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| Lake Charles-Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Branding | KPLC 7 KPLC 7 News |
| Slogan | 7 at Your Service |
| Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 NBC 7.2 KPLC Weather Channel 7.3 This TV |
| Affiliations | NBC (Secondary to 1980) |
| Owner | Raycom Media, Inc. (KPLC License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | September 29, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Port of Lake Charles |
| Former callsigns | KPLC-TV (1954-2003) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1954-2009) Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (secondary, 1954-1980) |
| Transmitter Power | 31 kW |
| Height | 451 m |
| Facility ID | 13994 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 30°23′46″N 93°0′3″W / 30.39611°N 93.00083°W |
| Website | www.kplctv.com/ |
KPLC is an NBC affiliate licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana broadcasting on digital channel 7. It is owned by Raycom Media, with transmitter facilities located in Fenton, Louisiana.
The station also serves as the default NBC affiliate for the Lafayette, Louisiana market, since that market doesn't have an NBC affiliate of its own. It operates a "virtual station" for Acadiana and sells advertising in the area.
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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 1500 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. 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 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.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Name | Programming |
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| 7.1 | KPLC-DT | KPLC Main Programming / NBC HD 1080i |
| 7.2 | KPLC-DT2 | KPLC Weather Channel / 480i |
| 7.3 | KPLC-DT3 | KPLC 7.3 Lake Charles / This TV 480i |
KPLC currently airs all of NBC network programming in High Definition and none of its syndicated programming such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Entertainment Tonight in HD.
Currently KPLC does not offer any of its local news in high definition.
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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.
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.
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