KMOS-TV

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KMOS-TV

Sedalia–Warrensburg– Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri United States
City	Sedalia, Missouri
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	KMOS PBS KMOS Emerge (DT3)
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	University of Central Missouri
History
First air date	July 8, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-07-08)[1]
Former call signs	KDRO-TV (1954–1959)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1954–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1954–1958) ABC (1958–1961) CBS (1961–1978) ABC (secondary, 1961–1971) Silent (1978–1979)
Call sign meaning	"For the very Most in entertainment!" (former slogan)[2] -or- Missouri Sedalia
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4326
ERP	322 kW
HAAT	603 m (1,978 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°37′36″N 92°52′4″W / 38.62667°N 92.86778°W / 38.62667; -92.86778
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kmos.org

KMOS-TV (channel 6) is a PBS member television station licensed to Sedalia, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. KMOS-TV's studios are located in the Patton Broadcast Center on the UCM campus, and its transmitter is located in Syracuse, Missouri.

Although Sedalia and Warrensburg are part of the Kansas City television market (in fact, Warrensburg is an outer-ring suburb of Kansas City), KMOS is the PBS member station of record for the Columbia–Jefferson City market. One consequence is that KMOS cannot be seen on DirecTV or Dish Network in its own city of license; KCPT is the sole PBS station uplinked on the Kansas City feed. However, it is carried on Charter Spectrum cable systems in Sedalia and Warrensburg as one of two Mid-Missouri stations provided (alongside ABC affiliate KMIZ, channel 17).^[4]

Until February 17, 2009, KMOS also competed with KETC, the St. Louis PBS member station, on Mediacom cable systems in the market. KETC has since been dropped from Mediacom's systems in Columbia and Jefferson City as of February 17, leaving KMOS to be the sole PBS station in these areas.