Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Lawrence, Kansas |
Headquarters | Lawrence, Kansas |
Programming | |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The World Company (1972-2011) Knology (2011-2012) WOW! (2012-2017) Midco (2017) |
History | |
Launched | 1972 |
Closed | 4 August 2017 |
Links | |
Website | www.6lawrence.com (archived homepage on December 27th, 2016) |
Channel 6 - Lawrence, KS was a 24-hour local information channel based in Lawrence, Kansas, which served Douglas County, Leavenworth County and Wyandotte County west of Interstate 435. Owned by Midco Communications, the channel was based at the company's corporate headquarters at New Hampshire and Seventh Streets (near the offices for former sister newspaper, the Lawrence Journal-World) in downtown Lawrence. Previously, the channel was called 6 News Lawrence. Newscasts ceased after Midco Communications bought the organization in July 2017.
It was carried on Midco cable channel 6 in high definition throughout the provider's service area (which in addition to Lawrence, also included the communities of Eudora, Tonganoxie, Lecompton, Basehor, and the Piper (formerly a township) neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.