KCTY (Kansas City)

KCTY was an American television station operated on UHF channel 25 in the Kansas City market from June 9, 1953, to February 28, 1954. It was the second television station to begin broadcasting in the Kansas City area, after WDAF-TV. KCTY was an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, and originally owned by the Empire Coil Company, which built the first commercial UHF television station, (KPTV 27) in Portland, Oregon). The studio for KCTY was located in the Pickwick Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, but the transmitter was located in a rural area of Overland Park, Kansas.

KCTY
Kansas City, Missouri
ChannelsAnalog: 25 (UHF)
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerDuMont
History
First air date
June 9, 1953 (1953-06-09)
Last air date
February 28, 1954 (1954-02-28)
DuMont
Call sign meaning
Kansas
CiTY
Technical information
ERP1 kW TPO
Transmitter coordinates38°56′24″N 94°40′50″W

Shortly after KCTY went on the air, it was joined by KCMO-TV on channel 5 and KMBC/WHB-TV on channel 9. With WDAF-TV already on the air on channel 4, viewers had three VHF stations to pick from and not enough of them converted their sets to UHF to watch channel 25. The DuMont Television Network purchased KCTY at the end of 1953[1][2] and operated it for only two months before shutting it down.[3][4] KCTY's DuMont affiliation would be transferred to KCMO-TV upon its closure.[5]

The station produced many local programs, including the children's program Share the Fun with host Sue Bowen,[6] local news/sports/weather and some local live sporting events including football games from Shawnee Mission High School.

Its channel 25 frequency band is currently used by low-powered station KCKS-LD.

References
  1. no byline (January 1, 1954). "Radio-TV Notes". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. DuMont historical website Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Clarke Ingram
  3. http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/html/feb10-1954/
  4. Cleveland Classic Media: November 2009
  5. "DuMont on KCMO-TV". The Kansas City Times. 1954-02-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  6. Hi there, boys and girls!: America's local children's TV shows, p165, Tim Hollis, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2001 ISBN 978-1-57806-396-3
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