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KPLC history
KPLC company history timeline
After the FCC's Sixth Report and Order ended the license freeze and opened the UHF band in 1952, it devised a plan for allocating VHF licenses.
KPLC-TV signed on September 29, 1954 with NBC's airing of the 1954 World Series.
In 1964, Lanford sold KPLC to a St Louis group headed by investor Elliot Stien.
In 1970, G. Russell Chambers purchased KPLC-TV from the St Louis group and dramatically increased the station's coverage by adding a 1,500-foot (460 m) tower, providing a quality signal for the NBC affiliate as far north as Leesville, as far east as Lafayette and to the Gulf of Mexico.
Consummation of the agreement was subject to the approval of the FCC; both parties were obligated to file the necessary documents with the FCC no later than September 23, 1983.
In the early days of broadcast television, there were twelve VHF channels available and 69 UHF channels (later reduced to 55 in 1983). The VHF bands were more desirable because they carried longer distances.
Coincidentally, in 1983, Gray attempted to purchase KPLC from Chambers at the same time NASCO consider purchasing the station.
On September 23, Chambers, through counsel, informed NASCO that he would not file the necessary papers with the FCC. In 1986, the United States District Court ordered Chambers to sell the station to NASCO, and the deal was consummated on August 26, 1986.
Lanford continued to own fellow NBC affiliate KALB of Alexandria until 1993.
In March 2004, while workers were installing a new transmission tower in high winds, the old transmission tower fell, causing a service disruption lasting about two weeks to over-the-air viewers in Southwest Louisiana.
In 2004, KPLC began broadcasting in digital as well as analog with the launch of KPLC-DT. Later in the year, the station launched its first local 24-hour weather channel, "KPLC WeatherPlus." Simultaneously, the station launched a service specifically for cellphones and PDAs, "7 On Your Cell."
In January 2006, Liberty and KPLC were purchased by Raycom Media, which also owned two other Louisiana television stations, KSLA in Shreveport and WAFB in Baton Rouge.
In August 2012, KPLC started broadcasting in HD with a new HD studio.
Until 2015, KPLC doubled as the default NBC affiliate for the Lafayette market, since that market did not have an NBC affiliate of its own.
On August 31, 2017, KPLC-DT2 became the market's CW affiliate.
On June 25, 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom for $3.65 billion.
The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.
While KPLC was able to resume operations following the hurricane, KVHP remained silent due to a lack of an alternate transmitter; as a result, Fox provided a Foxnet-like feed to cable companies in Southwestern Louisiana for a temporary period until KVHP resumed full operations at the end of 2020.
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