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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.
History
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.
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.
KQTV began broadcasting its digital signal at 1 kW on channel 53. On February 17, 2009, it will broadcast on channel 7 (KMBC-TV's current digital position) at digital full-power, with an ERP of 100 kW. KMBC-TV will then move its digital signal to its current analog position, channel 9.
Market Status
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). There are no other on-air stations within its market although signals from Kansas City, Omaha, Nebraska, and Topeka, Kansas overlap and compete via cable.
KQTV Tower
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. Both towers were built at the same time and both stations began broadcasting on September 27, 1953.
References
- Re: Signal Strength, personal correspondence with Bill Smith, KQTV director of engineering. 1/4/2007
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