KGCS-TV has served the University and the Joplin region for more than 25 years, and is one of the few University-operated broadcast television stations in Missouri.    

MARCH 2010:  KGCS-TV, in cooperation with The Joplin Globe and Empire District Electric Company present a live telecast, "Candidate Connection," on Thursday, March 18.  The program features the candidates seeking general council seats on the Joplin City Council.

MARCH 2010:  St. Louis Cardinals Baseball telecasts return to KGCS-TV, with Spring Training games on March 13 and 20.  Regular season telecasts start April 25.  See the link http://www.mssu.edu/kgcs/cardinal08.htm  for the telecast schedule.

FEBRUARY 2010:  A video highlighting Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service activities at Missouri Southern State University produced by Communication Major Kisa Clark was a national finalist. 

FEBRUARY 2010:  A plaque recognizing the establishment of the Larry White Memorial Fund through the Missouri Southern Foundation was unveiled.  White, a well-known broadcast engineer, passed away while serving as chief engineer of KOAM-TV in 2008.  After his death, KOAM and KFJX contributed funds to benefit KGCS-TV.  The plaque dedicated to White is on the KGCS master control room door.

 JANUARY 2010:  Close to 1000 people filled Young Gymnasium at MSSU for the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan on Saturday, Jan. 16.  The program included comments from the Cardinals players and autographs for fans.  KGCS is proud to be your Cardinals Joplin television affiliate.   

JANUARY 2010: KGCS-TV began providing live coverage of Missouri Southern home MIAA conference basketball games.  The games were also recorded for replay. 

DECEMBER 2009: KGCS-TV honored Betty Marty with the Wayne Kester Volunteer Award.  The award is presented annually to a member of Visions Unlimited who provides exemplary service.  Visions Unlimited is the volunteer group that produces television programming and assists at the television station.  (See "Visions Unlimited" link below for more details.)

NOVEMBER 2009: KGCS-TV and the Department of Communication at MSSU recognized area high school students for their video and print accomplishments at the annual Southern Media Showcase Day.  The 2009 event attracted 300 students from regional schools.  The keynote speaker was Noppadol Paothong, a Missouri Southern graduate and award-winning photographer with the Missouri Department of Conservation.  (See "Southern Media Showcase" link below for more details.)

OCTOBER 2009:  "Campus Update," a student-produced newscast focusing on news from Missouri Southern State University began airing on KGCS-TV.  The newscast airs during primetime programming, Sunday through Thursday.

SEPTEMBER 2009:  KGCS provided coverage of home football games, on "Southern Sports Sunday," and covered the MSSU Homecoming Parade.

APRIL 2009:  KGCS presented annual awards to students.  Two students were named as recipients of the Ruth I. Kolpin Broadcast Journalism Scholarship, Brooke Lairmore and Patricia Pham.  Sam McDonald was recognized as Student Producer for the Program of the Year, for his work on "Four State Night Files."  JaVan Richardson was named Student Volunteer of the Year.

APRIL 2009: KGCS and the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University inducted two media professionals into the Regional Media Hall of Fame.  The honorees were Dave Berry, Vice President of Community Publishers and Danny Thomas, President and General Manager of KOAM-TV.

History of Missouri Southern Television

Missouri Southern established a television station in 1984, as a service of the Department of Communication.  The station initially operated as a cable channel on the Joplin cable television system. Programming included regular coverage of Joplin City Council meetings, and numerous programs presented by students, faculty and staff of the University. 

In January of 1988, the University began over-the-air broadcast television programming on a low-power television station, K57DR-TV. The call letters were changed in 1995 to KGCS-LP.

In September 2008, KGCS moved to channel 22, and began broadcasting a digital signal.  The changes allow KGCS to reach viewers in Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma, with the potential to reach around 168,000 households.

Link to TV Guide Listing of Programming:

http://www.tvguide.com

Select “What’s On TV” and click "TV Listings".

-  On the TV Listings page, click “Change My Listings”.  

-  Enter the zip code: 64801

-  Select “Cable One of Joplin"

-  Select “Channel 7” for KGCS-TV