KDGL-LD


KDGL-LD channel 23, is an independent TV station serving Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. KDGL has sister stations in Dodge City, Kansas, Garden City, Kansas, Liberal, Kansas, and Ulysses, Kansas. This forms a continuous coverage of over 90 miles radius from Sublette, Kansas. FCC service contours indicate that KDGL and its sister stations cover approximately 156,350 people. Actual people covered is estimated to be 204,000+ with 74,000+ households with the 2010 census using the Longley-Rice model.

Ownership

High Plains Broadcasting, LLC owns the 5 stations. The southernmost licensed station, KSWE, also serves much of the Oklahoma Panhandle, which is part of the Amarillo DMA.

Purpose

KDGL was formed to provide local news, weather, sports, and community events to the Southwest Region of the State of Kansas as well as much of the Oklahoma Panhandle. High Plains Today is produced every weekday at noon.

Location

KDGL is located in an old AT&T microwave radio tower on the South edge of Sublette, Kansas.

Facilities

Currently KDGL is operating a completely digital SD-SDI master control plant. MPEG2 Encoding and Multiplexing is accomplished with a Motorola TMX-2010 system. Automation software is from Deyan Automation Systems in Cyprus. Traffic and Billing software is Natural Log 8. Live events are streamed over the internet or private backhauls to the station's master control plant with a Streambox ACT-L3. Video is stored in a 15 disk Fibre Channel disk array with 16 channels of playback and 8 channels of record via 4 Leitch Nexio MPEG2/DV25 servers. The on-air weather graphics system for severe weather graphics was written by the station. The on-air or studio control room is 100% SD-SDI. Graphics are done with a dual channel SDI Chyron Corporation Duet SD character generator running Lyric. Switching is done with a BlackMagic ATEM 15 channel switcher.

Studio

KDGL is utilizing existing building space in the 22 x 78 building. The studio is 15 x 20.

Digital television

ChannelProgramming
23.1COZI TV As Of October 5, 2017
23.2Buzzr TV
23.3thisTV
23.4TCN
23.5NewsNet
23.6AMG TV
23.7InfoWars
23.8Jewelry TV