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Low-power digital · channel 21 · JOPLIN, MO
| Facility ID | 4206 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | BOARD OF GOVERNORS-MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVESITY |
| Community of licence | JOPLIN, MO
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 37.09700, -94.57383 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 500.7 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
| Website | http://www.mssu.edu/kgcs |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | none |
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-22 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| KSNF | 17 | DTV | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| KODE-TV | 23 | DTV | MISSION BROADCASTING, INC. |
| KRLJ-LD | 24 | LPD | DTV AMERICA CORPORATION |
| KJLN-LD | 29 | LPD | DIGITAL NETWORKS-MIDWEST, LLC |
| K34NJ-D | 34 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| KOZJ | 35 | DTV | BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF MISSOURI STATE UNI |
| K36II-D | 36 | LPD | NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KGCS-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KGCS-LD | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.