KSMI-LP

KSMI-LP, analog channel 51 and virtual and UHF digital channel 30, is a low-powered television station located in Wichita, Kansas. The station is owned by Luken Communications; Great Plains Television Network, LLC, owners of KGPT-CA (channel 25), operates KSMI-LP under a local marketing agreement. KSMI-LP maintains offices located on North Market Street in downtown Wichita, and its transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County (northeast of Colwich).

History

The station first signed on the air on June 1, 1990. In the early 2000s, KSMI-LP became an affiliate of the Spanish language network Telemundo; a few years later, it affiliated with Azteca América. Luken Communications purchased the station in 2010, and entered into a local marketing agreement with Great Plains Television Network, LCC to manage the station; that year, the station flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 51. Luken also began providing the station with affiliations from the company's various networks.