KNWA-TV
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| Rogers / Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| Branding | KNWA (general); Northwest Arkansas News (news) |
| Slogan | "Your Northwest Arkansas News Team. Always. |
| Channels | 51 (UHF) analog, 50 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Founded | August 23, 1989 (as satellite of KFTA-TV) |
| Call letters meaning | K North West Arkansas |
| Former callsigns | KFAA-TV (1989-2004, for FAyetteville, Arkansas) |
| Former affiliations | None |
| Website | www.knwa.com/ |
KNWA-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Northwest Arkansas. KNWA is licensed to Rogers; it broadcasts on analog channel 51 and digital channel 50. It operates out of Fayetteville under the ownership of Nexstar Broadcasting.
The history of KNWA-TV began with its sister station KFTA-TV, which had its origins as CBS affiliate KLMN-TV on November 12, 1978, flipping to NBC in 1980; it changed its callsign to KPOM-TV in 1983. KNWA-TV was started on August 23, 1989 as KFAA-TV, a satellite of KPOM-TV.[1] The two stations adopted their current callsigns in 2004 and re-branded on air as KNWA for NorthWest Arkansas; KNWA then became the main station.
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[edit] Separation of KFTA-TV and KNWA-TV
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In April 2006, Nexstar announced that it would sell KFTA-TV to Mission Broadcasting, though Nexstar would continue to operate the station alongside KNWA-TV (which it will still own). Under the plan, KFTA-TV would become the Fox affiliate for the Fort Smith-Fayetteville market, leaving KNWA-TV as the sole NBC affiliate for northwest Arkansas. Equity Broadcasting, owner of current Fox affiliate KPBI-CA, challenged the sale of KFTA-TV to Mission with the FCC; nonetheless, the separation of KFTA-TV from KNWA-TV occurred on August 28, 2006, while both were still under Nexstar ownership.
KFTA-TV and KNWA-TV each carry the other's signal in standard definition as subcarriers of their digital stations, alongside their main signals in high definition. KNWA-TV also took its analog transmitter off the air for a few days in mid-August 2006 to relocate it to another site for improved coverage.[2] KFTA-TV will continue to air KNWA-TV programming from 7 AM to 5 PM until the FCC approves its sale to Mission.
Given the high penetration of cable and satellite in this market, since due to geography only KAFT, the Arkansas Educational Television Network station, can adequately cover all of the market's major cities with a single transmitter, few if any TV viewers in this market should have lost access to NBC or Fox programming through this change. For example, Dish Network carried KPBI-CA while it was the Fox affiliate out of necessity even though it usually doesn't carry low-power stations; after the split, KPBI-CA was dropped in favor of KFTA-TV. On the other hand, the split improved Fox's coverage and enables high-definition Fox programming in this market, as KPBI-CA was low-power and does not have a digital transmitter, unlike both KFTA-TV and KNWA-TV.
Also note in the FCC filings of both KFTA-TV and KNWA-TV that their digital transmitters are licensed for a full 1000 kW each, comparable to 5000 kW for an analog UHF transmitter. (For comparison, see the FCC filings of KLRT-TV and KASN in Little Rock; both have 5000-kW analog UHF and 1000-kW digital UHF transmitters with comparable coverage.) Thus, their digital coverage areas will well exceed the analog coverage areas of both KFTA-TV (2510 kW) and especially KNWA-TV (a mere 182 kW).
[edit] Anchors
- Nelie Jones
- Matt Turner
- Bo Mattingly-Sports
- Dan Skoff Chief Meteorologist
[edit] Former Anchors
- Deena Day
- Justin Earley
- Don Elkins
- Steve Gibbs
- Rhonda Justice
- Rick Katzfey
- John Patrick
- Dana Sargent
- Bernadette Woods
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KNWA Northwest Arkansas News Homepage
- FAQ's on transition (from new KFTA-TV website)
- Deal could mean new Fox affiliate in NWA (April 21, 2006)
- Fort Smith TV Station Plans Begin To Take Shape (July 11, 2006)
- KPBI, KFTA Fight For Fox Network (July 31, 2006)
- Fox Network Likely To Switch In Fort Smith (August 7, 2006)
- Fox Switch Planned Monday (August 26, 2006)
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNWA
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Corporate Staff: Perry A. Sook (President & CEO) | Matt Devine (CFO) | Duane A. Lammers (COO) | Timothy Busch | Brian Jones | Shirley E. Green | Susana G. Schuler-Willingham | Richard Stolpe | Paul Greeley | Blake R. Battaglia | Erik Brooks | Jay M. Grossman | Brent Stone | Royce Yudkoff | Geoff Armstrong | Michael Donovan | I. Martin Pompadur |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KAMC1 | KMID | KODE1 | KQTV | KSVI | WDHN | WJET | WTVO1 | WUTR2 |
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CBS Network Affiliates: KLBK | KLST | KOLR1 | KTAB | WCIA | WMBD | WROC | WTAJ2 | WYOU1 |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KARD | KCIT1 | KHMT1 | KFTA4 | KJTL1 | KSFX | WFFT | WFXP1 | WFXV | WFXW1 | WQRF | WTVW | WUHF5 | WYZZ5 |
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NBC Network Affiliates: KARK | KAMR | KBTV | KFDX | KNWA | KRBC1 | KSAN1 | KSNF | KTAL | WBRE | WHAG | WTWO |
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1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. |
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2The FCC has approved the acquisitions of these stations from Montecito Broadcast Group, which are now awaiting finalization. |
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3Nexstar awaits the license to the station. Clear Channel will still operate the station for the time being, having put its entire television group up for sale. |
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4Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. |
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5Nexstar operates these stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. |
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Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com |
