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'''KOZL-TV''', virtual channel 27 (UHF digital channel 28), is a [[MyNetworkTV]]-affiliated [[television station]] located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]]; Nexstar also operates CBS affiliate KOLR (channel 10) under a [[local marketing agreement|shared services agreement]] with owner [[Mission Broadcasting]]. The two stations share studio facilities located on East Division Street in Springfield; KOZL maintains transmitter facilities located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland.
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">KOZL-TV is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America) independent] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_station television station] serving the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_Plateau Ozark Plateau] area of Southwestern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri Missouri] that is licensed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri Springfield]. It broadcasts a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television high definition] digital signal on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF UHF] channel 28 from a transmitter on Switchgrass Road north of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordland,_Missouri Fordland]. Owned by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Broadcasting_Group Nexstar Broadcasting Group], the station operates [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS CBS] affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOLR KOLR] (that is owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Broadcasting Mission Broadcasting]) through a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement local marketing agreement] (LMA). The two share studios on East Division Street in Springfield. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_syndication Syndicated] programming on KSFX includes: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men Two and a Half Men]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_MD House MD]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld Seinfeld]''. Prior to becoming an independent station, it served as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company Fox] affiliate for the market from the network's 1986 launch until August 31, 2011.</p>
  
 
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==History==
  
==History==
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The station first signed on the air in 1968 as </span>'''KMTC'''<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">; founded by Meyer Communications, it originally operated as the market's first full-time </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC]<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> affiliate. It originally operated from studios located on East Cherry Street in Springfield. Prior to its sign-on, ABC programming had been limited to off-hours clearances on </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYTV_(TV) KYTV]<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> (channel 3) and KTTS-TV (channel 10, now </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOLR KOLR]<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">) from their respective sign-ons in October and March 1953. Although the Springfield market had a large enough population since the 1950s to support three full-time network affiliates, prospective station owners were skeptical about launching a UHF station in a market that stretched across a large and mostly mountainous swath of Missouri and </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas Arkansas]<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. In 1980, the station adopted the on-air brand "C-27". In 1985, the station was purchased by Woods Communications; after the sale was finalized, channel 27 changed its call letters to </span>'''KDEB-TV'''<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> (named after Deborah Woods, the daughter of the president of Woods Communications). However, even with the change in ownership, the station saw no change in its fortunes.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The station first signed-on in 1968 as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC] affiliate '''KMTC,''' owned by Meyer Communications. Before then, ABC had been limited to off-hours clearances on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYTV KYTV] and KTTS-TV (now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOLR KOLR]). In 1985, Woods Communications bought it and changed the calls to '''KDEB-TV''' after the daughter of the company president.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Channel 27's tenure as an ABC affiliate wasn't a successful one. Hampered by a small staff and a low budget, its newscasts barely registered in the ratings. In 1986, ABC dropped its affiliation with KDEB and moved it to three-year old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSPR KSPR]. KDEB opted to affiliate with Fox and only gave its news staff 60 days notice before shuttering its news department.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In January 1985, KMTC renewed its ABC affiliation. The following month, TV syndicator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepictures Telepictures], who had recently purchased cross-town independent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSPR KSPR] (channel 33), attempted to persuade ABC to make an affiliation agreement. ABC then convinced KMTC to develop a presentation for the network that would defend the station's right to keep the affiliation. After seeing the presentations, ABC remained uncertain about whether or not to change affiliations, but agreed to remain with KMTC for the remainder of 1985, after which Woods closed on the purchase of the station, now renamed KDEB. It was decided that the purchase price on the station would be lowered if ABC yanked its programs off of KDEB by July 1986.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup></p>
  
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">On November 30, 2001, KDEB's 1,560-foot (480 m) high broadcast tower shared with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTXR KTXR]-FM 101.3 collapsed on itself due to overnight ice accumulation which resulted in the transmitter being destroyed. A replacement was installed on the tower used by KOLR and KSPR. It had been sold to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Tower_Corporation American Tower Corporation] who also owns the current tower. In 2002, it became sister station to CBS affiliate KOLR. It changed its call sign to the current "KSFX-TV" in 2005.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On April 3, 1986, ABC terminated its affiliation agreement with KDEB and moved it to KSPR. Woods later successfully sued the network for fraud, but ultimately lost the case on appeal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup> KDEB briefly became an independent station, then opted to become a charter affiliate of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company Fox], which launched on October 9, 1986. In 1993, Woods sold the station to Banam Broadcasting, a subsidiary of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America BankAmerica]. Banam sold KDEB along with three of its stations ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTVW WTVW] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana Evansville, Indiana], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARD KARD] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Monroe,_Louisiana West Monroe, Louisiana] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLBK-TV KLBK-TV] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas Lubbock, Texas]) to Petracom Broadcasting in 1995. In 1998, Petracom sold KDEB-TV to Quorum Broadcasting. On November 30, 2001, the station's 1,560-foot (480 m)-tall broadcast tower (which it shared with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTXR KTXR] (101.3 FM) collapsed as a result of overnight ice accumulation. A replacement transmitter was installed on the tower used by KOLR and KSPR, adjacent from the channel 27 tower site. The transmitter facility had been sold to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Tower_Corporation American Tower Corporation], which also owns the current tower.</p><p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On December 31, 2003, Quorum Broadcasting, owner of CBS affiliate KOLR, merged with Nexstar; as the Springfield market did not have enough television stations to permit a legal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duopoly_(broadcasting) duopoly], KOLR was instead sold to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecksville,_Ohio Brecksville, Ohio]-based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Broadcasting Mission Broadcasting]. This arrangement placed KDEB-TV in the unusual position of being the senior partner as a Fox-affiliated station in a virtual duopoly with a CBS affiliate (most virtual or legal duopolies involving a Fox affiliate and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_television_networks Big Three]-affiliated station result in the Fox affiliate serving as the junior partner); to this day, since channel 27 lost its Fox affiliation in September 2011, it is the only duopoly (virtual or legal) in existence involving a "Big Three" station in which an independent station serves as the senior partner. The station changed its call letters to '''KSFX-TV''' in 2005.</p>
  
   
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The station was one of many Fox affiliates that planned to decline to air [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson O. J. Simpson]'s two-night interview special with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Regan Judith Regan] on November 27 and 29, 2006 called ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It If I Did It]''. Station management cited overwhelmingly negative viewer feedback as the reason for the pre-emption. KSFX was preparing to air past [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Christmas] episodes of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]'' instead on both nights within the program's designated timeslots; however, Fox would cancel the special nationally before it aired.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The station was one of many Fox affiliates that refused to air [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.J._Simpson O.J. Simpson]'s two-night interview special with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Regan Judith Regan] on November 27 and 29, 2006 called ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It If I Did It]''. Station management cited overwhelmingly negative viewer feedback as the reason for pre-emption. KSFX was preparing to air past [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Christmas] episodes of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]'' instead on both nights within the time slots but Fox pulled the special at the last minute.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On June 20, 2011, Fox announced that it would end its affiliation with KSFX and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana] sister station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFFT-TV WFFT-TV]. Nexstar had earlier lost the Fox affiliation for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTVW WTVW] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana Evansville, Indiana] following a dispute with the network over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retransmission_consent retransmission consent] fees,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-ksfxnofox_3-0" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-ksfxnofox-3 [3]]</sup> and Nexstar subsequently decided to drop the Fox affiliation from its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana] affiliate (WFXW), which became an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC] affiliate under the new callsign [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAWV-TV WAWV-TV].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-wfxwtowawv_4-0" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-wfxwtowawv-4 [4]]</sup> The last Fox program to air on KSFX was ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_Treasure_(TV_series) Buried Treasure]'' on August 31, 2011, which ended at 9:00 p.m. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone Central Time].</p>
  
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KOZL_2011.jpg ]KOZL logo used from September 1, 2011 to September 10, 2012; still used on the station's 9:00 p.m. newscast.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On September 1, 2011, the Fox affiliation moved to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_Beach,_Missouri Osage Beach]-licensed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV] affiliate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRBK KRBK] (channel 49),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-ksfxnofox_3-1" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-ksfxnofox-3 [3]]</sup> which had launched two years earlier in August 2009; channel 27, meanwhile, changed its callsign to '''KOZL-TV''' and converted into an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America) independent station];<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ksfx-goingindy_5-0" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-ksfx-goingindy-5 [5]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-krzk-ksfxindy_6-0" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-krzk-ksfxindy-6 [6]]</sup> the station began using the on-air branding "Ozarks Local".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ozarks_Local_7-0" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-Ozarks_Local-7 [7]]</sup> With the change, KOZL began filling primetime hours formerly occupied by Fox network programming with syndicated programming (initially, the newsmagazines ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Edition Inside Edition]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(TV_series) The Insider]'', along with the sitcoms ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_is_Earl My Name is Earl]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond]'' on weeknights), along with family-oriented movies on Sunday nights. The station also acquired local broadcast rights to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball college basketball] games from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference Southeastern Conference] through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_Plus ESPN Plus], featuring double-header games airing on Saturday afternoons, occasional Wednesday night games and the first two rounds of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Basketball_Tournament SEC Tournament].</p>
  
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Viewers had noted that the now-defunct analog signals of KSFX and KOLR had poor quality compared to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYTV KYTV] and KSPR. Many have thought this was due to KSFX and KOLR now being owned by the same company. However as a result of the switch to digital-only broadcasting, Springfield viewers note that the signals are better.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On September 10, 2012, KOZL changed its on-air branding to "Z-27," using a logo similar to that used by sister stations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCIX WCIX] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois Springfield, Illinois] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARZ-TV KARZ-TV] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas]. With WTVW joining [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW The CW] in January 2013 and WFFT rejoining Fox the following March, KOZL was the only Nexstar-owned-or-managed television station that was affected by the 2011 Nexstar-Fox dispute that remained an independent station until September 8, 2014 when it became a MyNetworkTV affiliate.</p>
  
   
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Fox announced on June 20, 2011 that it would end its affiliation with KSFX and sister station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFFT-TV <u>WFFT-TV</u>] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana <u>Fort Wayne, Indiana</u>]; its Springfield affiliation moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyNetworkTV <u>MyNetworkTV</u>] affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRBK <u>KRBK</u>] on September 1,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-ksfxnofox_0-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-ksfxnofox-0 <u>[1</u>]]</sup> while KSFX became an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America) <u>independent station</u>].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ksfx-goingindy_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-ksfx-goingindy-1 <u>[2</u>]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-krzk-ksfxindy_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-krzk-ksfxindy-2 <u>[3</u>]]</sup> Nexstar had earlier lost the Fox affiliation for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTVW <u>WTVW</u>] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana <u>Evansville, Indiana</u>] following a dispute with the network over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retransmission_consent <u>retransmission consent</u>] fees.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-ksfxnofox_0-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-ksfxnofox-0 <u>[1</u>]]</sup>, and Nexstar subsequently decided to drop the Fox affiliation from its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana <u>Terre Haute, Indiana</u>] affiliate (WFXW), which became an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company <u>ABC</u>] affiliate under the new callsign [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAWV-TV <u>WAWV-TV</u>].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tvnc-wfxwtowawv_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-tvnc-wfxwtowawv-3 <u>[4</u>]]</sup> The last Fox program to air on KSFX was ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_Treasure_(TV_series) <u>Buried Treasure</u>]'' on August 31, 2011, which ended at 9 p.m. CDT. All Fox programming moved to KRBK when that program ended.
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As a result of the loss of the Fox affiliation, KSFX changed its callsign to KOZL-TV (not to be confused with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZK <u>KOZK</u>], the local PBS member station) and began using the on-air branding "Ozarks Local".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ozarks_Local_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOZL-TV#cite_note-Ozarks_Local-4 <u>[5</u>]]</sup> In lieu of Fox network programming, KOZL will broadcast the newsmagazines ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Edition <u>Inside Edition</u>]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(TV_series) <u>The Insider</u>]'', along with the sitcoms ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_is_Earl <u>My Name is Earl</u>]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond <u>Everybody Loves Raymond</u>]'' on weeknights, along with family movies on Sunday nights. Along with the programming changes, KOZL will broadcast college basketball games from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference <u>Southeastern Conference</u>] with Wednesday night games during the winter and double-header games airing on Saturday afternoons; games from the first two rounds of the SEC Tournament will also be included.
 
==Transition to HD==
  
==Transition to HD==
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In May 2011, KSFX and its sister station KOLR made the transition to High Definition. KSFX also got a new set and graphics package, and was rebranded to more closely align with Fox News Channel.</p>
  
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In May 2011, KSFX and its sister station KOLR made the transition to High Definition. KSFX also got a new set and graphics package, and was rebranded to more closely align with Fox News Channel.</p>
 
==Newscasts==
  
==Newscasts==
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">''''''''''Ozarks Local: The Morning Rush''''' Anchors: ''(Weekday mornings 7 to 8)''</p>
  
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KOZL-TV, virtual channel 27 (UHF digital channel 28), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group; Nexstar also operates CBS affiliate KOLR (channel 10) under a shared services agreement with owner Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studio facilities located on East Division Street in Springfield; KOZL maintains transmitter facilities located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland.

KOZL-TV
KOZL 2011
Branding Ozarks Local
Channels Digital: 28 (UHF)
Subchannels 27.1 IND
Owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group

(Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)

First air date 1968
Call letters' meaning Ozarks Local
Sister station(s) KOLR
Former callsigns KMTC (1968–1985)

KDEB-TV (1985–2005)

KSFX-TV (2005–2011)

Former channel number(s) Analog:

27 (UHF, 1968-2009)

Former affiliations ABC (1968-1986)
Transmitter power 1,000 kW
Height 493 m
Facility ID 3659
Transmitter coordinates 37°13′8″N92°56′56″W
Website ozarksfirst.com

History

The station first signed-on in 1968 as ABC affiliate KMTC, owned by Meyer Communications. Before then, ABC had been limited to off-hours clearances on KYTV and KTTS-TV (now KOLR). In 1985, Woods Communications bought it and changed the calls to KDEB-TV after the daughter of the company president.

Channel 27's tenure as an ABC affiliate wasn't a successful one. Hampered by a small staff and a low budget, its newscasts barely registered in the ratings. In 1986, ABC dropped its affiliation with KDEB and moved it to three-year old KSPR. KDEB opted to affiliate with Fox and only gave its news staff 60 days notice before shuttering its news department.

On November 30, 2001, KDEB's 1,560-foot (480 m) high broadcast tower shared with KTXR-FM 101.3 collapsed on itself due to overnight ice accumulation which resulted in the transmitter being destroyed. A replacement was installed on the tower used by KOLR and KSPR. It had been sold to American Tower Corporation who also owns the current tower. In 2002, it became sister station to CBS affiliate KOLR. It changed its call sign to the current "KSFX-TV" in 2005.

The station was one of many Fox affiliates that refused to air O.J. Simpson's two-night interview special with Judith Regan on November 27 and 29, 2006 called If I Did It. Station management cited overwhelmingly negative viewer feedback as the reason for pre-emption. KSFX was preparing to air past Christmas episodes of The Simpsons instead on both nights within the time slots but Fox pulled the special at the last minute.

Viewers had noted that the now-defunct analog signals of KSFX and KOLR had poor quality compared to NBC affiliate KYTV and KSPR. Many have thought this was due to KSFX and KOLR now being owned by the same company. However as a result of the switch to digital-only broadcasting, Springfield viewers note that the signals are better.

Fox announced on June 20, 2011 that it would end its affiliation with KSFX and sister station WFFT-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana; its Springfield affiliation moved to MyNetworkTV affiliate KRBK on September 1,[1] while KSFX became an independent station.[2][3] Nexstar had earlier lost the Fox affiliation for WTVW in Evansville, Indiana following a dispute with the network over retransmission consent fees.[1], and Nexstar subsequently decided to drop the Fox affiliation from its Terre Haute, Indiana affiliate (WFXW), which became an ABC affiliate under the new callsign WAWV-TV.[4] The last Fox program to air on KSFX was Buried Treasure on August 31, 2011, which ended at 9 p.m. CDT. All Fox programming moved to KRBK when that program ended.

As a result of the loss of the Fox affiliation, KSFX changed its callsign to KOZL-TV (not to be confused with KOZK, the local PBS member station) and began using the on-air branding "Ozarks Local".[5] In lieu of Fox network programming, KOZL will broadcast the newsmagazines Inside Edition and The Insider, along with the sitcoms My Name is Earl and Everybody Loves Raymond on weeknights, along with family movies on Sunday nights. Along with the programming changes, KOZL will broadcast college basketball games from the Southeastern Conference with Wednesday night games during the winter and double-header games airing on Saturday afternoons; games from the first two rounds of the SEC Tournament will also be included.

Transition to HD

In May 2011, KSFX and its sister station KOLR made the transition to High Definition. KSFX also got a new set and graphics package, and was rebranded to more closely align with Fox News Channel.

Newscasts

'''''Ozarks Local: The Morning Rush Anchors: (Weekday mornings 7 to 8)


    • Rob Evans
    • Jessica Williams
  • Weather:
    • Tom Trtan
  • Reporter:
    • Mike Corcoran


Ozarks Local News at 9 (9 to 10 p.m.) Weeknights


  • Anchors:
    • Jeremy Stevens
    • Kate Stacy
  • Weather:
    • Ted Keller
    • Jill Gilardi (alt)
  • Sports:
    • Nick Carboni (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
    • Dan Lucy (alt)


Weekends


  • Anchor:
    • Brian Richardson
  • Weather:
    • Jill Gilardi
  • Sports:
    • Nick Carboni


KOZL features additional personnel from KOLR. See that article for a complete listing.


Former on-air staff

  • Steve Alexander, anchor (1985-86) WKRG-TV, Mobile, Ala.
  • Ray Meyer, sportscaster
  • Don Piper, weather
  • Mark Miller, anchor [1]
  • Kelly Rostic, anchor
  • Chris Goodman, anchor [2]
  • Rachael Aram, anchor [3]
  • Laura Buchtel, meteorologist [4]
  • Chris Herzog, reporter/ weekend anchor [5]
  • Melissa Moon, reporter/ weekend anchor [6]
  • Theresa Petry, reporter/weekend anchor [7]
  • Sara Stokes, reporter [8]
  • Wes Benter, reporter [9]
  • Noel Zanchelli, sportscaster
  • Tod Rubin, sportscaster
  • Mike Malibu, Fox Kids Club Host played by actor Jim Kellett
  • Chris Grogan, anchor/reporter [10]
  • Angie Weidinger, anchor [11]
  • Carlos Correa, reporter/anchor of "Enfoque Latino" [12]
  • Marybeth Brush, reporter [13]
  • Marko- and his talented assistant, Pal Joey



Station slogans

  • "Channel 27's Still The One" (1977-1980; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "Channel 27's The One You Can Turn To" (1978-1979; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "You and Me and 27" (1980-1981; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "Now is the Time, 27 is the Place" (1981-1982; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "Come on Along with 27" (1982-1983; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "That Special Feeling on 27" (1983-1984; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "We're With You on 27" (1984-1985; local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "You'll Love It on 27" (1985-1986; last local version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "Don't Let Fox 27 Weekends Pass You By" (1987-1988; first local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Fox 27, This is the Year" (1988-1990; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "It's On Fox 27" (1990-1992; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Everybody Knows It's On Fox 27" (1992-1993; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Fox 27, You're Watching It" (1993-1994; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "It Could Only Happen on Fox 27" (1994; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Fox 27's Kickin' It" (1994-1995; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Cool Like Fox 27" (1995-1996; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Fox 27 10 Years"/"Non-Stop Fox 27" (1996-1997; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "Just One Ozark...Just One Fox...Fox 27" (1997-2002; local version of Fox slogan)
  • "The Ozark's Primetime News" (2005-2008, news)
  • "Just You Watch Ozarks Fox" (2005-present, general)
  • "The Ozark's Only Mid-Morning News" / "The Ozark's Only Primetime Newscast" (2008-2011, news)
  • "The Ozark's Fox News Channel in High Definition" (2011)



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