KEGS (TV)
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| KEGS | |
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| Goldfield, Nevada | |
| Channels | Analog: 7 (VHF) |
| Translators | KEGS-LP 30 Las Vegas KRRI-LP 25 Reno |
| Affiliations | RTN[1] |
| Owner | Equity Media Holdings Corporation (Nevada Channel 3, Inc.) |
| First air date | April 2002 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Equity Goldfield Station |
| Former callsigns | KTVY-TV (2002-2005) |
| Former affiliations | ImaginAsian(to 5/30/2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 22.9 kW |
| Height | 448 m |
| Facility ID | 86201 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
KEGS is a television station in Goldfield, Nevada, serving the Reno, Nevada market on channel 7. The station is also seen on KRRI-LP channel 25 in Reno, Nevada, and on KEGS-LP channel 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like many stations owned by Equity Broadcasting, the stations are operated remotely by satellite; their programming can be seen free-to-air on Galaxy 10R.
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[edit] History
The Las Vegas station was founded on January 12, 1993 as K63FD, and later gained the call sign KTVY-LP in 1997. In April 2002, the Goldfield station signed on as KTVY-TV, matching the station in Las Vegas. Finally, in late May of 2005, both stations changed their call sign to the current KEGS.
Until May 30, 2007, KEGS was affiliated with ImaginAsian.
[edit] Digital television
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEGS will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").
Equity Broadcasting currently has a construction permit to construct a digital companion station to KEGS-LP on channel 24 in Las Vegas.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KEGS
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KRRI
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KEGS-TV
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