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| City | Branson, Missouri |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Branson Visitor TV |
| Programming | |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Branson Visitors TV,LLC (Gray Media (50.1%); Market Branson, LLC (49.9%)) |
| KYTV,KSPR-LD,KYCW-LD | |
| History | |
| Founded | March 3, 1993 |
First air date | January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16) |
Former call signs | K17DL (1993–2009) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 17 (UHF, 1995–2009) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23969 |
| ERP | 2.1kW |
| HAAT | 214.6 m (704.1 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°44′53.5″N93°16′38″W / 36.748194°N 93.27722°W /36.748194; -93.27722 |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
K17DL-D (channel 17) is alow-powertourist information–formattedtelevision station inBranson, Missouri, United States, serving theSpringfield area. It is owned by Branson Visitors TV,LLC, ajoint venture betweenGray Media (50.1%) and Market Branson, LLC (49.9%); Gray's interest makes K17DL-D asister station toSpringfield-basedNBC affiliateKYTV (channel 3),ABC affiliateKSPR-LD (channel 33), andCW affiliateKYCW-LD (channel 25). K17DL-D's transmitter is located onUS 160 in westernTaney County.
The originalconstruction 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 ownerLorianne Crook-Owens sold the station to GEP, Inc.[4] On July 26, 1999,[5] K17DL, along withK05JQ (channel 5, now defunct) and Springfield-based K15CZ (channel 15, nowKSPR-LD), was sold to Miller Family Broadcasting.[6] By this point, channel 17 had come on the air through a series ofspecial temporary authority grants[7] and was simulcastingUPN programming with K15CZ; the station was fully licensed on January 14, 2002.[8] Miller sold K17DL and K15CZ toSchurz Communications, owner of KYTV, on March 14, 2002.[9][10] After UPN andThe WB closed down to formThe 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 todigital television and began broadcasting inhigh 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 inGray Television's purchase of Schurz' television stations.[14]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming[16] |
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| 3.2 | 480i | 16:9 | KYWX | Simulcast of KYCW-LD2 /WeatherNation |
| 17.1 | 720p | BVTV | Main K17DL-D programming /Tourist information/Independent | |
| 25.2 | KYCW | Simulcast of KYTV-DT2 /The CW |