{{Short description|Television station in Joplin, Missouri}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|General|date=May 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2026}} }} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KGCS-LD | logo = File:KGCS-LD (Missouri Southern State University) television station logo.jpg | logo_alt = Green bar with white text reading "KGCS Missouri Southern – Joplin" and "21" in a circle | branding = | digital = 21 (UHF) | virtual = 21 | subchannels = | translators = | affiliations = '''21.1:''' YTA TV | location = Joplin, Missouri | country = United States | owner = Missouri Southern State University | licensee = Board of Governors-Missouri Southern State University | founded = January 24, 1986 | airdate = {{start date|1988}} | callsign_meaning = | sister_stations = | former_callsigns = {{ubl|K57DR (1988–1995)|KGCS-LP (1995–2009)}} | former_affiliations = America One | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 57 (UHF, 1986–2009)<br>'''Digital:''' 22 (UHF, 2009–2019) | erp = 15 kW | haat = {{convert|213.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br>{{convert|46|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP) | facility_id = 4206 | class = LD | coordinates = {{coord|37|5|49.2|N|94|34|25.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}<br>{{coord|37|5|57|N|94|27|46|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} (CP) | licensing_authority = FCC | website = {{URL|https://www.mssu.edu/academics/business/communication/kgcs/index.php|Official website}} }}
'''KGCS-LD''' (channel 21) is a low-power television station in Joplin, Missouri, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. The station is owned by Missouri Southern State University.
==History== The station began in September 1984 as MSTV, a cable-exclusive student-access television station. Student-produced programming was the main staple for the channel. The channel began broadcasting city council meetings in Joplin, and those broadcasts still happen on the station in the present.<ref name=kgcs-history>"[http://www.mssu.edu/kgcs/30th-anniversary.php 30th-Anniversary.pcf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122952/http://www.mssu.edu/kgcs/30th-anniversary.php |date=2015-12-22 }}". KGCS-LD; Missouri Southern State University. Retrieved December 15, 2015.</ref> Although the construction permit for the over-the-air signal was issued in January 1986, it was not on the air until sometime in 1988. In 1988, the station launched as K57DR operating on analog UHF channel 57. The transmitter was erected just before the signal went on the air. In 1995, the station's callsign was changed to KGCS-LP. The station's digital signal on UHF channel 22 has been on the air since 2008, and the station changed the call letters to the current KGCS-LD in July 2009 after voluntarily shutting down their analog signal.<ref name=kgcs-history/>
==Subchannel== {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannel of KGCS-LD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KGCS|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KGCS|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=May 19, 2026}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 21.1 | 720p || KGCS-LD || YTA TV |}
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.mssu.edu/academics/business/communication/kgcs/index.php}}
{{Joplin TV}} {{Missouri TV}} {{Missouri Southern State University}}
Category:1988 establishments in Missouri GCS-LD Category:Missouri Southern State University Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988 GCS-LD Category:YTA TV affiliates