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KBSL-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Goodland, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Schurz Communications. KBSL maintains news bureau and advertising sales offices located on West 31st Street in southwestern Goodland, and its transmitter is located east of K-27 in rural northeastern Sherman County. KBSL is part of the Kansas Broadcasting System (KBS), a statewide network of four full-power stations that relay programming from Wichita CBS affiliate KWCH-DT central and western Kansas; KBSL incorporates local advertising and news inserts aimed at areas of northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska within the Wichita-Hutchinson Plus television market (including Colby), as well as portions of east-central Colorado. Because the station's signal lies between the Central and Mountain Time Zones (its transmitter is located on the Mountain Time Zone side of the state), CBS primetime programming in the western part of the station's viewing area airs Monday through Saturdays from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Sundays from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.; however, since it operates as a satellite station of Wichita-based KWCH, the station runs on a Central Time Zone schedule. ==History== The station first signed on the air on April 28, 1959 as KLOE-TV. It was founded by Hays businessman Ross Beach, owner of radio station KLOE (730 AM); the station's studio facility West 31st Street, known as "Broadcast Plaza," was originally only large enough to house the radio station; as a result, Beach added on a half-story to the facility, raising the building's ceiling to accommodate television lighting. The station has been a CBS affiliate since its sign-on, however it originally maintained a secondary affiliation with ABC until the 1970s. In 1962, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that central and western Kansas were part of the Wichita market. As a result, Des Moines-based Cowles Communications bought KLOE-TV, KTVC (now KBSD-DT) in Dodge City and KAYS-TV (now KBSH-DT) in Hays, and converted them into semi-satellites of KTVH. The three stations, which – along with flagship station KTVH – formed the Kansas Broadcasting System, relayed CBS programming throughout central and western Kansas.〔(About KWCH-DT 12 )〕 In 1983, the Cowles family began selling off its vast media holdings. KLOE-TV, KTVH and their sister stations were sold to the Kansas Broadcasting System Corporation, owned by Beach and Bob Schmidt; the sale separated KLOE-TV from its radio sister, however KLOE radio (as well as its sister radio stations) continues to operate from KBSL's facility on 31st Street. In 1989, the Kansas Broadcasting System Corporation was purchased by Smith Broadcasting; after the sale was completed, the station changed its call letters to KBSL-TV, as part of an effort that saw KWCH's three semi-satellites change their call letters to help viewers think of the stations as part of one large network. Smith sold the station to Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Spartan Communications in 1994; Spartan merged with Media General in 2000. In 2005, KWCH began operating a digital automation system from its Wichita studio facility, which handled the scheduling of advertisements and master control operations for all four KBS stations. On April 6, 2006, Media General announced that it would sell KWCH, its satellites, and four other stations as a result of its purchase of four former NBC owned-and-operated-stations (WVTM-TV in Birmingham, WCMH in Columbus, WNCN in Goldsboro, North Carolina and WJAR-TV in Providence). South Bend, Indiana-based Schurz eventually emerged as the winner and took ownership of the stations on September 25, at which time Schurz formed a new company known as "Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc.," which became the licensee for its Kansas broadcasting properties.〔(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ), Media General, April 6, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2014.〕〔(Schurz Snaps Up Kansas Affil ), ''Broadcasting & Cable'', July 28, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2014.〕〔(News Releases ), Media General, September 25, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2014.〕 Schurz announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including KWCH-DT and its satellites, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. Gray already owns KAKE and its satellites (including KLBY channel 4); however, it will sell that station to Lockwood Broadcast Group and keep the KBS stations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KBSL-DT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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