KGKC-LD

KGKC-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, United States, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station has studios on Broadway Boulevard in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located in the city's Brown Estates neighborhood.

KGKC-LD

Lawrence, Kansas Kansas City, Missouri United States
City	Lawrence, Kansas
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 39
Branding	Telemundo Kansas City
Programming
Affiliations	39.1: Telemundo for others, see § KGKC-LD subchannels
Ownership
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting (SagamoreHill of Kansas City Licenses, LLC)
History
Founded	August 19, 2005 (19 years ago) (2005-08-19)
First air date	October 7, 2008 (16 years ago) (2008-10-07)
Former call signs	K10PD (2005–2008) KGKC-LP (2008–2012)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 10 (VHF, 2005–2012) Digital: 39 (UHF, 2012–2018)
Former affiliations	Spanish Religious (2008–2018)
Call sign meaning	Kansas City
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	130417
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	268.7 m (882 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°1′19.9″N 94°30′49.7″W
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	telemundokc.com
Satellite station
KGKM-LD
Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri
City	Columbia, Missouri
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 36
Programming
Affiliations	36.1: Telemundo for others, see § KGKM-LD subchannels
History
Founded	February 22, 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-02-22)
First air date	February 2, 2022 (3 years ago) (2022-02-02)
Former call signs	K36LJ-D (2011–2022)
Technical information[2]
Facility ID	184505
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	193.5 m (635 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°47′28″N 92°17′44″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

KGKM-LD (channel 36) in Columbia, Missouri, operates as a full-time, low-power satellite of KGKC-LD; this station's transmitter is located on Edwards Road northwest of Ashland, Missouri. KGKM-LD covers Columbia, Jefferson City, and other areas of central Missouri. Except for hourly station identifications required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), there is no on-air mention that KGKM-LD exists, and aside from the transmitter, KGKM-LD does not maintain any physical presence locally in Columbia. Unlike its parent station, KGKM-LD does not carry any of KGKC-LD's subchannels and has a different subchannel lineup.

History

KGKC-LD became a Telemundo affiliate in September 2018.^[3] Prior to that, it aired Spanish-language religious programming.

News operation

In addition to broadcasting Noticias Telemundo, the national news program from Telemundo, KGKC-LD produces brief news inserts called Acceso Total (Total Access) that focus on stories from the Kansas City and Central Missouri areas.^[4]

On September 15, 2023, KGKC-LD announced that it had teamed up with Hearst Television's ABC affiliate in Kansas City, KMBC-TV, to provide daily Spanish-language weather forecasts for the station.^[5]

On February 6, 2025, Adan Manzano, an anchor on Acceso Total, died in New Orleans while covering the Kansas City Chiefs' run in Super Bowl LIX.^[6]

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

KGKC-LD subchannels

Subchannels of KGKC-LD^[7]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
39.1	1080i	16:9	KGKC	Telemundo
39.2	480i		Start	Start TV
39.3			JTV	Jewelry TV
39.4			ShopLC	Shop LC
39.5			TXitos	TeleXitos
39.6		4:3	Sonlife	Sonlife
39.7		16:9	Toons	MeTV Toons

KGKM-LD subchannels

Subchannels of KGKM-LD^[8]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
36.1	720p	16:9	KGKM-LD	Telemundo
36.2	480i		ION	Ion Television
36.3			COURTTV	Court TV
36.4			IONPlus	Ion Plus
36.5			GRIT	Grit
36.6			Mystery	Ion Mystery
36.7		4:3	SONLIFE	Sonlife