[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

Monster week...3pm on channel 5. Good times!
I could be wrong, but I think it was KCMO Ch.5 back then (at some point it changed to KCTV, but not sure when).

Nice memory, changed in 1983.

Becoming KCTV
In 1982, Meredith announced it would sell the Kansas City radio stations to Richard Fairbanks, retaining the television station; it noted that the radio properties were not meeting its "growth objectives".[25] The separation of KCMO radio from KCMO-TV required one or the other to change its call sign upon completion of the sale.[26] Meredith found its new call letters for channel 5 in San Angelo, Texas, where KCTV had been on the air with that designation since 1957. KCMO-TV approached the Texas station, which agreed to seek new call letters, leaving KCTV open to be claimed in Kansas City; the Texas station was reimbursed for all of its expenses in changing over.[27][28] The KCTV in Texas became KLST in March 1983,[29] and KCMO-TV became KCTV on June 6, 1983, with the station launching a promotional campaign among advertisers and the public.[30][31]

Source; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCTV