KBGU-LD

Last updated
KBGU-LD
City St. Louis, Missouri
Channels
Programming
Affiliations (see below)
Ownership
Owner
KPTN-LD, K25NG-D, W29CI-D, WODK-LD
History
FoundedJuly 13, 1987;36 years ago (1987-07-13) [1]
First air date
1991;33 years ago (1991) (first incarnation)
May 25, 2015;8 years ago (2015-05-25) (second and current incarnation)
Last air date
2010;14 years ago (2010) (first incarnation)
Former call signs
K18BT (1987-2003)
K33GU (2003-2015)
KBGU-LP (2015-2020) [1]
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 18 (UHF, 1991-2003)
  • 33 (UHF, 2003-2015)
  • Digital: 33 (UHF, 2015-2020)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of former K33GU translator calls
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 68055
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 515 feet (157 m)
Transmitter coordinates 38°34′27.9″N90°19′31.9″W / 38.574417°N 90.325528°W / 38.574417; -90.325528
Links
Public license information
LMS

KBGU-LD, virtual channel 33 (UHF digital channel 27), is a low power Buzzr-affiliated television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Innovate Corp.

Contents

History

Although granted a construction permit in July 1987, the station did not commence broadcasting until 1991. The station was originally K18BT, an owned-and-operated translator of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, with all programming retransmitted via a satellite feed from TBN's headquarters in Santa Ana, California. The station's call letters were changed to K33GU upon moving to analog UHF channel 33.

In 2010, TBN closed down many of its low-power repeaters, including K33GU, due to ongoing economic problems. Many of these repeaters would be donated by TBN to the Minority Media and Television Council (MMTC), an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media. [3] In 2015, the station was purchased by DTV America Corporation, but the license was held under the company King Forward, Inc., a unit of DTV America, with Regal Media announced as the operator of the station. King Forward changed the call letters to KBGU-LP, and converted the station to digital. The station returned to the air on May 25 of that year as an affiliate of MundoMax, with Estrella TV being offered on a second digital subchannel, and Video Mix TV, a music channel originating from southern Florida, on a third subchannel. [4] 7 months later, in December 2015, MundoMax was replaced with Buzzr.

King Forward sold its stations, including KBGU-LP, to Innovate Corp in 2017. [5]

The station changed its call sign to KBGU-LD on March 4, 2020.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [6]
33.1 480i 4:3 KBGU-LD Buzzr
33.2 16:9 Shop LC
33.3 beIN Sports Xtra
33.4 4:3 beIN Sports Xtra en Español
33.5Timeless TV
33.6Novelisima
33.7 16:9 Jewelry Television

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References

  1. 1 2 "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KBGU-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council – Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council".
  4. ↑ "DTV America launches MundoFox and Estrella in St. Louis | DTV America". Archived from the original on August 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 2, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ "KBGU-LD ST. LOUIS, MO". www.rabbitears.info.


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