KCKM

KCKM, virtual channel 12, is a DBC-affiliated television station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, and also serving Kansas City, Kansas. The station is owned by Dorado Media, as part of a duopoly with UDC affiliate KSCU (channel 16). The two stations share studio facilities located on Independence Avenue (near I-435) in the Sheffield section of Kansas City, Missouri; KCKM maintains transmitter facilities located on Stadium Drive in the city's East Side section.  
== History ==
Channel 12, as a full-power outlet, first signed on the air on July 25, 2016, as an independent station. KCKM initially carried recent off-network sitcoms and drama series, and some first-run syndicated scripted programs, talk shows, court shows and reality-based lifestyle and documentary series, including some series that had not been able to receive clearance in the market previously due to the lack of available time slot clearances on Kansas City's four major network affiliates. 
KCKM's programming focus would gradually shift over time as the station ceased carrying children's programs on weekdays altogether by November 2016, with the station turning over the time as it acquired additional first-run talk and reality programs to fill the vacated time slots; the only children's program offerings that were carried on KCKM afterward were acquisitions from the syndication market.
=== As a DBC affiliate ===
On November 5, 2017, Dorado Media announced that it would replace KCKA as Kansas City's DBC affiliate. On or about November 7, KCKM began airing a promo announcing that it would become a DBC affiliate and officially rebrand as "DBC 12" upon the switch.
== Digital Television ==
=== Digital channels ===
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
12.1 	1080i	16:9 	KCKM-TV 	Main KCKM-TV programming / DBC
12.2 	720p 	16:9 	KCKM-DT2 	ACME Kansas City
== News Operation ==
KCKM-TV presently broadcasts a total of  30 1⁄2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with  5 1⁄2 hours on weekdays, two hours on Saturdays and  1 1⁄2 hours on Sundays). 
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Category:Kansas City, MO
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 2016
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