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KQTV, Channel 2, is the only local broadcast television station serving the St. Joseph, Missouri area. It is an ABC affiliate owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
It was founded as a CBS/DuMont Television Network affiliate and was a dual CBS/ABC affiliate before becoming an ABC affiliate.
It was founded in 1953 as KFEQ-TV, named after KFEQ radio. Its call letters were changed to KQTV in 1969, upon the separation of ownership of KFEQ radio and KFEQ-TV.
Since it is the only major television network licensed to St. Joseph, it must compete for ratings with the stations in the Kansas City, Missouri viewing area, due to their close proximity. St. Joseph ranks 201 out of 210 in the list of television stations in North America by media market (its official market does not include Kansas City but rather rural parts of northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri). Consequently the station has a high turnover of broadcaster personnel going on to bigger markets. James Hershiser, brother of former Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser, was the longtime sportscaster at this station.
Nexstar acquired the station in April 1997.
Its landmark lattice steel transmission tower which also opened in 1953 is 750 feet (228.6 m) high and is often compared to the 1,042 foot (317.6 m) KCTV tower in Kansas City which also opened the same year.
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