KSNF

KSNF is the NBC affiliated television station for the Joplin, Missouri-Pittsburg, Kansas television market, the 145th DMA. KSNF broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 46. Its transmitter is located in Joplin.

History
 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 UltraHIgh Frequency), came from.The station first signed on as CBS affiliate KUHI-TV on September 2, 1967, changing its call letters toKTVJ (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.

In 2002, it was announced KSNF and ABC affiliate KODE would merge, with building expansion planned at the KSN studios. Although some departments did in fact move to KSNF, the process has not yet been completed, leaving the Joplin market as the only one of the several Nexstar-owned duopolies to have failed to completely merge. In June 2008 KSN began broadcasting NBC HD programming to HD customers on cable and satellite. At this time, only NBC programming is provided in HD, local news and syndicated shows are still in SD, pending the upgrade of KSN's production systems and equipment to accommodate HD.

In the fall of 2010 - possibly as response to FOX14's expansion of their weekday 9pm news to one full hour, KSN debuted the area's first and only hour long 6pm newscast.

On May 8, 2009, severe thunderstorms affected the Joplin area. KSNF's tower[1] [2] was destroyed (falling on the studio and nearby homes) and the studio was heavily damaged. KSNF could not broadcast due to this tower collapse so nearest NBC stations air in certain areas (KSNW in Southeast Kansas, KJRH in Northeast Oklahoma, and KYTV in Southwest Missouri). However, several five- to ten-minute news updates were aired on fourstateshomepage.com each day until broadcasting resumed.

The station returned to the air on June 17, 2009. It constructed a news set inside of the studios of its sister station KODE-TV where it will now be housed.[3]

It was made public in February 2010 that both KSNF and KODE would be moving to the previous KSNF studios at 1502 Cleveland, just down the road from the current KODE building.[4]

Branding
While in its role as airing partial simulcasts of KSNW programming, it used the Hello News music package until 1990.

In November 2005, a graphics and music change took place. As part of the update (and with upcoming digital changes) the "16" was removed from KSN's logo, opens, and all other images, including station vehicles.

Newscast titles

 * KUHI-TV News (1967-1974)
 * KTVJ 16 Reports At (time) (1974-1980)
 * KSN News (1980-1982)
 * KSN NewsCenter (1982-1997)
 * KSN16, Your Hometown News Station (1997-1999)
 * KSN16, Your Hometown News (1999-2005)
 * KSN, Your Hometown News (2005-present)

Station slogans

 * You're Looking Good on 16 (1979-1980; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * 16, Proud as a Peacock! (1980-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * 16, Our Pride is Showing (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Hello Four-States, KSN Loves You (1982-1990; used during period station used Frank Gari's Hello News)
 * You've Got A Friend In/Turn To KSN (1980s; while the station did not use Frank Gari's Turn To News package, they did use the image campaign from the theme)
 * Come Home To KSN (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Come Home To The Best, Only on KSN(1988)
 * Come Home To KSN (1987,1990-1994; unrelated to the 1986-1987 NBC ad campaign)
 * Together, We're Making A Difference (1994-1997)
 * Your Hometown News (1997-present; primary slogan)
 * Experience The Difference (2004-present; secondary slogan)

Current on-air staff
Anchors


 * Bonney Bowman - Saturdays at 6 and weekends at 10 p.m.
 * Caitlin McCardle - weekday mornings "Hometown Today" and noon
 * Jim Jackson - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
 * Phil Mitchell - weekday mornings "Hometown Today" and noon
 * Toni Valliere - weeknights "KSN First at Five" (5 p.m.), 6 and 10 p.m.

KSN Weather Team


 * Gary Bandy - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights "KSN First at Five", 6 and 10 p.m.
 * Caitlin McCardle - Meteorologist; "Hometown Today" and noon

 Sports team


 * Eric Knecht - Sports Director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
 * Matt SantaMaria - Weekend Sports Anchor

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 * Bonney Bowman - general assignment reporter
 * Jeremiah Cook - general assignment reporter
 * Brad Douglas - general assignment reporter

Former on-air staff

 * Stephanie Diffin - weekend anchor/reporter (now at KAKE in Wichita, Kansas)
 * Iris Hermosillo - weekend meteorologist/reporter (now at KCTV in Kansas City, Missouri)
 * Meredith Mitchell - weekend weather anchor/reporter (now at KTHV in Little Rock, Arkansas)