KOAM-TV
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| Pittsburg, Kansas-Joplin, Missouri | |
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| Branding | KOAM-TV (general) KOAM News (news) |
| Slogan | The Four States' Most Watched News |
| Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 CBS 7.2 Fox (Simulcast of KFJX) |
| Owner | Saga Communications, Inc. (Saga Quad States Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | December 13, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri |
| Sister station(s) | KFJX |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953-2009) Digital: 13 (VHF, 2001-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: NBC (1953-1982) Secondary: ABC (1953-1967) CBS (1953-1954) DuMont (1953-1955) |
| Transmitter power | 14.8 kW |
| Height | 335.8 m |
| Facility ID | 58552 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°13′15″N 94°42′25″W / 37.22083°N 94.70694°W |
| Website | www.koamtv.com/ |
KOAM-TV, channel 7, is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Four State Area region of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, serving the cities of Pittsburg, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri. Owned by Saga Communications, the station is operated in a virtual duopoly with Surtsey Media-owned Fox affiliate KFJX (channel 14). The station's transmitter is located in Columbus, Kansas. The station utilizes VHF channel 7 for both their digital broadcasts and PSIP virtual channel.
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[edit] Digital programming
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 7.1 | 720p | 16:9 | main KOAM-TV programming / CBS (HD) |
| 7.2 | 480i | 4:3 | simulcast of KFJX |
[edit] History
KOAM-TV first signed on at 5:22 p.m. on December 13, 1953 under the ownership of MidContinent Broadcasting Company, a joint venture of The Joplin Globe newspaper and KOAM radio (860 AM, the current KKOW). The Globe would eventually sell its minority stake in the station to KOAM radio owners E. Victor Baxter and Lester Cox.
KOAM-TV launched as a primary affiliate of NBC, owing to KOAM radio's long affiliation with NBC Radio, though it also had secondary affiliations with CBS (until KSWM-TV launched in 1954), DuMont (until that network's 1955 closure) and ABC (until 1967, when KODE became a fulltime ABC affiliate and KUHI-TV signed on with CBS). In 1982, KOAM swapped affiliations with KTVJ (the former KUHI-TV) and became a CBS affiliate.
KOAM's digital signal on channel 13 signed on in 2001 and remained there until signing off at KOAM turned off its analog signal at 12:38 a.m. February 17, 2009 (following The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson), at which time KOAM ceased analog broadcasting and its digital signal moved to channel 7. Sister station KFJX, the market's Fox affiliate, moved onto KOAM's former digital channel 13 (KFJX continued to broadcast on analog Channel 14 until the June 2009 shut down date). KFJX's signal is simulcast on KOAM's digital subchannel 7.2.
Wheel of Fortune is currently on KOAM. Jeopardy!, however, airs on KODE, making Joplin/Pittsburg one of only a few markets where the programs are carried on separate stations (Usually, both shows air on the same channel).
In June 2010, the DirecTV satellite system added Joplin locals to its channel line-up. KOAM and sister station KFJX refused to allow DirecTV to carry their stations.
[edit] News operation
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- Your Nescafé News Daily (1953–1960)
- National News (1960–1970)
- TV-7 News (1970–1977)
- NewsCenter 7 (1977–1980)
- News 7 (1980–1991)
- 7 News (1991–1995)
- NewsChannel 7 (1995–2002)
- KOAM News (2002–present)
[edit] Station slogans
- "Four States Strong: 7 Strong" (1997–2010)
- "The Power of 7" (2007–2010; secondary slogan)
- "The 4-States Most Watched News" (2010–present)
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[edit] Current on-air staff[1]
Anchors
- Tawnya Bach - weekday mornings and noon; also reporter
- Lisa Olliges - Saturdays at 6, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter and producer
- Dowe Quick - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.; also executive producer
SkyWatch Weather
- Doug Heady (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, 9 (on KFJX) and 10 p.m.
- Nick Kelly - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, and weekends at 9 (on KFJX) and 10 p.m., also reporter
- Dave Pylant - weather anchor; weekday mornings and noon
- Tyler Daniel - meteorologist; fill-in
Sports team
- Brandon Spiegel - sports director; weeknights at 6, 9 (on KFJX) and 10 p.m.
- Michael Admire - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6 and weekends at 9 (on KFJX) and 10 p.m., also sports reporter
Reporters
- Jordan Aubey - senior reporter
- Zach Fletcher - general assignment reporter
- Angela Hartman - general assignment reporter
- Lindsey Henry - general assignment reporter
- Angela Greenwood - general assignment reporter; also KFJX weekend 9 p.m. anchor
- Jehan Sheikh - general assignment reporter
[edit] Former on-air staff
- Brian Williams (now anchor of NBC Nightly News)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KOAM-TV Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOAM
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KOAM-TV
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