KSNF

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KSNF

Joplin, Missouri
Branding	KSN 16
Slogan	Your Hometown News
Channels	16 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Founded	December 2, 1967
Call letters meaning	Kansas State Network Four-States (reflecting former owner)
Former callsigns	KUHI-TV (1967-1974) KTVJ (1974-1982)
Former affiliations	CBS (1967-1980)
Website	www.ksntv.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.

1 History
2 Newscasts
- 2.1 Weekdays
- 2.2 Weekends
3 News Staff
4 External links

[edit] History

The station first signed on as CBS affiliate KUHI-TV on December 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.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

5:30am-7:00am: Hometown Today
12:00pm-12:30pm: Hometown News At Noon
5:00pm-5:30pm: Live With Gary And Tiffany
6:00pm-6:30pm: Hometown News At Six
10:30pm-10:35pm: Hometown News At Ten

[edit] Weekends

Saturdays:
- 6:00pm-6:30pm: Hometown News At Six
- 10:00pm-10:30pm: Hometown News At Ten
Sundays:
- 10:00pm-10:30pm: Hometown News At Ten

[edit] News Staff

Hometown Today:
- Toni Valliere
- Lucas McDonald

Hometown News At Noon:
- Toni Valliere
- Lucas McDonald

Live With Gary And Tiffany:
- Gary Bandy
- Tiffany Alaniz

Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekdays):
- Jim Jackson
- Tiffany Alaniz
- Gary Bandy
- Eric Knecht

Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekends):
- Lauren Hieger
- Meredith Mitchell
- John Franchi

Reporters:
- Brad Douglas
- Jeremiah Cook
- Dianna Hemphill
- Stuart Price
- Carol Parker

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Joplin / Pittsburg market (Nielsen DMA #145)

KOAM 7 (CBS) - KODE 12 (ABC) - KAFT 13 (PBS / AETN) - KFJX 14 (Fox) - KSNF 16 (NBC) - KOZJ 26 (PBS) - K30AL 30 (PBS) - KCLJ-CA 30 (TBN) - KCLG-CA 32 (i) - K33HZ 33 (TBN) - KJPX-LP 47 (i) - KELF-LP 48 (IND) - KGCS-LP 57 (A1) - KSPJ-LP 59 (IND) - K64FW 64 (IND)

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Missouri

KYTV 3 (Springfield) - KSDK 5 (St. Louis) - KOMU 8 (Columbia) - KSNF 16 (Joplin) - KSHB 41 (Kansas City)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Missouri

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

The CW Network Affiliate: WLYH²³

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KJBO¹ | KCPN¹ | WCFN | WPNY | WTVO¹

¹Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.

²The FCC has approved the acquisitions of these stations from Montecito Broadcast Group, which are now awaiting finalization.

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.

⁴Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station.

⁵Nexstar operates these stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com