KEDD was a television station broadcasting on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 16 in Wichita, Kansas, United States, that operated from August 15, 1953, to April 30, 1956.
[3] KEDD was expected to launch July 1, 1953, but it missed its planned start date by more than a month and a half as RCA was forced to make adjustments to the channel 16 antenna, the first such model it had manufactured.
In 1955, channel 16 began airing Hi Fi Hop, hosted by KAKE radio disc jockey Dick Williams; this program outlived the station, returning on KTVH in the fall of 1956.
Jerry Dunphy started at the station in 1954 before being hired away by Milwaukee's WXIX in 1955; he later went on to a successful career as a news anchor in Los Angeles.
[16] The possibility of a loss of NBC affiliation was also mentioned in the court case, with evidence admitted that a change of ownership could cause the network hookup to be lost.
[20] The Durwoods continued to own the site, leasing it to KTVH, until 1977, when the FCC ruled that it could serve as channel 12's main studio; at that time, the station purchased the property and expanded the facility.