K17DL-D

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title: "K17DL-D" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["television-stations-in-missouri", "low-power-television-stations-in-missouri", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-2002", "gray-media", "the-cw-affiliates", "2002-establishments-in-missouri", "branson,-missouri-micropolitan-area"] description: "Television station in Branson, Missouri" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K17DL-D" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Branson, Missouri ::

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Field	Value
callsign	K17DL-D
logo	K17DL-D logo.png
logo_size	250px
image_size	175px
branding	Branson Visitor TV
city	Branson, Missouri
digital	17 (UHF)
virtual	17
subchannels
founded	March 3, 1993
airdate
location	Branson–Springfield, Missouri
country	United States
former_callsigns	K17DL (1993–2009)
owner	Branson Visitors TV, LLC (Gray Media (50.1%); Market Branson, LLC (49.9%))
sister_stations	KYTV, KSPR-LD, KYCW-LD
former_affiliations
former_channel_numbers	Analog: 17 (UHF, 1995–2009)
erp	2.1 kW
haat	214.6 m
facility_id	23969
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website
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| callsign = K17DL-D | logo = K17DL-D logo.png | logo_size = 250px | image = | image_size = 175px | branding = Branson Visitor TV | city = Branson, Missouri | analog = | digital = 17 (UHF) | virtual = 17 | subchannels = | founded = March 3, 1993 | airdate = | location = Branson–Springfield, Missouri | country = United States | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = K17DL (1993–2009) | owner = Branson Visitors TV, LLC (Gray Media (50.1%); Market Branson, LLC (49.9%)) | licensee = | sister_stations = KYTV, KSPR-LD, KYCW-LD | former_affiliations = | former_channel_numbers = Analog: 17 (UHF, 1995–2009) | erp = 2.1 kW | haat = 214.6 m | facility_id = 23969 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website =

K17DL-D (channel 17) is a low-power tourist information–formatted television station in Branson, Missouri, United States, serving the Springfield area. It is owned by Branson Visitors TV, LLC, a joint venture between Gray Media (50.1%) and Market Branson, LLC (49.9%); Gray's interest makes K17DL-D a sister station to Springfield-based NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3), ABC affiliate KSPR-LD (channel 33), and CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 25). K17DL-D's transmitter is located on US 160 in western Taney County.

History

The original construction permit to construct a low-power station on channel 17 in Branson was issued on March 3, 1993, and issued the call sign K17DL; on May 16, 1994, original owner Lorianne Crook-Owens sold the station to GEP, Inc. On July 26, 1999, K17DL, along with K05JQ (channel 5, now defunct) and Springfield-based K15CZ (channel 15, now KSPR-LD), was sold to Miller Family Broadcasting. By this point, channel 17 had come on the air through a series of special temporary authority grants and was simulcasting UPN programming with K15CZ; the station was fully licensed on January 14, 2002. Miller sold K17DL and K15CZ to Schurz Communications, owner of KYTV, on March 14, 2002. After UPN and The WB closed down to form The CW in 2006, K17DL and K15CZ affiliated with the new network.

On May 20, 2009, Schurz sold a 49.9-percent interest in K17DL to Market Branson for $250,000; following the sale, the station dropped CW programming (moving to LD2) and began carrying tourist information. The station also converted to digital television and began broadcasting in high definition;

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

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Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming	3.2	17.1	25.2
480i	16:9	KYWX	Simulcast of KYCW-LD2 / WeatherNation
720p	BVTV	Main K17DL-D programming / Tourist information/Independent
KYCW	Simulcast of KYTV-DT2 / The CW
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References

References

1. "Application Search Details (K17DL-D, 1)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
2. "Call Sign History". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
3. "Application Search Details (K17DL-D, 2)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
4. "Application Search Details (DK05JQ)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
5. (April 30, 1999). "Broadcast Actions". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
6. "Application Search Details (K17DL-D, 3)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
7. "Application Search Details (K17DL-D, 4)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
8. (January 31, 2002). "Broadcast Actions". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
9. "Application Search Details (KSPR-LD)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
10. "Consummation Notice". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
11. (December 8, 2008). "Operating Agreement". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
12. (January 14, 2009). "New TV station airing in spring". [[Branson Tri-Lakes News.
13. (November 23, 2015). "Application For Transfer Of Control Of A Corporate Licensee Or Permitee, Or For Assignment Of License Or Permit Of TV Or FM Translator Station Or Low Power Television Station". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
14. "RabbitEars query of K17DL-D".
15. "K17DL-D BRANSON, MO".

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