KGKC-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station has studios on Broadway Boulevard in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located in the city's Brown Estates neighborhood.
KGKM-LD (channel 36) in Columbia, Missouri, operates as a full-time, low-power satellite of KGKC-LD; this station's transmitter is located on Edwards Road northwest of Ashland, Missouri. KGKM-LD covers Columbia, Jefferson City, and other areas of central Missouri. Except for hourly station identifications required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), there is no on-air mention that KGKM-LD exists, and aside from the transmitter, KGKM-LD does not maintain any physical presence locally in Columbia. Unlike its parent station, KGKM-LD does not carry any of KGKC-LD's subchannels and has a different subchannel lineup.
History
Originally licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, KGKC-LD became a Telemundo affiliate in September 2018. Prior to that, it aired Spanish-language religious programming.
News operation In addition to broadcasting Noticias Telemundo, the national news program from Telemundo, KGKC-LD produces brief news inserts called (Total Access) that focus on stories from the Kansas City and Central Missouri areas.
On September 15, 2023, KGKC-LD announced that it had teamed up with Hearst Television's ABC affiliate in Kansas City, KMBC-TV, to provide daily Spanish-language weather forecasts for the station.
On February 6, 2025, Adan Manzano, an anchor on , died in New Orleans while covering the Kansas City Chiefs' run in Super Bowl LIX.
Subchannels The stations' signals are multiplexed:
KGKC-LD subchannels +Subchannels of KGKC-LD Subchannel Short name Programming 39.1 1080i KGKC Telemundo 39.2 480i Start Start TV 39.3 JTV Jewelry TV 39.4 ShopLC Shop LC 39.5 TXitos TeleXitos 39.6 Sonlife Sonlife (4:3) 39.7 Toons MeTV Toons
KGKM-LD subchannels +Subchannels of KGKM-LD Subchannel Short name Programming 36.1 720p KGKM-LD Telemundo 36.2 480i ION Ion 36.3 COURTTV Court TV 36.4 IONPlus Ion Plus 36.5 GRIT Grit 36.6 Mystery Ion Mystery 36.7 SONLIFE SonLife (4:3)
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