KOLR
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| Springfield, Missouri | |
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| City of license | Springfield |
| Branding |
KOLR 10 (general) KOLR 10 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Count On KOLR 10 News |
| Channels | Digital: 10 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 10.1 CBS |
| Owner |
Mission Broadcasting (operated under a SSA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 14, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | KOLoR (pronounced "color" as in color television) |
| Sister station(s) | KOZL-TV |
| Former callsigns | KTTS-TV (1953-1970) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1953-2009) Digital: 52 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) ABC (1953-1967) |
| Transmitter power | 26 kW |
| Height | 631 m |
| Facility ID | 28496 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°13′8″N 92°56′56″W / 37.21889°N 92.94889°W |
| Website | www.ozarksfirst.com |
KOLR is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Ozark Plateau area of southwestern Missouri and northern Arkansas that is licensed to Springfield, Missouri. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter on Switchgrass Road north of Fordland. Owned by Mission Broadcasting of Brecksville, Ohio, the station is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group as sister to independent station KOZL-TV. The two share studios on East Division Street in Springfield.
Syndicated programming on KOLR includes: Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, and The World's Funniest Moments. At 2,000 feet (609.6 metres) high, its transmitting tower is the second tallest in the United States only 19.2 meters lower than the highest. In the Springfield area the station is carried on Mediacom channel 9.
Digital television
| Virtual channel |
Video | Aspect | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KOLR-DT | Main KOLR programming / CBS HD |
It began full power, high definition broadcasting on January 19, 2007. The station originally aired its digital signal on UHF channel 52. As a result of this channel being on a UHF frequency which would no longer be in use after the June 12, 2009 cutoff date for analog television broadcasting (channels 52 to 69). On April 16, KOLR remained on channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. Its analog NTSC transmitter had an effective radiated power of 316 kilowatts which was the highest allowed for a VHF Band III transmitter. Some viewers had trouble picking up KOLR after the switch to digital. FM traps installed in between the antenna and AMP solved the problem for some viewers but not others. Some viewers continue to have trouble picking up the signal.
History
The station signed on-the-air on March 14, 1953 as KTTS-TV and was sister station to KTTS-AM radio. Their studios were in the Springfield Chamber of Commerce building on the southwest corner of Walnut and Jefferson Streets downtown. It also shared a secondary ABC affiliation with KYTV until 1968 when KMTC signed on. That station later became KOLR's sister station, Fox affiliate KSFX. In 1985, KOLR dropped the "-TV" suffix.
Independent Broadcasting company owned both KTTS-TV and KTTS radio from their inception until KTTS AM/FM was sold to Wichita, Kansas based Great Empire Broadcasting in 1972. The call letters KTTS stayed with the radio stations and KOLR-TV was chosen as the station's new call letters.
In 1998 Independent Broadcasting was sold to another entity who combined operations with KDEB, (later KSFX and now KOZL). This combined entity was later bought by Quorum. All Quorum stations were then bought by Nexstar/Mission. KOLR ended up in the Mission portfolio.
The station's revamped website debuted in spring 2007. The website has a generic template look and nothing identifies it as associated with KOLR.
News operation
On April 28, 2009 the station launched an update to its graphics, music, logo, and news philosophy. KOLR had the longest-running evening anchor team in the Ozarks. During weather segments, the station uses live NOAA National Weather Service radar data from several regional sites. This is known on-air as "Live Digital Doppler".
In March 2010, KOLR/KSFX became the second station in the Ozarks and the first Nexstar-owned duopoly to broadcasts its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition, and in May 2011 made the switch to high definition.
In June 2013, KOLR/KOZL will open a news bureau in downtown Branson, Missouri.
Newscast titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1953–1957)
- KTTS-TV News (1957–1966)
- 24 Hours (1966–1971)
- KOLR 10 Eyewitness News (1971–1978)
- NewsBeat 10 (1978–1992)
- KOLR 10 NewsBeat (1992–2000)
- KOLR 10 News (2000–present)[1]
Station slogans
- "KOLR-10 in Color" (early 1970s)
- "Eyewitness News: Bringing it Home to You" (mid 1970s)
- "NewsBeat 10": The Ozark's #1 News Team" (1978–1992)
- "Your Hometeam" (1989–1995)
- "The Ozark's News and Information Source" (1998–2004)
- "Coverage You Can Count On" (2004–2009; secondary 2009-2010)
- "Count On The New KOLR 10" (2009–2010)
- "Count On KOLR 10 News" (2010–present)
News team[2]
+ denotes personnel also seen on KOZL-TV
Current anchors
- + Rob Evans - weekday mornings
- + Shannon Miller- weekday mornings
- David Oliver - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
- Ashley Ketz - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- +Aaron Nolan - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- +Melanie Chapman - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- +Lindsay Clein - weekends 9 and 10 p.m.
KOLR 10 Weather Lab
- + Jamie Warriner (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- + Chris Smith (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings and 11 a.m.
- + Tom Trtan - meteorologist; fill-in
Sports team
- + Dan Lucy - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- + Nick Carboni - sports anchor; weekend evenings
Reporters
- Justin Dougherty - special projects journalist
- Kevin Schwaller - general assignment reporter
- April Hansen - general assignment reporter
- Laurie Patton - general assignment reporter
- Lindsay Clein - general assignment reporter, weekend anchor
- Nathan Vickers - morning reporter
Former on-air staff
- Bob Barker
- Peter Bernard - reporter/weather anchor
- Carlos Correa - reporter
- Sean Cronin - reporter/weather anchor
- Chris Herzog - reporter/weekend anchor
- Sarah Stokes Herzog - reporter/weekend anchor
- Patti Suarez - anchor
References
External links
- OzarksFirst.com - Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOLR
- KTTS Pictures at the History Museum
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