please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message not to be confused with kenya power and lighting company . kplc lake charles louisiana united states branding kplc 7 general kplc 7 news newscasts slogan 7 at your service channels digital 7 vhf virtual 7 psip subchannels 7.1 nbc 7.2 grit tv 7.3 bounce tv affiliations nbc secondary through 1980 owner raycom media kplc license subsidiary llc first air date september 29 1954 ; 62 years ago 1954 09 29 call letters meaning port of lake charles sister station s wafb wbxh cd baton rouge ksla tv shreveport former channel number s analog 7 vhf 1954 2009 digital 8 vhf until 2009 former affiliations abc secondary 1954 1980 transmitter power 31 kw height 451 meters 1 480 ft facility id 13994 transmitter coordinates 30 23 46 n 93 0 3 w 30.39611 n 93.00083 w 30.39611 ; 93.00083 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kplctv.com kplc channel 7 is an nbc affiliated television station located in lake charles louisiana usa . kplc is owned by raycom media and has transmitter facilities located in fenton louisiana . its studios are located on division street in downtown lake charles . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 news operation 4.1 notable former on air staff 5 references 6 external links history edit kplc tv began broadcasting in the summer of 1954 . owner t.b. lanford of shreveport had previously signed on kplc am radio and was eager to expand into television . the station was later purchased by a st. louis group headed by investor elliot stien . he visited kplc frequently along with his friend st. louis cardinals baseball legend stan musial . in 1970 g. russell chambers purchased kplc tv from the st. louis group and dramatically increased the station s coverage by adding a 1 500 foot 460 m tower providing a quality signal for the nbc affiliate as far north as leesville as far east as lafayette and to the gulf of mexico . federal communications commission fcc regulations required that the radio stations be sold . perry sanders purchased the am fm combo and changed its call letters to klcl . in 1986 cosmos broadcasting a subsidiary of liberty life insurance company took over . kplc was one of the first television stations in the u.s. to launch its own website in the 1990s . in 2004 kplc began broadcasting in digital as well as analog with the launch of kplc dt . later in the year the station launched its first local 24 hour weather channel kplc weatherplus . simultaneously the station launched a service specifically for cellphones and pda s 7 on your cell . in march 2004 while workers were installing a new transmission tower in high winds the old transmission tower fell causing a service disruption lasting about two weeks to over the air viewers in southwest louisiana . service to cable customers was not interrupted due to the station s signal being delivered by fiber lines . a lower power temporary tower was erected on top the station s broadcast studios a couple of days after the tower fell allowing viewers within a few miles of the station to again receive the signal over the air . in january 2006 liberty and kplc were purchased by raycom media which also owns two other louisiana television stations ksla tv in shreveport and wafb in baton rouge . in august 2012 kplc started broadcasting in hd with a new hd studio . until 2015 kplc doubled as the default nbc affiliate for the lafayette louisiana market since that market did not have an nbc affiliate of its own . it operated a virtual station for acadiana cable systems and sold advertising in the area . on july 1 2015 klaf ld became lafayette s nbc affiliate . programming edit kplc currently airs all of nbc network programming in high definition and all of its syndicated programming such as the ellen degeneres show america now and entertainment tonight in hd . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 7.1 1080i 16 9 kplc dt main kplc programming nbc 7.2 480i 4 3 grit tv grit 7.3 bounce bounce tv analog to digital conversion edit kplc shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 7 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition vhf channel 8 to former analog channel 7 for post transition operations . 2 news operation edit kplc s makeshift studio during hurricane rita coverage during hurricane rita which struck in september 2005 the station delivered around the clock news from a temporary makeshift studio in a safer location than its normal studios in downtown lake charles . notable former on air staff edit rob marciano chief meteorologist 1994 1997 ; now meteorologist at abc and former entertainment tonight co host bonnie schneider meteorologist now meteorologist at cnn references edit rabbitears tv query for kplc dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit louisiana portal television portal official website kplc dt2 website query the fcc s tv station database for kplc biafn s media web database information on kplc tv v t e television stations in southwest louisiana including lake charles local stations kplc 7.1 nbc 7.2 this 7.3 bounce kfam 14 ind kltl 18.1 pbs lpb 18.2 lpb pbs 18.3 create k19jb d 19.1 mnt 19.2 doctor tv kvhp 29.1 fox 29.2 cw kyht 43 43.1 heartland 43.2 vidorvision 43.3 the family channel 43.4 familia tv 43.5 pbj 43.6 tuff tv k45hy 45.1 america one distant stations lafayette katc 3.1 abc 3.2 cw klfy 10.1 cbs 10.3 ion kadn 15.1 fox 15.2 nbc klaf ld 15.3 mntv kxkw ld 32.1 this 32.2 anttv klaf ld 46.1 nbc klwb 50.1 metv 50.2 heroes & icons kdcg cd beaumont kbtv 4.1 fox 4.2 bounce tv kfdm 6.1 cbs 6.2 cw kbmt 12.1 abc 12.2 nbc 12.3 cozi tv 12.4 metv 12.5 mynetworktv 12.6 mundomax defunct ktag 25 dumont cbs v t e television stations in louisiana s acadiana region including lafayette new iberia & opelousas local stations wbrz tv 2.1 abc 2.2 news 2.3 wx katc 3.1 abc 3.2 cw 3.3 grit kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw kxkw lp 6 radio with radar kplc 7.1 nbc 7.2 grit 7.3 bounce tv klfy tv 10.1 cbs 10.2 gettv 10.3 ion kadn tv 15.1 fox 15.2 nbc klaf ld 46.1 15.3 mntv kdcg cd 22.1 h & i klpb 24.1 pbs lpb 24.2 lpb pbs 2 24.3 create kxkw ld 32.1 asn 32.2 anttv wvla tv 33.1 nbc 33.2 laff kajn cd kagn cd 40.1 31.1 familyvision wgmb tv 44.1 fox 44.2 cw wbrl cd klaf ld 46.1 nbc klwb 50.1 metv 50.2 kdcg 22.1 h & i 50.4 kfxz fm 50.5 catholic radio local cable stations acadiana open channel cox 4 cox sports television distant stations baton rouge wbrz tv 2.1 abc 2.2 news 2.3 wx kjun cd kfol cd 7.1 30.1 ind. wafb 9.1 cbs 9.2 bounce 9.3 mntv wbrl cd 21.1 the cw wvla tv 33.1 nbc 33.2 laff wbxh cd 39.1 mynetworktv 39.2 grit 39.3 escape wgmb tv 44.1 fox 44.2 cw lake charles kplc 7.1 nbc 7.2 grit 7.3 bounce alexandria kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw soon v t e nbc network affiliates in the state of louisiana kalb 5 alexandria ktal 6 shreveport wdsu 6 new orleans kplc 7 lake charles ktve 10 monroe el dorado ar kadn 15.2 klaf 46 lafayette wvla 33 baton rouge see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in louisiana v t e raycom media abc network affiliates kaitnbc kltv kswo kxxv krhd cd ktre wloxcbs wtvm cbs network affiliates kauz1 kfda kfvs kgmb kold ksla wafb wbtv wcsc woio wtoc wtol the cw affiliates kauz dt21 kvhp dt21 kwes dt2 kwab dt2 wqwq kfvs dt2 wqtv wupv1 fox network affiliates kmsb1 knin1 kvhp1 kyou1 wbrc wdbd1 wdfx wflx1 wfxg wpgx wsfx1 wtnz wupw1 wvue1 wxix wxtx1 mynetworktv affiliates kfve kgmd kgmv1 sp kttu1 wbxh wloo1 wuab nbc network affiliates 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