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| City | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Telemundo Kansas City |
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| History | |
| Founded | August 19, 2005 (19 years ago) (2005-08-19) |
First air date | October 7, 2008 (16 years ago) (2008-10-07) |
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| SpanishReligious (2008–2018) | |
Call sign meaning | Kansas City |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 130417 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 268.7 m (882 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°1′19.9″N94°30′49.7″W / 39.022194°N 94.513806°W /39.022194; -94.513806 |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | telemundokc |
| Satellite station | |
| KGKM-LD | |
| City | Columbia, Missouri |
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| 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) |
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| Facility ID | 184505 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 193.5 m (635 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°47′28″N92°17′44″W / 38.79111°N 92.29556°W /38.79111; -92.29556 (KGKM-LD) |
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Public license information | LMS |
KGKC-LD (channel 39) is alow-power television station licensed toLawrence, Kansas, United States, serving theKansas City metropolitan area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language networkTelemundo. Owned bySagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station has studios on Broadway Boulevard in the Westside neighborhood ofKansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located in the city'sBrown Estates neighborhood.
KGKM-LD (channel 36) inColumbia, Missouri, operates as a full-time, low-powersatellite of KGKC-LD; this station's transmitter is located on Edwards Road northwest ofAshland, Missouri. KGKM-LD covers Columbia,Jefferson City, and other areas ofcentral Missouri. Except for hourlystation identifications required by theFederal 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.
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KGKC-LD became a Telemundo affiliate in September 2018.[3] Prior to that, it airedSpanish-languagereligious programming.
In addition to broadcastingNoticias Telemundo, the national news program from Telemundo, KGKC-LD produces brief news inserts calledAcceso 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 withHearst Television'sABC affiliate in Kansas City,KMBC-TV, to provide daily Spanish-languageweather forecasts for the station.[5]
On February 6, 2025, Adan Manzano, an anchor onAcceso Total, died inNew Orleans while covering theKansas City Chiefs' run inSuper Bowl LIX.[6]
The stations' signals aremultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 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 |
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 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 |
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| Defunct | ||
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