KFTA-TV

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KFTA-TV
Fort Smith/ Fayetteville, Arkansas
Branding FOX 24
Slogan It's About Time!
The Area's Only 9pm Newscast
Channels 24 (UHF) analog,
27 (UHF) digital
Affiliations Fox (2006-present)
NBC (since 1980, secondary since 2006)
Owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group
(Sale to Mission Broadcasting pending, will continue to be operated by Nexstar under some kind of agreement thereafter)
Founded November 12, 1978
Call letters meaning K ForT Smith, Arkansas
Former callsigns KLMN-TV (1978-82)
KPOM-TV (1982-2004)
Former affiliations CBS (1978-80)
Transmitter Power 2,510 kW Analog
6 kW Digital STA
200 kW Digital CP
1,000 kW Digital AFL
Height 317 m (1040.03 ft) Analog
300 m (984.25 ft) Digital STA
305 m (1000.66 ft) Digital CP
305.2 m (1001.31 ft) Digital AFL
Class Full-Service TV Station (-TV)
Special Temp Authority (-DS)
Digital TV Station (-DT)
Facility ID 29560
Transmitter Coordinates 35° 42' 37.00" N LAT
94° 08' 15.00" W LON
Website www.myfox24.com

KFTA-TV is the Fox affiliate for the Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Arkansas television market.

The station debuted on November 12, 1978 as KLMN-TV, the area's third television station. It was a CBS affiliate. In 1980, it swapped affiliations with KFSM-TV and became the area's NBC affiliate. Two years later, it changed its calls to KPOM-TV (for People On the Move). In 1989, it signed on a full-time satellite, KFAA-TV, to provide a better signal in Fayetteville. The station began a newscast in 1999. In 2005, the stations changed their calls to KFTA-TV and KNWA-TV, respectively, and KNWA became the main station.

In 2006, the stations' owner, Nexstar Broadcasting, announced that KFTA would become the Fox affiliate for the area, while KNWA will become the area's sole NBC affiliate. KFTA being sold to Mission Broadcasting; it will continue to be operated by Nexstar under a local marketing agreement with KNWA-TV. The network change took place on August 28 even though Equity Broadcasting, the owner of former Fox affiliate KPBI-CA, challenged the sale of KFTA-TV with the FCC. [1]

The two stations will continue to simulcast from 7 AM to 5 PM until KFTA's sale is approved. This makes KFTA both a primary Fox and secondary NBC affiliate.


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[edit] Current Anchors

  • Dana Sargent
  • Dan Skoff
  • Jessica Dean

[edit] Former Anchors

[edit] Callsign History

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Broadcast television in the Fort Smith / Fayetteville / Rogers market  (Nielsen DMA #104)

KOET 3 (PBS/OETA) - KFSM 5 (CBS) - KWNL-CA 9 (UNI) - KFDF-CA 10 (RTN) - KAFT 13 (PBS/AETN) - KFTA 24 (Fox) - KPBI 34/KPBI-CA 46 (MNTV) - KHBS 40/KHOG 29 (ABC) - KNWA 51 (NBC) - KSBN 57 (Wor/A1)
Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Arkansas

KLRT 16 (Little Rock) - KFTA 24 (Fort Smith)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Arkansas
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
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Television Stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting

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