KSNF

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KSNF
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your Hometown News
station_branding = KSN 16
analog = 16 (UHF)
digital = 46 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = September 2, 1967
location = Joplin, Missouri/Pittsburg, Kansas
callsign_meaning = Kansas
State
Network
Four-States
"(reflecting former owner)"
former_callsigns = KUHI-TV (1967-1974)
KTVJ (1974-1982)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations = KODE-TV
former_affiliations = CBS (1967-1980)
effective_radiated_power = 2570 kW (analog)
175 kW (digital)
HAAT = 313 m (analog)
322.2 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 67766
coordinates = coord|37|4|32.7|N|94|33|16.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.fourstateshomepage.com/ www.fourstateshomepage.com]

KSNF is the NBC affiliate for the Joplin, Missouri-Pittsburg, Kansas television market, the 145th DMA. KSNF broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 16 and its digital signal on UHF channel 46. Its transmitter is located in Joplin.

History

The station first signed on as CBS affiliate KUHI-TV on September 2, 1967, changing its call letters to KTVJ (Television of Joplin) in 1974. It swapped affiliations with KOAM-TV in 1980 and became an NBC affiliate. The owners of the Kansas State Network (KSNW) bought the station in 1982, changing the calls to KSNF, but the station did limited simulcasting with KSNW. KSN then sold KSNF to Price Communications in 1987, but the station continued the partial simulcast with KSNW. It stopped simulcasting KSNW completely after George Lilly (SJL Communications) acquired the KSN stations and, in a cost cutting effort, cut the microwave links to KSNT and KSNF. The Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired the station in 1998, with its digital signal on channel 46 signing on in 2003.KSNF was the first station in the Joplin-Pittsburg market to broadcast on the UHF band, which as a result, is where the first set of call letters, KUHI (K Ultra HIgh Frequency), came from. In 2002 it was announced KSNF and ABC affiliate KODE would merge, with building expansion planned at the KSN studios. Although some departments did in fact move to KSNF, the process has not yet been completed, leaving the Joplin market as the only one of the several Nexstar-owned duopolies to have failed to completely merge. In June 2008 KSN began broadcasting NBC HD programming to HD customers on cable and satellite. At this time, only NBC Programming is provided in HD, local news and syndicated shows are still in SD, pending the upgrade of KSN's production systems and equipment to accommodate HD.

Branding

Newscast titles

*"KUHI-TV News" (1967-1974)
*"KTVJ 16 Reports At (time)" (1974-1980)
*"KSN News" (1980-1982)
*"KSN NewsCenter" (1982-1997)
*"KSN16 Your Hometown News Station" (1997-1999)
*"KSN16 Your Hometown News" (1999-2005)
*"KSN Your Hometown News" (2005-present)While in its role as airing partial simulcasts of KSNW programming, it used the Hello News music package until 1990.

In November 2005, a graphics & music change took place. As part of the update (and with upcoming digital changes) the "16" was removed from KSN's logo, opens, and all other images, including station vehicles.

Station slogans

* "Hello Four-States, KSN Loves You(1982-1990)
* "Come Home To KSN" (1990-1994)
* "Together, We're Making A Difference (1994-1997)
* "Your Hometown News" (1997-present)
* "Experience The Difference" (2004-present)

News staff

* Hometown Today:
** Stefan Chase
** Jeremiah Cook
* Hometown News At Noon:
** Stefan Chase
** Jeremiah Cook
* KSN First At Five:
** Tiffany Alaniz
** Gary Bandy (weather)
* Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekdays):
** Jim Jackson
** Toni Valliere
** Gary Bandy (weather)
** Eric Knecht (sports)
* Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekends):
** Stephanie Diffin
** Iris Hermosillo (weather)
** Morgan Vance (sports)
* Reporters:
** Bonney Bowman
** Brad Douglas
** Philip Mitchell
** Stuart Price
** Carol Parker

Logos

External links

* [http://www.ksntv.com/ KSNF Website]
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