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Home – kplctv.com – KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana: KPLC is the source for news in Southwest Louisiana, providing local coverage, weather, and sports to Calcasieu, Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Jeff Davis, and Vernon parishes, and the surrounding areas.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: KPLC virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is a dual NBC/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States . the station is owned by gray television, which also operates dual Fox Lanford of Shreveport gave the new station the same callsign as their radio sisters . he also helped sign on then- and current sister station KALB in Alexandria . most of the country would be able to receive two commercial VHF channels plus one noncommercial channel . other areas would be designated as “UHF islands” because they were too close to larger cities for VHF service . KPLC-TV became the only station to be based in Lake Charles . KTAG-TV went off air due to being on the UHF frequency . in early 1980s, LPB outlet KLTL signed on Lanford visited KPLC frequently along with his friend, St. Louis Cardinals baseball legend Stan Musial . Lanford continued to own fellow NBC affiliate KALB of Alexandria until 1993 . in 1970, G. Russell on august 9, 1983, chambers entered into a purchase agreement to sell the station’s facilities . the agreement was not recorded in the parishes in which the stations were located . by late August, Chambers had changed his in 1986, Cosmos Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Liberty Life Insurance Company, took over . KPLC was one of the first tv stations in the u.s. to launch its own website in the 1990 the station launched a service specifically for cellphones and PDAs, “7 On Your Cell” service to cable customers was not interrupted due to fiber lines . a lower-power temporary tower was erected on top the station Until 2015, KPLC doubled as the default NBC affiliate for the Lafayette market . it operated a “virtual station” for Acadiana cable systems and sold advertising in the area . on august 31, 2017, KPLC-DT2 became the market’s CW affiliate . gray television announced its intent to acquire Raycom for $3.65 billion . in 1983, Gray attempted to purchase KPLC from Chambers at the same time NASCO consider purchasing the station . the sale was approved by the FCC on December 20. The sale was completed on January 2, 2019 .