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K17DL-D
Television station in Branson, Missouri From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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K17DL-D (channel 17) is a low-power tourist information–formatted television station in Branson, Missouri, United States, serving the Springfield area. It is owned by Branson Visitors TV, LLC, a joint venture between Gray Media (50.1%) and Market Branson, LLC (49.9%); Gray's interest makes K17DL-D a sister station to Springfield-based NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3), ABC affiliate KSPR-LD (channel 33), and CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 25). K17DL-D's transmitter is located on US 160 in western Taney County.
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The original construction permit to construct a low-power station on channel 17 in Branson was issued on March 3, 1993,[2] and issued the call sign K17DL;[3] on May 16, 1994, original owner Lorianne Crook-Owens sold the station to GEP, Inc.[4] On July 26, 1999,[5] K17DL, along with K05JQ (channel 5, now defunct) and Springfield-based K15CZ (channel 15, now KSPR-LD), was sold to Miller Family Broadcasting.[6] By this point, channel 17 had come on the air through a series of special temporary authority grants[7] and was simulcasting UPN programming with K15CZ; the station was fully licensed on January 14, 2002.[8] Miller sold K17DL and K15CZ to Schurz Communications, owner of KYTV, on March 14, 2002.[9][10] After UPN and The WB closed down to form The CW in 2006, K17DL and K15CZ affiliated with the new network.
On May 20, 2009,[11] Schurz sold a 49.9-percent interest in K17DL to Market Branson for $250,000;[12] following the sale, the station dropped CW programming (moving to LD2) and began carrying tourist information.[13] The station also converted to digital television and began broadcasting in high definition;[13] consequently, the call sign was modified to K17DL-D on May 29, 2009.[3] Schurz' remaining 50.1-percent interest in channel 17[12] was included in Gray Television's purchase of Schurz' television stations.[14]
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