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KPLC - Lake Charles/Lafayette,
Louisiana
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 Cardinal baseball legend Stan Musial.
In 1970, G. Russel
Chambers purchased KPLC-TV from the St. Louis group and dramatically
increased the station' s coverage by adding a 1,500 foot 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. 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,
bringing high-tech improvements, including stereo broadcast and other
state of the art innovations. Today, KPLC prides itself as one of the
top news stations in the country, consistently in the top five
nationwide in news ratings and shares.
In 2000, Cosmos
Broadcasting assumed the name The Liberty Corporation.
KPLC was sold to Raycom Media in 2006.
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