom Backing for UHF" 456: 1299:from the original on February 22, 2022 334:, would serve as the local carrier of 1208:from the original on October 12, 2021 1192:"5 New Starters; DuMont's KCTY Quits" 1142:from the original on November 8, 2021 980:from the original on October 12, 2021 719:. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 3E. 625:from the original on October 12, 2021 580:from the original on October 12, 2021 7: 1753:, 35.2 DS Español, 35.3 Reflections) 1333:from the original on August 30, 2022 1269:from the original on August 30, 2022 1265:. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 3. 1238:from the original on August 30, 2022 1172:from the original on August 30, 2022 1042:from the original on August 30, 2022 1010:from the original on August 30, 2022 964:"The Value of TV Network Franchises" 944:from the original on August 30, 2022 914:from the original on August 30, 2022 884:from the original on August 30, 2022 854:from the original on August 30, 2022 824:from the original on August 30, 2022 794:from the original on August 30, 2022 764:from the original on August 28, 2022 723:from the original on August 30, 2022 689:from the original on August 30, 2022 655:from the original on August 30, 2022 544:from the original on August 30, 2022 514:from the original on August 30, 2022 481:from the original on August 30, 2022 1081:from the original on March 19, 2022 609:"DuMont Takes Over Kansas City UHF" 2060:1954 disestablishments in Missouri 25: 973:. January 30, 1954. p. 3–4. 1257:Lastelic, Joe (August 4, 1964). 1216:– via World Radio History. 1201:. February 13, 1954. p. 2. 1168:. February 18, 1954. p. 4. 1150:– via World Radio History. 1135:. February 15, 1954. p. 9. 1089:– via World Radio History. 772:– via World Radio History. 633:– via World Radio History. 618:. January 2, 1954. p. 3–4. 588:– via World Radio History. 2050:1953 establishments in Missouri 1074:. January 18, 1954. p. 5. 1038:. January 1, 1954. p. 19. 261:. KCTY was an affiliate of the 2065:Defunct mass media in Missouri 757:. January 4, 1954. p. 7. 711:Kiewit, Fred (June 14, 1953). 294:assignments. In November, the 1: 1385:Kansas City metropolitan area 1323:"Channel 50 Goes On The Air" 1383:Television stations in the 1277:– via Newspapers.com. 1246:– via Newspapers.com. 1115:– via Newspapers.com. 1018:– via Newspapers.com. 952:– via Newspapers.com. 934:"Football on the Air Today" 922:– via Newspapers.com. 892:– via Newspapers.com. 862:– via Newspapers.com. 844:"KCMO's TV Is on Air Today" 832:– via Newspapers.com. 802:– via Newspapers.com. 731:– via Newspapers.com. 697:– via Newspapers.com. 663:– via Newspapers.com. 573:. June 6, 1953. p. 1. 552:– via Newspapers.com. 522:– via Newspapers.com. 489:– via Newspapers.com. 135:February 28, 1954 2081: 1996: 1391: 344:DuMont Television Network 263:DuMont Television Network 100:DuMont Television Network 86:DuMont Television Network 1937:Bally Sports Kansas City 1689:, 21.5 Am. 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Index

KCTY (defunct)
Kansas City, Missouri
Channels
Analog
UHF
DuMont Television Network
Former affiliations
CBS
ABC
Call sign
ERP
kW
38°56′24″N 94°40′50″W / 38.94000°N 94.68056°W / 38.94000; -94.68056
television station
Kansas City, Missouri
UHF
WDAF-TV
DuMont Television Network
studio
downtown Kansas City
transmitter
Overland Park, Kansas
VHF
Empire Coil Company
St. Louis
KPTV (channel 27)
Portland, Oregon
WXEL
Cleveland
WDAF-TV

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