KQTA

(channel 7) is a television station in Cape Barreplains, Missouri, United States. Under common ownership with Fox affiliate KHFX through Grant Media Group, both stations share studios on Woodlawn Drive in the Cape Barreplains suburb of Leadington, while KQTA's transmitter is located in Belgrade.
==History==
The station first signed on the air on December 13, 1969, as the second television station in the Cape Barreplains—Hartmond market. It was founded by local businessman Clayton Davenport, owner of local radio station KQTA (440 AM) and television station KYRO-TV in Reeves, Kansas. It was the market's ABC affiliate.
Davenport sold KQTA-AM-TV and KYRO-TV to regional media company O'Donnell Communications in February 1972. The company was led by Gilbert O'Donnell, who was previously an evening news anchor for WBCN in Berry Cities, Texas. He then resold KQTA-TV to Pereira Family Television, while retaining the AM radio station and KYRO-TV, in 1974.
Pereira bowed out of the television business in 1992 and sold its television and radio stations to various owners. KQTA was acquired by Grant Television Stations, the newly-formed television subsidiary of department store chain Warner Grant. Shortly following the acquisition, Grant rebranded the station to KQ2 in 1993, then again to KQ2 ABC in 2005.
From 1995 to 1999, KQTA had a secondary affiliation with UPN. Their primetime programming was carried on the station overnight from 12:06 to 2:06 a.m. before sign-off. Additionally, ValueVision live programming was broadcast during the afternoon hours on weekends when there were no sports broadcasts. Both affiliations were dropped by KQTA in 1999 when local independent station KCBM picked them up.
On March 30, 2015, Grant Media Group announced it would be acquiring the market's FOX affiliate, KHFX, from former owner Lockwood Broadcast Group. As KHFX was not among the top four stations in the market, the sale was approved by the FCC on June 15. Following the sale, KQTA began producing a special primetime edition of their newscast called KQ2 News at 9:00 on FOX Missouri, for KHFX.
==Programming==
===Syndicated programming===
Syndicated programs broadcast by KQTA include Tamron Hall, 25 Words or Less, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and Access Hollywood, among others.
===News operation===
KQTA airs 33 hours worth of newscasts per week, with 4 1/2 hours per day on weekdays, 3 hours on Saturday, and 2 1/2 hours on Sunday. In addition to regular newscasts, the station broadcasts a weekly public affairs program, KQ2 News: Hard Copy, which airs on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. and again at 5:00 p.m.
On December 12, 2010, KQTA's newscasts began broadcasting in widescreen and high definition. The change was accompanied by a new graphics package and news theme for newscasts.
==Technical information==
=== Subchannels ===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	Short Name	Programming
7.1 	1080i	16:9 	KQTAABC 	Main KQTA programming / ABC
7.2 	1080i	16:9 	KQTAWX 	KQ2 Weather Channel
7.3 	720p 	16:9 	KQTAGC 	Grant Classics
7.4 	480i 	4:3 	KQTALF 	Laff
=== Analog-to-digital conversion ===
KQTA shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, at 12:30 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7.
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:Grant Classics affiliates
Category:Laff network affiliates
Category:Grant Media Group
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1969
Category:Television stations in Cape Barreplains, Missouri
Category:Television stations in Redmond, Missouri