KRBK(channel 49) is atelevision stationlicensed toOsage Beach, Missouri,United States, serving theSpringfieldarea as an affiliate of theFoxnetwork. It is owned byNexstar Media GroupalongsideMyNetworkTVaffiliateKOZL-TV(channel 27); Nexstar also provides certain services toCBSaffiliateKOLR(channel 10) under alocal marketing agreement(LMA) withMission Broadcasting.The stations share studios on East Division Street in Springfield, while KRBK's transmitter is located on Switchgrass Road, north ofFordland.
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| City | Osage Beach, Missouri |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Fox 49 |
| Programming | |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KOZL-TV,KOLR | |
| History | |
| Founded | September 22, 2006 |
First air date | August 1, 2009 |
Former channel number(s) | Digital:49 (UHF, 2009–2018) |
| MyNetworkTV(2009–2014; secondary from 2011) | |
Call signmeaning | founding owner Robert B. Koplar |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 166319 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 590 m (1,936 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°13′9.4″N92°56′57.4″W/ 37.219278°N 92.949278°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
History
editEarly history
editThe station first signed on the air on August 1, 2009; prior to signing on KRBK, Koplar Communications served as the founding owner ofKPLR-TVinSt. Louis—which it sold toACME Communicationsin 1997 (it is now a sister station to KRBK)—and formerly ownedKMAX-TVinSacramento—which once bore the KRBK-TV call letters and which Koplar sold toPappas Telecastingin 1994 (it is now owned byCBS News and Stations). It immediately became the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Ozarks. At the time KRBK signed on, MyNetworkTV programming had not been available in themarketfor several months, afterHarrison, Arkansas–basedKWBM(channel 31) switched toDaystarupon being sold to the network as part ofEquity Media Holdings's auction of its television stations. The station originally branded as "KRBK-HD".
KRBK's transmitter was originally plotted to be located halfway between Springfield andJefferson Cityin northernLaclede County,giving itrimshot(Grade B) signals within Springfield and Jefferson City. This is possible because Osage Beach spills into bothCamdenandMillercounties, and is thus split between the two markets. Most of the city is in Camden County, part of the Springfield market. However, a small sliver in the north is in Miller County, part of theColumbia–Jefferson City market. The transmitter was later moved toEldridge,in northeastern Laclede County, firmly in the Springfield market.
As a Fox affiliate
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On June 20, 2011,Foxannounced that it would end its affiliation with the network's Springfield charter affiliate, KSFX-TV (channel 27) following a dispute between the network and that station's ownerNexstar Broadcasting Groupover Fox's proposal to increase the amount ofretransmission consentfees that its stations must divide with the network;[2][3]on that same day, Koplar signed an affiliation agreement with Fox to make KRBK the market's new affiliate.
The switch became official on September 1, 2011, with KSFX-TV changing its call letters toKOZL-TVand became anindependent station.With the addition of Fox programming on the station, KRBK relegated MyNetworkTV to a secondary affiliation, delaying its programming by two hours to 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.; as a result, KRBK was one of the few Fox-MyNetworkTV hybrid affiliates that carry both networks on the station's main channel (most Fox affiliates that also carry MyNetworkTV programming usually air the latter service on an additionaldigital subchannel). The station also changed its on-air branding to "FOX KRBK".[2]
On September 8, 2014, MyNetworkTV programming moved from KRBK to KOZL. On that same date, KRBK rebranded as "Fox 5," in reference to its primary channel position in the market onMediacom's Springfield-area system and on other localcableand satellite providers within the Springfield market; the rollout of the branding also included a logo based on that of the Fox owned-and-operated stations as well as the network'sSan DiegoaffiliateKSWB-TV(which also brands as "Fox 5," but uses its former UHF analog allocation of channel 69 as its virtual channel).
Sale to Nexstar Media Group
editOn August 2, 2018, as part of a press release formally announcing its $2.25-million purchase ofCWaffiliateWHDF/Florence–Huntsville, AlabamafromLockwood Broadcast Group,Nexstar announced its intent to acquire KRBK from Koplar Communications for $16.45 million; the move will mark the second time that Koplar has exited from television station ownership. Nexstar concurrently assumed the station's operations through atime brokerage agreementthat took effect the day prior.[4][5][6][7][8][9]The transaction resulted in the formation of a virtualtriopolywith Nexstar-owned KOZL-TV—putting KRBK under common ownership with the station from which it assumed the Fox affiliation seven years earlier—andCBSaffiliateKOLR(channel 10), which Nexstar manages through a local marketing agreement withMission Broadcasting.[4]
In October 2018, KRBK relocated its primary transmitter to theFordlandantenna farm, which provides over-the-air coverage comparable to the market's other full-power stations.[10][11]Subsequently, on October 22, KRBK's operations were integrated into KOZL/KOLR's studio facilities on East Division Street (near the Webster Park/Shady Dell subdivision); the station also changed its branding to "Ozarks Fox," utilizing a logo similar in resemblance to that used since 2012 by Nexstar-operated/Mission-owned Fox affiliateKJTLinWichita Falls, Texas.The sale was finalized on November 1. The arrangement—including the preceding time brokerage agreement—placed KRBK in the unusual position of being the senior partner as a Fox-affiliated station in a virtual triopoly involving a CBS affiliate (in most virtual or legal operational arrangements involving a Fox affiliate and a Big Three-affiliated station, the Fox station normally serves as the junior partner).[12]
Programming
editKRBK currently broadcasts the full Fox network schedule, with the only programming preemptions occurring for situations in which preemption of the network's daytime and prime time programs is necessary to allow the main channel to provide extended coverage ofbreaking newsorsevere weatherevents (in some instances, these programs may either be rebroadcast on KRBK on tape delay in place of the station's regular overnight programming, however, cable and satellite subscribers have the option of watching the affected shows on Fox's desktop and mobile streaming platforms or its cable/satellitevideo-on-demandservice the day after their initial airing).Syndicatedprograms broadcast by KRBK as of September 2017[update]includeMaury,Right This Minute,Mom,The Steve Wilkos Show,TMZ on TV,AccessandFamily Feud.[13]
News operation
editAs of October 2018[update],KRBK presently broadcasts 17½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 3½ hours each weekday); the station does not presently produce newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays, opting to carry syndicated programming following Fox prime time programming on those days.
From 2010 to 2012, KRBK aired wraparound segments throughout its broadcast day featuring the "KRBK Street Team," who provided entertainment, sports and event-related stories. KRBK began offering conventional news programming in November 2012, consisting mainly of 90-second newsbriefs (originally titled theFox KRBK News Break) that aired weeknights each hour between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. during select commercial breaks within daytime and evening programs, featuringAssociated Presswire reports and a short local weather forecast.
Full-scale newscasts on the station began in September 2013, with the launch of a full in-house news department; that month, KRBK debutedFox KRBK News at 9:00,an abbreviated prime time newscast that began as a 10-minute broadcast leading into the tape-delayed MyNetworkTV prime time lineup. (As a result, the programming service's local ad time was largely taken up by the newscast.) The program—which has aired only on Monday through Friday nights since its premiere—directly competes against a half-hour prime time newscast in that timeslot produced by KOLR for its MyNetworkTV-affiliated sister KOZL-TV (which debuted in 2005, during that station's tenure as the Springfield market's original Fox affiliate, as the area's first local prime time news program), and an hour-long newscast produced by NBC affiliateKYTV(channel 3) for its CW-affiliated sister K15CZ (now primary ABC affiliateKSPR-LD,which continues to carry CW programming on its DT2 feed) that premiered on August 22, 2011. The newscast was initially anchored by Janelle Brandom, alongside chief meteorologist David Koeller.[14]
In September 2015, the station expanded the 9:00 p.m. newscast—which, by then, had been retitledFox 5 News at Nine—to a half-hour, an expansion which coincided with the transfer of the MyNetworkTV affiliation to KOZL-TV. Subsequently, on August 4, 1997, the 9:00 newscast was expanded to one hour, with the addition of a companion half-hour program at 9:30 p.m.,Fox 5 News Edge at 9:30;the program—which is similar to the format of former Fox affiliateWCCB/Charlotte's weeknightlyWCCB News Edge—maintains a mix of traditional news, entertainment and lifestyle segments.[15][16]The station began programming regular newscasts outside its established 9:00 slot in March 2018, when KRBK premiered a half-hour 6:30 p.m. newscast on Monday through Friday evenings.[17]
On October 22, 2018, KRBK rebranded its news operation asOzarks Fox News.At the same time, the station debuted a two-hour weekday morning hybrid newscast/lifestyle talk show titledOzarks Fox AM,airing from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and hosted by Jeremy Rabe and Kelly Smith. The station also began simulcasting the 6:00 a.m. hour ofKOLR 10 News Daybreakand relaunched its 6:30 p.m. newscast asOzarks Tonight.With the rebranded newscasts, KRBK began broadcasting its newscasts from KOLR's studios on East Division Street in Springfield.
In other media
editThe 201420th Century FoxfilmGone Girlfeatures KRBK's pre-September 2014 logo within the film's preview poster, variouskey artand other online presences with news stories around the events depicted in the film (whose setting takes place in KRBK's market area), along with a false search coordination website with the same logo. No real staff members were used, and in the actual film, the fictional KRBK news organization seems to have a glossy tabloid image unlike what is seen in reality.[18]
Technical information
editSubchannels
editThe station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming[19] |
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| 49.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KRBK-DT | Main KRBK programming /Fox |
| 49.2 | 480i | KRBK-D2 | Antenna TV | |
| 49.3 | KRBK-D3 | Dabl | ||
| 49.4 | KRBK-D4 | Ion Television |
On January 1, 2014, KRBK launched a second digital subchannel carrying MeTV. On March 1, 2017,Ion Televisionwas added to KRBK's 49.4 subchannel. On January 1, 2021, KRBK replaced its MeTV subchannel with Nexstar-owned network Antenna TV, with MeTV moving to KSPR-LD subchannel 33.3 which previously carried Antenna TV.
Former DTS transmitters
editIn April 2013, KRBK improved its signal coverage in this vast and mostly mountainous market through the implementation of adistributedsingle-frequency network,consisting of five specially engineeredslot antennaspositioned throughout the Ozarks. All of the repeaters broadcasthigh definitiondigitalsignals on UHF channel 49.[20]Due to the single-frequency system, the station was unavailable over-the-air inSalem(located in the northeast part of the market), and was only available on cable television in that town.
Since the main KRBK signal missed Springfield itself, Koplar leased two subchannels of KWBM from its owner, Daystar, in order to provide a full-power signal of their Fox and MeTV channels to the southern portion of the market. This arrangement ended in 2020 with the launch of the Daystar Español channel on KWBM-DT2.
| City | HAAT | ERP | Coordinates | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldridge | 100 m (328 ft) | 92.3kW | 37°49′10″N92°44′52″W/ 37.81944°N 92.74778°W | Northwest ofLebanon,just south of Eldridge |
| Polk | 122 m (400 ft) | 42.9 kW | 37°43′26″N93°16′32″W/ 37.72389°N 93.27556°W | Southwest ofPomme de Terre Lake |
| Springfield | 191.8 m (629 ft) | 170.9 kW | 37°13′24.63″N93°14′29.83″W/ 37.2235083°N 93.2416194°W | theKOLRstudio-transmitter linktower behind the KOLR/KOZL-TVstudios on Springfield's northeast side, nearDowntown Airport |
| Stockton | 104.4 m (343 ft) | 88.8 kW | 37°45′17.4″N93°50′7.2″W/ 37.754833°N 93.835333°W | North of Stockton |
| Warsaw | 119.1 m (391 ft) | 43.7 kW | 38°14′17.3″N93°19′6.23″W/ 38.238139°N 93.3183972°W | West of Warsaw, near theTruman Reservoir |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Facility Technical Data for KRBK".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ab"Fox Moves Afills In Springfield, Ft. Wayne".TVNewsCheck.June 20, 2011.RetrievedJune 20,2011.
- ^Schisler, Monte (June 20, 2011)."Local Fox TV Affiliate To Change".Hometown Daily News.RetrievedJune 21,2011.
- ^abJason Rima (August 2, 2018)."Nexstar Buys FOX 5 KRBK In Springfield".KTTS-FM.E. W. Scripps Company.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^"Nexstar Broadcasting Enters Into Definitive Agreements to Acquire Two Stations in Accretive Transactions for $19.45 Million".Nexstar Media Group(Press release). August 2, 2018.
- ^Stephen Herzog (August 2, 2018)."Local TV stations connected after purchase".Springfield News-Leader.Gannett Company.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^Adam Jacobson (August 2, 2018)."Nexstar's Goes For Three In Ozark's Queen City".Radio-Television Business Report.Streamline-RBR, Inc.
- ^Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel (August 2, 2018)."Nexstar Announces Acquisition of Two Stations for $19.45 Million".TVSpy.Beringer Capital.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^"Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $16.5M".TVNewsCheck.NewsCheck Media. August 7, 2018.RetrievedAugust 8,2018.
- ^Modification of a Construction Permit to Convert from DTS to DTV Application
- ^"License To Cover for DTV Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.November 9, 2018.RetrievedNovember 14,2018.
- ^"Consummation Notice".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedNovember 2,2018.
- ^"TitanTV Programming Guide -- What's on TV, Movies, Reality Shows and Local News: KRBK schedule".TitanTV.Broadcast Interactive Media, LLC.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^Roly Ortega (August 23, 2014)."KRBK has recently added local news at 9:00 p.m."The Changing Newscasts Blog.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^Roly Ortega (October 11, 2015)."KRBK expands their newscast from a news update to a full half-hour newscast".The Changing Newscasts Blog.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^Roly Ortega (May 2, 2016)."KRBK has now gone to a full hour at 9:00 p.m. on weeknights".The Changing Newscasts Blog.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^Roly Ortega (March 9, 2018)."A small minor newscast change… #193".The Changing Newscasts Blog.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^Schumann, Rebecka (15 April 2014)."'Gone Girl' Trailer: Movie's New Ending Possibly Revealed And 3 Other Things You May Have Missed ".International Business Times.Retrieved15 April2014.
- ^"RabbitEars TV Query for KRBK".RabbitEars.RetrievedJune 26,2018.
- ^"KRBK Taps Jampro for Single Frequency Network".TV Technology.Retrieved30 April2013.
External links
edit- OzarksFirst.com- KRBK official website
- MeTVOzarks.com- KRBK-DT2 ( "MeTV Ozarks" ) official website