KMSS-TV
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| KMSS-TV | |
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| Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Branding | FOX33 |
| Slogan | Everything You Want To See |
| Channels | 33 (UHF) analog, 34 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox (since 1986) |
| Owner | Communications Corporation of America |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Call letters meaning | None |
| Former callsigns | None |
| Former affiliations | independent (1985-1986) CBS (secondary 1985-1987) |
| Website | KMSSTV.com |
- For the United States airport with the ICAO code KMSS, see Massena International Airport.
KMSS-TV 33 (or FOX33) is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is seen via satellite through Dish Network and DirecTV. The station is co-managed in a duopoly with KSHV MY45 which is owned by Communications Corporation of America. They are a typical FOX affiliate station with a blend of FOX first-run prime time shows, syndicated talk shows, reality shows, court shows, and off network sitcoms. Its transmitter is located near Mooringsport, Louisiana.
[edit] History
KMSS first went on the air on October 6, 1985 as the first independent station in the market. Although it was an independent station, it showed CBS programming when KSLA pre-empted them, mostly CBS' late night and morning lineup. In 1986, KMSS affiliated with the Fox network, one of the first stations to do so.
In the early years, KMSS was the local home of both the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, and was home to the local minor league baseball team, the Shreveport Captains. At one point, it was the home of Big 12 football when that conference began in the mid-90s back when Fox Sports Net was coming to its own, and it currently airs preseason New Orleans Saints games, Southeastern Conference Football and basketball.
KMSS was one of several affiliates of Edward St. Pe's WeatherVision airing weather updates daily. KMSS and sister station KSHV have since dropped airing weather updates.
KMSS is one of several Fox stations not to have a local newscast, although there were rumors that they will soon launch a newscast.
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| Broadcast television in the Shreveport-Texarkana market (Nielsen DMA #81) | ||
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KTBS 3 (ABC) - KTAL 6 (NBC) - KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KSLA 12 (CBS) (The Tube on DT2) - KLTS 24 (PBS/LPB) - KMSS 33 (Fox) - KADO-LP 40 (ACN) - K42FE 42 (3ABN) - KSHV 45 (MNTV) - K54CB 54 (IND) - K59GO 59 (TBN) - K63BA 63 (PBS/OETA) |
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| Local digital television channels | ||
| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Monroe, and Alexandria, Louisiana Markets | ||
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WVUE 8 (New Orleans) - KARD 14 (West Monroe) - KADN 15 (Lafayette) - KVHP 29 (Lake Charles) - KMSS 33 (Shreveport) - WGMB 44 (Baton Rouge) - K47DW 47 / K61GO 61 / K51FO 521 (Alexandria/Hicks/Leesville) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana | |
