KGCS-LD

KGCS-LD

Joplin, Missouri United States
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 21
Programming
Affiliations	21.1: YTA TV
Ownership
Owner	Missouri Southern State University (Board of Governors-Missouri Southern State University)
History
Founded	January 24, 1986
First air date	1988 (1988)
Former call signs	K57DR (1988–1995) KGCS-LP (1995–2009)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 57 (UHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 22 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	America One
Technical information1
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4206
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	213.7 m (701 ft) 46 m (151 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates	37°5′49.2″N 94°34′25.8″W / 37.097000°N 94.573833°W / 37.097000; -94.573833 37°5′57″N 94°27′46″W / 37.09917°N 94.46278°W / 37.09917; -94.46278 (CP)
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	Official website

KGCS-LD (channel 21) is a low-power television station in Joplin, Missouri, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. The station is owned by Missouri Southern State University.

The station began in September 1984 as MSTV, a cable-exclusive student-access television station. Student-produced programming was the main staple for the channel. The channel began broadcasting city council meetings in Joplin, and those broadcasts still happen on the station in the present.² Although the construction permit for the over-the-air signal was issued in January 1986, it was not on the air until sometime in 1988. In 1988, the station launched as K57DR operating on analog UHF channel 57. The transmitter was erected just before the signal went on the air. In 1995, the station's callsign was changed to KGCS-LP. The station's digital signal on UHF channel 22 has been on the air since 2008, and the station changed the call letters to the current KGCS-LD in July 2009 after voluntarily shutting down their analog signal.²