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	{{~~short~~ description\|~~CBS~~ ~~affiliate~~ in Cape Girardeau, Missouri}}		{{Short description\|TV station in Cape Girardeau, Missouri}}
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	{{Infobox television station		{{Infobox television station
	\| callsign = KFVS-TV		\| callsign = KFVS-TV
	\| city = Cape Girardeau, Missouri		\| city = Cape Girardeau, Missouri
	\| logo = ]		\| logo = KFVS 2024.svg
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			\| image = KFVS-DT2 2024.png
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			\| branding = KFVS 12; ''Heartland News''; Heartland's CW (DT2)
	]
			\| digital = 11 (])
	\| branding = {{ubl\|'''general:''' KFVS 12\|'''newscasts:''' ''] News''\|'''DT2:''' KFVS Too - The Heartland's CW\|'''DT4:''' MeTV Heartland}}
			\| virtual = 12
	\| digital = 11 (])<br>''(to move to 32 (])<ref name="kfvschanges">{{cite web\|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f917529300b01756a6e16d250c5&id=25076f917529300b01756a6e16d250c5&goBack=N\|title=Channel Substitution/Community of License Change\|work=Licensing and Management System\|publisher=]\|date=November 27, 2020\|access-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>, Media Bureau, ], 5 May 2021, Retrieved 5 May 2021.</ref>)''
			\| translators = K17LV-D 17 (UHF) ]
	\| virtual = 12
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			\| country = United States
	\| translators = ''] 18 (UHF) Paducah, KY''
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			\| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, ]
	\| last_airdate =
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			\| erp = 11.8 kW
	\| callsign_meaning = Five States
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			\| facility_id = 592
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	\| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, ]
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	\| sister_stations = ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\| website = {{url\|https://www.kfvs12.com/}}
	\| former_affiliations = '''DT2:'''<br>MeTV (secondary, 2011−2020)<br>'''DT3:'''<br>] (until 2007)<br>Grit (until 2020)
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	'''KFVS-TV'''~~, ]~~ 12 ~~(] ] channel 11~~), is a ~~dual ]/]-]~~ ] ] to ], United States, serving Southeastern ], the ] area of ], ] and ] ]. The station is owned by ]~~-based~~ ]. ~~KFVS~~-~~TV's~~ ~~studios~~ ~~are~~ ~~located~~ in the Hirsch Tower on Broadway Avenue in Downtown Cape Girardeau, ~~and its~~ transmitter is located northwest of ], in ] ].		'''KFVS-TV''' (channel 12) is a ] licensed to ], United States, serving Southeastern ], the ] area of ], ], and ] as an affiliate of ] and ]. The station is owned by ] alongside ]–licensed ] affiliate ] (channel 18). The two stations share studios in the Hirsch Tower on Broadway Avenue in Downtown Cape Girardeau; KFVS-TV's transmitter is located northwest of ], in ] ].

			KFVS-TV had previously served the ], media market as the default CBS station on cable, until the sign-on of the Jonesboro area's first locally based CBS affiliate August 1, 2015, on a second digital subchannel of ] affiliate ].<ref></ref>
	''']''' (virtual channel 12, ] digital channel 18) in ] operates as a ] of KFVS-TV.

	KFVS-TV had previously served the ] media market as the default CBS station on cable, until the sign-on of the Jonesboro area's first locally based CBS affiliate August 1, 2015 on a second digital subchannel of ] affiliate ].<ref></ref>

	==History==		==History==
	]		]
			KFVS began broadcasting on October 3, 1954, and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 12. It was owned by broadcasting pioneer Oscar C. Hirsch, who had signed-on the area's first ], KFVS radio (AM 960, now ]) in his radio shop in 1925. Although the KFVS call letters appear to stand for "Five States", they were actually randomly assigned by then-] ]. At the start, channel 12 did not have any video cameras. Instead, its first broadcast showed slides of its new transmitter tower that was under construction at the time.<ref name=towersoverky>{{Cite book\|last=Nash\|first=Francis M.\|date=1995\|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State\|publisher=HOST Communications\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf\|via=World Radio History\|isbn=9781879688933\|page=268}}</ref> Channel 12 was housed along with its radio sister until 1968 when it moved to its present location on Broadway Avenue. Hirsch sold the station to ] in 1979{{r\|towersoverky}}, but his family retained the radio station until 1985.

	KFVS began broadcasting on October 3, 1954 and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 12. It was owned by broadcasting pioneer Oscar C. Hirsch, who had signed-on the area's first ], KFVS radio (AM 960, now ]) in his radio shop in 1925. Although the KFVS call letters appear to stand for "Five States", they were actually randomly assigned by then-], ]. At the start, channel 12 did not have any video cameras. Instead, its first broadcast showed slides of its new transmitter tower that was under construction at the time. Channel 12 was housed along with its radio sister until 1968 when it moved to its present location on Broadway Avenue. Hirsch sold the station to ] in 1979, but his family retained the radio station until 1985.

	In 1997, AFLAC sold its entire broadcasting division, including KFVS, to a group headed by ]. It, in turn, merged with Ellis Communications a few months later to form ]. KFVS offered ] (a 24-hour digital music video channel) on its third ] which ceased operations on October 1, 2007.		In 1997, AFLAC sold its entire broadcasting division, including KFVS, to a group headed by ]. It, in turn, merged with Ellis Communications a few months later to form ]. KFVS offered ] (a 24-hour digital music video channel) on its third ] which ceased operations on October 1, 2007.

	KFVS refers to its viewing area as "]", which is included in KFVS-DT2's on-air branding. KFVS serves more than fifty counties in four states including all of Southeastern Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Western ]. KFVS considers ] as the only Arkansas county in its viewing area as shown during its nightly weather segments which be seen in the local temperature graphic.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kfvs.com/story/1226376/stormteam-graphics-heartland-current-temperatures\|title=StormTeam Graphics - Heartland Current Temperatures\|date=10 April 2003\|work=kfvs.com}}</ref> ] systems in ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?zipcode=72422&lineupId=AR03463%3AX\|title=TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, where to watch TV shows - Zap2it.com\|work=Zap2it}}</ref> ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]<ref>http://www.newwavecom.com/pdf/arkansas/Piggott_2013_web.pdf</ref> list KFVS on their local cable lineups. However, Jonesboro<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://ws.suddenlink.com/lineup/fileDownLoad?fd_fileId=2271 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2013-02-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123338/https://ws.suddenlink.com/lineup/fileDownLoad?fd_fileId=2271 \|archive-date=2014-07-14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.getritter.info/residential/communities/options.php?cid=30&sid=206&section=cable&step=o&return=/residential/community/lake-city/cable\|title=Ritter Communications\|work=getritter.info}}</ref> cable systems do not carry the station. According to ], KFVS is carried on its Jonesboro area lineup as a local channel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/new_customer/base_packages.jsp?footernavtype=-1\|title=DIRECTV Packages and Pricing - Call 855-849-4388\|work=DIRECTV}}</ref>

	While broadcasting an analog signal, a portion of its off-air signal reached into the ] overlapping with sister stations ] in ] and ] in Jonesboro. During the analog era, KFVS' coverage area overlapped with ] in ]. In fact, channel 12's over-the-air coverage extended as far north as the St. Louis suburb of ]. Cable systems in several northern KFVS counties and southern KMOV counties carried both stations.

	===Sale to Gray Television===		===Sale to Gray Television===
	On June 25, 2018, ]-based ] announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion—in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom—resulted in KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ gaining new ]s in nearby markets, including ]/] affiliates ] and ] in ] and ABC/Fox affiliate ] in ], in addition to its current Raycom sister stations.<ref>{{cite press release\|title=GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION\|url=https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers\|website=]\|date=June 25, 2018\|access-date=June 26, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161249/https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers\|archive-date=June 25, 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="graycom">{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/114556/gray-to-buy-raycom-for-36-billion\|title=Gray To Buy Raycom For $3.6 Billion\|last=Miller\|first=Mark K.\|work=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheckMedia\|date=June 25, 2018\|access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Gray Buying Raycom for $3.6B\|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/gray-buying-raycom-for-3-6b\|author=John Eggerton\|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable\|publisher=NewBay Media\|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. 3 Local TV Group\|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/grey-acquiring-raycom-for-3-65-billion-forming-no-3-local-tv-group-1202416667/\|author=Dade Hayes\|website=]\|publisher=]\|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> The sale was approved on December 20,<ref>, ], 20 December 2018, Retrieved 20 December 2018.</ref> and was completed on January 2, 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/227754/gray-closes-3-6-billion-raycom-merger/\|title=Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger\|work=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheckMedia\|date=January 2, 2019\|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>		On June 25, 2018, ]-based ] announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion—in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom—resulted in KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ gaining new ]s in nearby markets, including ]/] affiliates ] and ] in ] and ABC/Fox affiliate ] in ], in addition to its current Raycom sister stations.<ref>{{cite press release\|title=GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION\|url=https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers\|website=]\|date=June 25, 2018\|access-date=June 26, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161249/https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers\|archive-date=June 25, 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="graycom">{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/114556/gray-to-buy-raycom-for-36-billion\|title=Gray To Buy Raycom For $3.6 Billion\|last=Miller\|first=Mark K.\|work=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheckMedia\|date=June 25, 2018\|access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Gray Buying Raycom for $3.6B\|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/gray-buying-raycom-for-3-6b\|author=John Eggerton\|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable\|publisher=NewBay Media\|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. 3 Local TV Group\|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/grey-acquiring-raycom-for-3-65-billion-forming-no-3-local-tv-group-1202416667/\|author=Dade Hayes\|website=]\|publisher=]\|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> The sale was approved on December 20,<ref>, ], December 20, 2018, Retrieved December 20, 2018.</ref> and was completed on January 2, 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/227754/gray-closes-3-6-billion-raycom-merger/\|title=Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger\|work=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheckMedia\|date=January 2, 2019\|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>

	==News operation==		==News operation==
	Compared with the other ] in the ], KFVS has traditionally covered Southeastern Missouri. The newscasts of ABC affiliate ] focus exclusively on Southern Illinois, from studios in ], and it does not even mention the market's other two primary cities (Cape Girardeau and Paducah) in its on-air legal identification. This is despite the fact that WSIL operates a full-time ], KPOB, in ]. KFVS offers secondary coverage of Southern Illinois from a newsroom on East Plaza Drive in Carterville near WSIL. NBC affiliate ], based in Paducah, focuses more on the Western Kentucky side although that station operates a bureau in ].		Compared with the other ] in the ], KFVS has traditionally covered Southeastern Missouri. The newscasts of ABC affiliate ] focus exclusively on Southern Illinois, from studios in ], and it does not even mention the market's other two primary cities (Cape Girardeau and Paducah) in its on-air legal identification. This is despite the fact that WSIL operates a full-time ], KPOB, in ]. KFVS offers secondary coverage of Southern Illinois from a newsroom on East Plaza Drive in Carterville near WSIL. NBC affiliate ], based in Paducah, focuses more on the Western Kentucky side although that station operates a bureau in ] and barely even covered the northern ] side of the market. ] later debuted its own newscasts in 2022, outsourced from ABC affiliate ] in ].

	At one point in time, KFVS produced a nightly prime time newscast on WQTV/WQWQ. Known as ''Heartland News at 9'', the show could be seen for a half-hour and was targeted specifically at a Southeastern Missouri audience.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.kfvs12.com/story/5413465/heartland-news-at-900-has-a-new-focus/\|title=Heartland News at 9:00 Has a New Focus!}}</ref> It competed with another broadcast in the time slot on Fox affiliate ] which also aired every night for thirty minutes. However, that program was produced by WPSD so it featured more of a regional summary of headlines since it originated from the NBC outlet's facility in Kentucky. The WQTV/WQWQ newscast was dropped on July 29, 2007 after nearly eight years. KFVS-DT2 currently replays three weekday newscasts from KFVS including the 6 a.m. hour of ''The Breakfast Show'' (at 7), ''Heartland News at Noon'' (at 1 p.m.), and ''Heartland News at 10'' (at 11 p.m.). The Sunday edition of ''The Breakfast Show'' is also repeated on the subchannel.		At one point in time, KFVS produced a nightly prime time newscast on WQTV/WQWQ. Known as ''Heartland News at 9'', the show could be seen for a half-hour and was targeted specifically at a Southeastern Missouri audience.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.kfvs12.com/story/5413465/heartland-news-at-900-has-a-new-focus/\|title=Heartland News at 9:00 Has a New Focus!}}</ref> It competed with another broadcast in the time slot on Fox affiliate ] which also aired every night for thirty minutes. However, that program was produced by WPSD, so it featured more of a regional summary of headlines since it originated from the NBC outlet's facility in Kentucky. The WQTV/WQWQ newscast was dropped on July 29, 2007, after nearly eight years. KFVS-DT2 currently replays three weekday newscasts from KFVS including the 6 a.m. hour of ''The Breakfast Show'' (at 7), ''Heartland News at Noon'' (at 1 p.m.), and ''Heartland News at 10'' (at 11 p.m.). The Sunday edition of ''The Breakfast Show'' is also repeated on the subchannel.

	On October 1, 2010, ''Heartland News at 9'' was brought back after a news share agreement was established with KBSI ~~(then owned by the ]). That channel now~~ offers a nightly hour-long prime time newscast originating from the KFVS studios. With that addition, this station offers more than thirty hours of local news each week.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/07/30/daily.7/\|title=KFVS, KBSI Partner For 9 P.M. Hour News\|author=Mark K. Miller\|work=tvnewscheck.com}}</ref> Unlike other outsourced news arrangements at Sinclair-owned television stations, KBSI features the same graphics scheme and music package as seen on this CBS outlet. Also, there are no on-air ] separately identifying the ~~Fox~~ newscast. In instances of ] (most notably during a ] in the viewing area), KBSI may simulcast live coverage from KFVS if an event occurs outside the prime time newscast. On October 3, 2010, WPSD brought back its own newscast at 9 p.m. known as ''The Nine'' to both of its digital subchannels which is seen every night, except Saturdays, for a half-hour, until it was canceled in 2019.		On October 1, 2010, ''Heartland News at 9'' was brought back after a news share agreement was established with KBSI, which offers a nightly hour-long prime time newscast originating from the KFVS studios. With that addition, this station offers more than thirty hours of local news each week.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/07/30/daily.7/\|title=KFVS, KBSI Partner For 9 P.M. Hour News\|author=Mark K. Miller\|work=tvnewscheck.com}}</ref> Unlike other outsourced news arrangements at Sinclair-owned television stations, KBSI features the same graphics scheme and music package as seen on this CBS outlet. Also, there are no on-air ] separately identifying the KBSI newscast. In instances of ] (most notably during a ] in the viewing area), KBSI may simulcast live coverage from KFVS if an event occurs outside the prime time newscast. On October 3, 2010, WPSD brought back its own newscast at 9 p.m. known as ''The Nine'' to both of its digital subchannels which is seen every night, except Saturdays, for a half-hour, until it was canceled in 2019.

	In July 2011, KFVS became the second news operation in the market to upgrade local news production to high definition level. Included with the switch was the debut of a new studio and updated graphics (the KBSI newscast was included in the change).		In July 2011, KFVS became the second news operation in the market to upgrade local news production to high definition level. Included with the switch was the debut of a new studio and updated graphics (the KBSI newscast was included in the change).

	During weather segments, the station uses live ] ] radar data from several regional sites. This system is known on-air as "First Alert Doppler Network". KFVS also operates its own ], called "Live StormTeam Radar", that is located on top of the Hirsch building. It is a Collins radar sold by ADC in ] and is the only live radar source in the market since the National Weather Service data seen on rival stations is delayed.		During weather segments, the station uses live ] ] radar data from several regional sites. This system is known on-air as "First Alert Doppler Network". KFVS also operates its own ], called "Live StormTeam Radar", that is located on top of the Hirsch building. It is a Collins radar sold by ADC in ], and is the only live radar source in the market since the National Weather Service data seen on rival stations is delayed.

	==Technical information==		==Technical information==

	===Subchannels===		===Subchannels===
	The station's ~~digital~~ signal is ]:		The station's signal is ]:
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	===Analog-to-digital conversion===		===Analog-to-digital conversion===
	KFVS-TV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 12, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition ] channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds \|access-date=~~2012-03-~~24 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|archive-date=~~2013-08-~~29 }}</ref>		KFVS-TV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 12, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition ] channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds \|access-date=March 24, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>

			==Coverage area==
			KFVS refers to its viewing area as "]", which is included in KFVS-DT2's on-air branding. KFVS serves more than fifty counties in four states including all of southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and northwestern ]. KFVS considers ] as the only northeastern Arkansas county in its viewing area as shown during its nightly weather segments which be seen in the local temperature graphic.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kfvs.com/story/1226376/stormteam-graphics-heartland-current-temperatures\|title=StormTeam Graphics - Heartland Current Temperatures\|date=April 10, 2003\|work=kfvs.com}}</ref> ] systems in ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?zipcode=72422&lineupId=AR03463%3AX\|title=TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, where to watch TV shows - Zap2it.com\|work=Zap2it}}</ref> ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.newwavecom.com/pdf/arkansas/Piggott_2013_web.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=February 21, 2013 \|archive-date=October 8, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008043105/http://www.newwavecom.com/pdf/arkansas/Piggott_2013_web.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> list KFVS on their local cable lineups. However, Jonesboro<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://ws.suddenlink.com/lineup/fileDownLoad?fd_fileId=2271 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=February 21, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123338/https://ws.suddenlink.com/lineup/fileDownLoad?fd_fileId=2271 \|archive-date=July 14, 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.getritter.info/residential/communities/options.php?cid=30&sid=206&section=cable&step=o&return=/residential/community/lake-city/cable\|title=Ritter Communications\|work=getritter.info}}</ref> cable systems do not carry the station. According to ], KFVS is still carried on its Jonesboro area lineup as a local channel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/new_customer/base_packages.jsp?footernavtype=-1\|title=DIRECTV Packages and Pricing - Call 855-849-4388\|work=DIRECTV}}</ref>

			While broadcasting an analog signal, a portion of its off-air signal reached into the ] overlapping with sister stations ] in ], and ] in Jonesboro. During the analog era, KFVS' coverage area overlapped with ] in ], extending as north as ], with cable systems on the edge of both markets providing both stations until CBS forced carriage of only the market's given affiliate on those systems in the early 2010s.

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TV station in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

KFVS-TV
Cape Girardeau, Missouri Harrisburg, Illinois Paducah, Kentucky United States


City	Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 12
Branding	KFVS 12; Heartland News; Heartland's CW (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	12.1: CBS 12.2: The CW for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WQWQ-LD
History
First air date	October 3, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-10-03)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 57 (UHF, 2002–2009), 12 (VHF, 2009–2020)
Call sign meaning	from former radio sister KFVS (AM)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	592
ERP	11.8 kW
HAAT	609 m (1,998 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°25′46″N 89°30′14″W / 37.42944°N 89.50389°W / 37.42944; -89.50389
Translator(s)	K17LV-D 17 (UHF) Poplar Bluff, MO
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kfvs12.com

KFVS-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, serving Southeastern Missouri, the Purchase area of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northwest Tennessee as an affiliate of CBS and The CW. The station is owned by Gray Television alongside Paducah, Kentucky–licensed Telemundo affiliate WQWQ-LD (channel 18). The two stations share studios in the Hirsch Tower on Broadway Avenue in Downtown Cape Girardeau; KFVS-TV's transmitter is located northwest of Egypt Mills, in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County.

KFVS-TV had previously served the Jonesboro, Arkansas, media market as the default CBS station on cable, until the sign-on of the Jonesboro area's first locally based CBS affiliate August 1, 2015, on a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate KJNB-LD/KJNE-LD.

History

KFVS began broadcasting on October 3, 1954, and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 12. It was owned by broadcasting pioneer Oscar C. Hirsch, who had signed-on the area's first radio station, KFVS radio (AM 960, now KZIM) in his radio shop in 1925. Although the KFVS call letters appear to stand for "Five States", they were actually randomly assigned by then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. At the start, channel 12 did not have any video cameras. Instead, its first broadcast showed slides of its new transmitter tower that was under construction at the time. Channel 12 was housed along with its radio sister until 1968 when it moved to its present location on Broadway Avenue. Hirsch sold the station to AFLAC in 1979, but his family retained the radio station until 1985.

In 1997, AFLAC sold its entire broadcasting division, including KFVS, to a group headed by Retirement Systems of Alabama. It, in turn, merged with Ellis Communications a few months later to form Raycom Media. KFVS offered The Tube Music Network (a 24-hour digital music video channel) on its third digital subchannel which ceased operations on October 1, 2007.

Sale to Gray Television

On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. The cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion—in which Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom—resulted in KFVS and WQTV/WQWQ gaining new sister stations in nearby markets, including NBC/ABC affiliates KYTV and KSPR-LD in Springfield and ABC/Fox affiliate WBKO in Bowling Green, in addition to its current Raycom sister stations. The sale was approved on December 20, and was completed on January 2, 2019.

News operation

Compared with the other big four stations in the market, KFVS has traditionally covered Southeastern Missouri. The newscasts of ABC affiliate WSIL-TV focus exclusively on Southern Illinois, from studios in Carterville, and it does not even mention the market's other two primary cities (Cape Girardeau and Paducah) in its on-air legal identification. This is despite the fact that WSIL operates a full-time satellite, KPOB, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. KFVS offers secondary coverage of Southern Illinois from a newsroom on East Plaza Drive in Carterville near WSIL. NBC affiliate WPSD-TV, based in Paducah, focuses more on the Western Kentucky side although that station operates a bureau in Marion, Illinois and barely even covered the northern West Tennessee side of the market. KBSI later debuted its own newscasts in 2022, outsourced from ABC affiliate KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska.

At one point in time, KFVS produced a nightly prime time newscast on WQTV/WQWQ. Known as Heartland News at 9, the show could be seen for a half-hour and was targeted specifically at a Southeastern Missouri audience. It competed with another broadcast in the time slot on Fox affiliate KBSI which also aired every night for thirty minutes. However, that program was produced by WPSD, so it featured more of a regional summary of headlines since it originated from the NBC outlet's facility in Kentucky. The WQTV/WQWQ newscast was dropped on July 29, 2007, after nearly eight years. KFVS-DT2 currently replays three weekday newscasts from KFVS including the 6 a.m. hour of The Breakfast Show (at 7), Heartland News at Noon (at 1 p.m.), and Heartland News at 10 (at 11 p.m.). The Sunday edition of The Breakfast Show is also repeated on the subchannel.

On October 1, 2010, Heartland News at 9 was brought back after a news share agreement was established with KBSI, which offers a nightly hour-long prime time newscast originating from the KFVS studios. With that addition, this station offers more than thirty hours of local news each week. Unlike other outsourced news arrangements at Sinclair-owned television stations, KBSI features the same graphics scheme and music package as seen on this CBS outlet. Also, there are no on-air duratrans separately identifying the KBSI newscast. In instances of severe weather (most notably during a tornado warning in the viewing area), KBSI may simulcast live coverage from KFVS if an event occurs outside the prime time newscast. On October 3, 2010, WPSD brought back its own newscast at 9 p.m. known as The Nine to both of its digital subchannels which is seen every night, except Saturdays, for a half-hour, until it was canceled in 2019.

In July 2011, KFVS became the second news operation in the market to upgrade local news production to high definition level. Included with the switch was the debut of a new studio and updated graphics (the KBSI newscast was included in the change).

During weather segments, the station uses live NOAA National Weather Service radar data from several regional sites. This system is known on-air as "First Alert Doppler Network". KFVS also operates its own Doppler weather radar, called "Live StormTeam Radar", that is located on top of the Hirsch building. It is a Collins radar sold by ADC in Bloomington, Indiana, and is the only live radar source in the market since the National Weather Service data seen on rival stations is delayed.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KFVS-TV
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
12.1	1080i	16:9	KFVS DT	CBS
12.2	720p		CW	The CW
12.3	480i		KFVSOUT	Outlaw
12.4			MeTV	MeTV
12.5			Grit	Grit
12.6			Oxygen	Oxygen

Analog-to-digital conversion

KFVS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.

Coverage area

KFVS refers to its viewing area as "The Heartland", which is included in KFVS-DT2's on-air branding. KFVS serves more than fifty counties in four states including all of southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and northwestern Tennessee. KFVS considers Clay County as the only northeastern Arkansas county in its viewing area as shown during its nightly weather segments which be seen in the local temperature graphic. Cable systems in Corning, Piggott, Rector, Marmaduke, Pollard, Greenway, St. Francis, and Lafe, Arkansas list KFVS on their local cable lineups. However, Jonesboro and Lake City cable systems do not carry the station. According to DirecTV, KFVS is still carried on its Jonesboro area lineup as a local channel.

While broadcasting an analog signal, a portion of its off-air signal reached into the Missouri Bootheel overlapping with sister stations WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, and KAIT in Jonesboro. During the analog era, KFVS' coverage area overlapped with KMOV in St. Louis, extending as north as Belleville, Illinois, with cable systems on the edge of both markets providing both stations until CBS forced carriage of only the market's given affiliate on those systems in the early 2010s.

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"GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION". Raycom Media (Press release). June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
Miller, Mark K. (June 25, 2018). "Gray To Buy Raycom For $3.6 Billion". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
John Eggerton (June 25, 2018). "Gray Buying Raycom for $3.6B". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media.
Dade Hayes (June 25, 2018). "Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. 3 Local TV Group". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.
"FCC OK with Gray/Raycom Merger", Broadcasting & Cable, December 20, 2018, Retrieved December 20, 2018.
"Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
"Heartland News at 9:00 Has a New Focus!".
Mark K. Miller. "KFVS, KBSI Partner For 9 P.M. Hour News". tvnewscheck.com.
"RabbitEars listing for KFVS-TV". RabbitEars.
"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
"StormTeam Graphics - Heartland Current Temperatures". kfvs.com. April 10, 2003.
"TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, where to watch TV shows - Zap2it.com". Zap2it.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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"DIRECTV Packages and Pricing - Call 855-849-4388". DIRECTV.

External links

Broadcast television in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee

This region includes the following cities: Paducah, KY

Cape Girardeau, MO

Harrisburg, IL

Union City, TN
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable or satellite television

Paducah, KY

WPSD-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Cozi, 6.3 ANT)
WQWQ-LD (9.1 TMD)
WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (xx.1 KET/PBS, xx.2 KET2, xx.3 KY Channel, xx.4 PBS Kids)
WDKA (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 Charge!, 49.3 TBD, 49.4 Nest, 49.5 Dabl, 49.6 Court)

Cape Girardeau/Poplar Bluff, MO

K10KM-D 3 / KPOB-TV 15 (xx.1 ABC, xx.2 H&I, xx.3 Crime, xx.4 Court, xx.5 Ion)
KFVS-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 CW, 12.3 Outlaw, 12.4 MeTV, 12.5 Grit, 12.6 Oxygen)
KDKZ-LD (18.1 AMGTV, Farmington)
KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV, 23.3 Comet, 23.4 Ion+, 23.5 Bounce, 23.6 Scripps)

Harrisburg/Carbondale, IL

WSIL-TV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 H&I, 3.3 Crime, 3.4 Court, 3.5 Ion)
WSIU-TV (8.1 PBS, 8.2 World, 8.3 Create, 8.4 PBS Kids, 8.5 WSIU-FM)
W15BU-D (15.1 3ABN, 15.2 3ABN Latino, 15.3 3ABN Radio, 15.4 Radio 74 Internationale)
WTCT (27.1 TCT, 27.2 SBN, 27.3 Biz, 27.4 Laff, 27.5 Start, 27.6 Story, 27.7 Quest, 27.8 Buzzr, 27.9 Ads, 27.10 LC)

Outlying areas

Southern Illinois	WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV; Mount Vernon, IL)
Southeast Missouri	K27OY-D 27 (Ind. - Poplar Bluff, MO)
Northwest Tennessee	WLJT-DT (11.1 PBS, 11.2 PBS Kids, 11.3 Create; Lexington/Martin, TN) WUWT-CD (26.1 Retro, 26.2 Heartland; Union City, TN)

Kentucky broadcast television areas: Bowling Green; Charleston/Huntington, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah (Western Kentucky/Southern Illinois/Southeast Missouri)

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Martin/Union City; Tri-Cities

See also: Jonesboro TV; Little Rock TV; Springfield, IL TV; Springfield, MO TV; St. Louis TV; Terre Haute TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Missouri
ABC	KQTV 2 (St. Joseph) KTVO 3 (Kirksville) WOI-DT 5 (Ames, IA) WSIL-TV 3 / KPOB-TV 15 / K10KM-D 10 (Harrisburg, IL/Poplar Bluff/Cape Girardeau) KETV 7 (Omaha, NE) KHQA-DT 7.2 (Hannibal) KMBC-TV 9 (Kansas City) KODE-TV 12 (Joplin) KMIZ 17 (Columbia) WATN-TV 24 (Memphis, TN) KDNL-TV 30 (St. Louis) KSPR-LD 33 / KYTV-DT 33.1 (Springfield)
CBS	KMTV-TV 3 (Omaha, NE) KTVO 3.2 (Kirksville) WREG-TV 3 (Memphis, TN) KMOV 4 (St. Louis) KCTV 5 (Kansas City) KHQA-TV 7 (Hannibal) KOAM-TV 7 (Pittsburg, KS) KCCI 8 (Des Moines, IA) KOLR 10 (Springfield) KFVS-TV 12 / K17LV-D 12 (Cape Girardeau/Poplar Bluff) KRCG 13 (Jefferson City) KCJO-LD 30 / KNPN-LD 26.2 (St. Joseph)
Fox	KTVI 2 (St. Louis) WDAF-TV 4 (Kansas City) WGEM-DT 10.3 (Quincy, IL) WHBQ-TV 13 (Memphis, TN) KFJX 14 / KOAM-TV 7.2 (Pittsburg, KS) KYOU-TV 15 / K30MG-D 15 (Ottumwa, IA/Kirksville) KDSM-TV 17 (Des Moines, IA) KQFX-LD 22 / K18KK-D 18 / KMIZ 17.4 (Columbia) KBSI 23 (Cape Girardeau) KNPN-LD 26 (St. Joseph) KPTM 42 (Omaha, NE) KRBK 49 (Osage Beach)
NBC	KYTV 3 (Springfield) KSDK 5 (St. Louis) WMC-TV 5 (Memphis, TN) WOWT 6 (Omaha, NE) WPSD-TV 6 (Paducah, KY) KOMU-TV 8 (Columbia) WGEM-TV 10 (Quincy, IL) WHO-DT 13 (Des Moines, IA) KYOU-TV 15.2 / K30MG-D 30.2 (Ottumwa, IA/Kirksville) KSNF 16 (Joplin) KNPG-LD 21 (St. Joseph) KSHB-TV 41 (Kansas City)
The CW	KOMU-DT 8.3 (Columbia) WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy, IL) KPLR-TV 11_{ATSC 3.0} (St. Louis) KFVS-DT 12.2 / K17LV-D 12.2 (Cape Girardeau/Poplar Bluff) KFJX-DT 14.2 (Pittsburg, KS) KYOU-DT 15.4 / K30MG-D 30.4 (Ottumwa, IA/Kirksville) KNPG-LD 21.2 (St. Joseph) KCWI 23 (Ames, IA) KYCW-LD 25 / KSPR-LD 33.2 / KYTV 33.2 (Branson/Springfield) KCWE 29 (Kansas City) WLMT 30 (Memphis, TN) KPTM-DT 42.3 (Omaha, NE)
MyNetworkTV	KMOV-DT 4.2 (St. Louis) KCCI-DT 8.3 (Des Moines, IA) KMIZ-DT 17.3 (Columbia) KOZL-TV 27 (Springfield) WLMT 30 (Memphis, TN) KPTM-DT 42.2 (Omaha, NE) WDKA 49 / KBSI-DT 23.2 (Paducah, KY/Cape Girardeau) KSMO-TV 62_{ATSC 3.0} (Kansas City)
Ion Television	KQTV-DT 2.3 (St. Joseph) WSIL-DT 3.5 / KPOB-DT 15.5 / K10KM-D 10.5 (Harrisburg, IL/Poplar Bluff/Cape Girardeau) WOWT-DT 6.4 (Omaha, NE) KODE-DT 12.4 (Joplin) KGKM-LD 36.2 (Columbia) KFPX-TV 39 (Newton, IA) WRBU 46 (East St. Louis, IL) KRBK-DT 49.4 (Osage Beach) KPXE-TV 50 (Kansas City) WPXX-TV 50 (Memphis, TN)
PBS	KMOS-TV 6 (Sedalia) WSIU-TV 8 (Carbondale, IL) KETC 9 (St. Louis) WKNO 10 (Memphis, TN) KDIN-TV 11 (Des Moines, IA) K18GU-D 12 (Ottumwa, IA) KCPT 19 (Kansas City) KOZK 21 / KOZJ 26 (Springfield / Joplin) KYNE-TV 26 (Omaha, NE) WQEC 27 (Quincy, IL)
Other	WQWQ-LD 9 (TMD, Paducah, KY/Cape Girardeau) WPXS 13 / KUMO-LP 51 (Daystar, St. Louis/Mount Vernon, IL) KXVO 15_{ATSC 3.0} (TBD, Omaha, NE) KTAJ-TV 16 (TBN, Kansas City/St. Joseph) WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy, IL) KUKC-LD 20 (UNI, Kansas City) KNPG-LD 21.3 (TMD, St. Joseph) WTWV 23 (Rel. Ind., Memphis, TN) KNLC 24 (MeTV, St. Louis) KFDR 25 (CTN, Jefferson City) WTCT 27 (TCT, Marion, IL) KDNL-TV 30 (.2 TBD, .3 Charge!, .4 Nest, St. Louis) KWBM 31 (Daystar, Harrison, AR) KBNS-CD 36 (Ind., Branson) KGKM-LD 36 (TMD, Columbia) KMCI-TV 38_{ATSC 3.0} (Ind., Lawrence, KS) KGKC-LD 39 (TMD, Lawrence, KS)

v t e CBS network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Illinois
Primary*	WBBM-TV 2 (Chicago) WCIA 3 / WCIX 49.2 (Champaign/Springfield) WHBF-TV 4 (Rock Island/Moline/Davenport, IA) KHQA-TV 7 (Hannibal, MO/Quincy) KFVS-TV 12 (Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY/Harrisburg) WIFR-LD 23 (Rockford) WMBD-TV 31 (Peoria/Bloomington)
Secondary**	KMOV 4 (St. Louis, MO/East St. Louis) WTHI-TV 10 (Terre Haute, IN/Marshall) WEVV-TV 44 (Evansville, IN/Carmi)
() – indicates station is in one of Illinois' primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Illinois See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Illinois

v t e CW network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Illinois
Primary*	WGN-TV 9 (Chicago) WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy/Hannibal, MO) KFVS-DT 12.2 (Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY/Harrisburg) WSLN 19 / WIFR-LD 23.5 (Rockford) WBUI 23 (Decatur/Springfield/Champaign) WEEK-DT 25.3 (Peoria/Bloomington) KGCW 26 (Burlington/Davenport, IA/Moline)
Secondary**	WTWO-DT 2.2 (Terre Haute, IN) WTVW 7 (Evansville, IN/Carmi) KPLR-TV 11_{ATSC 3.0} (St. Louis, MO/East St. Louis)
() – indicates station is in one of Illinois' primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Illinois See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Illinois

v t e CBS network affiliates in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
WQWQ-LD 12 (Paducah) WKYT-TV 27 (Lexington) WLKY 32 (Louisville) WNKY-DT 40.2 (Bowling Green) WYMT-TV 57 (Hazard)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kentucky

v t e CW network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Primary*	KFVS-DT 12.2 Cape Girardeau, MO/Harrisburg, IL/Paducah WBKO-DT 13.3 Bowling Green WKYT-DT 27.2 Lexington WBKI 58 Salem, IN/Louisville
Secondary**	WCYB-DT 5.2 Bristol, VA–TN/Kingsport/Johnson City, TN/Whitesburg WTVW 7 Evansville, IN/Owensboro WKRC-DT 12.2 Cincinnati, OH/Covington WZTV-DT 17.2 Nashville, TN/Hopkinsville WBXX-TV 20 Crossville/Knoxville, TN/Middlesboro WQCW 30 Portsmouth, OH/Charleston/Huntington, WV/Ashland
Defunct	WAZE-TV 19 Madisonville WBKI-TV 34 Campbellsville
() – indicates station is in one of Kentucky's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Kentucky See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kentucky

v t e CBS network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Tennessee
Primary*	WREG-TV 3 (Memphis) WTVF 5 (Nashville) WBBJ-DT 7.3 (Jackson) WVLT-TV 8 (Knoxville) WJHL-TV 11 (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol) WDEF-TV 12 (Chattanooga)
Secondary**	KFVS-TV 12 (Cape Girardeau, MO/Harrisburg, IL/Paducah, KY/Union City) WHNT-TV 19 (Huntsville, AL/Fayetteville)
() – indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Tennessee

v t e CW network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Tennessee
Primary*	WCYB-DT 5.2 (Bristol, VA/Kingsport/Johnson City) WZTV-DT 17.2 (Nashville) WBXX-TV 20 (Crossville/Knoxville) WLMT 30 (Memphis) WNBJ-LD 39.2 (Jackson) WFLI-TV 53 (Cleveland/Chattanooga)
Secondary**	KFVS-DT 12.2 (Cape Girardeau, MO/Harrisburg, IL/Paducah, KY/Union City) WHDF 15 / WHNT-DT 19.2 (Florence/Huntsville, AL/Fayetteville)
() – indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Tennessee

v t e Gray Television
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KAIT KCRG-TV KJCT-LD KLTV / KTRE KOLO-TV KOTA-TV / KHSD-TV / KNEP / KSGW-TV KSFY-TV / KPRY-TV KSPR-LD KSWO-TV WBAY-TV WBKO WCJB-TV WGGB-TV WHSV-TV WLOX WPTA WTOK-TV WTVG WTVM WWSB
CBS	KAUU KAUZ-TV KCTV KEYC-TV KFDA-TV KFVS-TV KGMB KGWN-TV / KSTF KKTV KMOV KMVT KNOE-TV KNPL-LD KOLD-TV KOLN / KGIN KOSA-TV KPHO-TV KSLA KWCH-DT / KBSD-DT / KBSH-DT / KBSL-DT KWTX-TV / KBTX-TV KXII KXDF-CD KXJB-LD KYLX-LD WABI-TV WAFB WAGM-TV WANF WBNG-TV WBTV WCAX-TV WCSC-TV WCTV WDBJ WDTV WECP-LD WFSB / WSHM-LD WIBW-TV WIFR-LD WIYE-LD WKYT-TV / WYMT-TV WNEM-TV WOIO / WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD WRDW-TV WSAW-TV / WYOW WTOC-TV WTVY WVLT-TV WWNY-TV
Fox	KEVN-LD KIIT-CD KJTV-TV KMSB KNDX / KXND KPTV KSVT-LD KVHP KVVU-TV KXLT-TV KYOU-TV WALA-TV WBRC WDBD WFLX WHNS WNYF-CD WOVA-LD WSFX-TV WSVF-CD WVFX WVUE-DT WXIX-TV WXTX WZAW-LD
NBC	KALB-TV KATH-LD / KSCT-LD KBJR-TV / KRII KCBD KCWY-DT KDLT-TV / KDLV-TV KFYR-TV / KQCD-TV / KMOT / KUMV-TV KGNS-TV KHNL / KOGG / KSIX-TV KKCO KMNF-LD KNEP KNOP-TV KPLC KSNB-TV KTIV KTTC KTUU-TV KTVF KVLY-TV KWQC-TV KYTV WAFF WAGT-CD WALB WAVE WDAM-TV WEAU WECT WEEK-TV WFIE WGEM-TV WILX-TV / WLNM-LD WIS WITN-TV WJHG-TV WLBT WLTZ WLUC-TV WMBF-TV WMC-TV / WANF-LD WMTV WNDU-TV WOWT WRGX-LD WSAZ-TV WSFA WSMV-TV / WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WSVW-LD WTAP-TV WVIR-TV / WVIR-CD WVVA WWBT / WRID-LD WWPI-LD
The CW	KAUZ-TV KCWH-LD / KNHL KCWO-TV KDLH KFVS-DT2 KLCW-TV KNCT KSCW-DT KTTU-TV KYCW-LD WBXX-TV WECX-LD WGCW-LD WISE-TV WPCH-TV WQCW WSLN WUAB WUPV WVIR-DT3 / WVIR-CD3 WYOW
MyNetworkTV	KAUU-DT4 KFXF-LD KPDX KSMO-TV KTTU-TV KWWT WBXH-CD WFXU WIYE-LD WLOO WZBJ / WZBJ-CD
Telemundo	KAQI-LD KBTX-DT3 KEYU KFVE-DT2 KIAT-LD KKCO-DT3 KJTB-LD KLTV-DT3 KSPR-LD6 KSWO-DT2 KTLE-LD KTRE-DT2 KTSH-CD KWTX-DT2 KXNU-LD KXNV-LD KXTQ-CD W27DP-D WBGS-LD WBQC-LD WBXM-CD WBXX-DT5 WGAT-LD WKTB-CD / WKSY-LD WLHA-LD WMBP-LD2 WOOK-LD WQWQ-LD WRGX-LD3 WTBM-CD WTCL-LD / WOHZ-CD WTFL-LD WTHV-LD WTME-LD WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WTSG-LD WTWL-LD WXIV-LD
Other	H&I WSJV Ind. K17DL-D KFVE KTVK WWAX-LD MeTV KHME / KQME WPGA-TV AFS KPHE-LD KAZF KAZS MM KDTL-LD PSN WPGA-LD RESN WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD
Radio stations	WGEM-FM
Programming	Hawaii News Now Investigate TV
Other assets	Free TV Networks The365 Outlaw VCR Action VCR Haha Defy TV Raycom Sports (ACC Network) PowerNation Studios PowerNation Tupelo Honey Arizona's Family Sports Peachtree Sports Network
Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Diversified Communications Hoak Media Meredith Local Media Quincy Media Granite Broadcasting Raycom Media Drewry Communications Liberty Corporation Lincoln Financial Media Schurz Communications United Communications
Owned by American Spirit Media; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by Tegna Inc.; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by Gray; E. W. Scripps Company operates this station through an SSA. Owned by Tougaloo College and operated by American Spirit Media through a JSA; Gray provides limited engineering support through an SSA. Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

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