KGAN

KGAN is the CBS-affiliated television station for Eastern Iowa licensed to Cedar Rapids. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 (or virtual channel channel 2.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Rowley near the junction of Buchanan, Benton and Linn Counties. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, KGAN operates Fox affiliate KFXA that is owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. The two outlets share studios at Broadcast Park on Old Marion Road Northeast (along IA 100) in Cedar Rapids. Syndicated programming on KGAN includes Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show , among others.

History

The station signed-on September 30, 1953 as WMT-TV, Eastern Iowa's first television station. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 2. General Manager and part-owner William B. Quarton made some remarks which were then followed by Game 1 of the 1953 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. The station has always been a primary CBS affiliate, but also carried a secondary affiliation with DuMont. Pioneer the two stations began sharing DuMont programming.