KSNT

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KSNT
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Topeka, Kansas
City of license Topeka, Kansas
Branding 27 KSNT (general)
Kansas First News (news)
Fox 43 KTMJ (on DT2)
Slogan Complete Local Coverage
Channels Digital: 27 (UHF)
Subchannels 27.1 NBC
27.2 Fox
Affiliations NBC
Owner New Vision Television
(NVT Topeka Licensee, LLC)
First air date December 28, 1967
Call letters' meaning Kansas State
Network Topeka
Sister station(s) KTKA-TV
KTMJ-CA
KSNW
Former callsigns KTSB (1967–1982)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
27 (UHF, 1967–2009)
Digital:
28 (UHF)
Former affiliations ABC (per program, 1967–1983)
The CW (on DT2, 2006–2008)
Transmitter power 77.9 kW
Height 320 m
Facility ID 67335
Transmitter coordinates 39°5′34″N 95°47′4″W / 39.09278°N 95.78444°W / 39.09278; -95.78444
Website kansasfirstnews.com

KSNT is the NBC-affiliated television station for Topeka, Kansas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter at its studios on Northwest 27th Street (U.S. 24) near the Kiro section of Topeka. Owned by New Vision Television, the station is sister to and shares facilities with Class A Fox affiliate KTMJ-CA, it also operates ABC affiliate KTKA-TV under a shared services agreement with PBC Broadcasting. Syndicated programming on KSNT includes: Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

On cable, KSNT is carried on analog channel 7 in standard definition and digital channel 2007 in high definition on Cox Communications in Topeka, on analog channel 8 in standard definition and digital channel 208 in high definition on Knology in the Lawrence area, and on analog channel 8 in standard definition on RESNET in Lawrence.

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[edit] Digital programming

On digital subchannel 27.2 is a simulcast of sister station and Fox affiliate KTMJ-CA; the main KTMJ signal is also carried on Cox analog channel 6 and digital channel 2006.

On June 12, 2009, KSNT abandoned its previous pre-transition digital channel assignment of channel 28, and moved its digital channel assignment to the station's former analog channel 27.[1][2]

Channel Video Aspect Name Programming
27.1 1080i 16:9 KSNT main KSNT programming / NBC (HD)
27.2 720p KTMJ-CA Simulcast of KTMJ-CA

[edit] History

It debuted on December 28, 1967 as KTSB, originally owned by Ralph C. Wilson Jr., founding owner of the Buffalo Bills NFL football team. It was Topeka's second commercial television station and the first full-powered UHF station in Kansas. The station has been an NBC affiliate from the first day. Unlike most then two-station markets, KTSB did not take a formal secondary affiliation with ABC but did clear a few shows from that network. It had little need to air many ABC shows because KMBC-TV in Kansas City and KQTV in St. Joseph both decently cover Topeka. In any case, KTKA got the ABC affiliation when it began operations in 1983.

In 1982, George Hatch (owner of the Kansas State Network based at KARD-TV in Wichita--now KSNW) bought the station. Later that year, this station was renamed KSNT as part of an effort to help viewers think of the KSN stations as part of one large network. During the next few years, the station referred to itself as KSN but only did limited simulcasting with KSNW and the other three KSN stations in Western Kansas, but still provides stories from the northeast area to KSNW and the other KSN stations and KSNW providing central and western Kansas news stories to KSNT today, in addition to University of Kansas Jayhawks basketball games and NBC programming. While in its role as airing partial simulcasts of KSNW programming, it used the Hello News music package until 1986.

George Lilly (SJL Communications) purchased the station from Hatch in 1990 along with KSNW and eventually dismantled part of the microwave system that linked the two stations in a cost cutting effort. In 1995, Lee Enterprises picked up the KSN group including KSNT. In 2000, Emmis Communications acquired the KSN stations but eventually sold it back to Montecito Broadcasting Group (formerly SJL Communications) for $259 million.

It was announced in April 2006 that KSNT-DT2 would be Northeast Kansas' home of the The CW beginning on September 18. On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KSNT, KSNW and its satellites, plus KHON-TV in Honolulu and its satellites, and KOIN in Portland) to New Vision Television. The sale closed on November 1 of that year. [3] In July 2008, New Vision purchased low-powered Fox affiliate KTMJ, and in November, replaced The CW programming on KSNT-DT2 with a digital broadcast of that channel since it did not air one of its own due to being a Class A station. KTMJ moved from its original studios on Southwest Southgate Drive in Topeka to KSNT's facilities.

On February 4, 2011, Free State Communications announced that would sell KTKA-TV to PBC Broadcasting, which also owns stations in Youngstown, OH and Savannah, GA. Both operations are part of shared service and local marketing agreements with stations owned by KSNT's owner New Vision Television in their respective markets, suggesting that KTKA would be structured under the same sort of arrangement with KSNT. Despite objections to the sale by the American Cable Association that the sale could give the virtual triopoly too much leverage in retransmission consent negotiations, leaving the possibility of the blackout of three of Topeka's network affiliates should retrans negotiations with area pay television providers break down in the future, the FCC approved the sale of KTKA to PBC Broadcasting for $1.5 million on July 21, 2011.[4]

[edit] Programming

Syndicated programming currently featured on KSNT includes Dr. Phil, The Dr. Oz Show, The Closer, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Entertainment Tonight, Criminal Minds, Live with Kelly and Inside Edition.

[edit] News operation

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further information of KSNT's news operation prior to August 2011.

Currently, KSNT broadcasts a total of 18½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 3½ hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

On July 30, 2011, KSNT and KTMJ-CA combined its news operations with KTKA-TV, under the banner name of Kansas First News; the newscasts are based out of the KSNT studios. The arrangement is similar to other virtual triopoly joint news operations such as Raycom Media/MCG Capital's Hawaii News Now in Honolulu, Hawaii and Granite/Malara's Indiana's NewsCenter in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Northland's NewsCenter in Duluth, Minnesota.[5]

[edit] News/station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • Action News 27 (1973–1977)
  • Pacesetter News (1977–1982)
  • KSN NewsCenter (1982–1997)
  • 27 News (1997–2005 and 2010–2011)
  • KSNT 27 News (2005–2010)
  • Kansas First News (2011–present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • "Hello Kansas... KSN Loves You" (early-mid 1980s; used in a series of promos using Frank Gari's "Hello News")
  • "Turn to KSN" (late 1980s)
  • "Coverage You Can Count On" (1997–2002)
  • "Clear, Accuate, To The Point" (2002–2008)
  • "Complete Local Coverage" (2008–present)
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[edit] News team[6]

Anchors

  • Ben Bauman - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m., and 9 p.m. on KTMJ-CA
  • Nate Hill - news director; weeknights at 5 p.m.
  • Hillary Mullin - weekday mornings
  • Gina Ninemire - weekend evenings; also reporter and news producer
  • Kelli Stegeman - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.; also "Kelli's Cameo" segment producer

First Warning Weather

  • Matt Miller - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Tom Hagen (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings
  • Ashley Feaster - meteorologist; weekend evenings
  • Kyle Morris - meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m. on KTMJ-CA; also fill-in meteorologist

Sports team

  • Alex Wiebel - sports anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m., and 9 p.m. on KTMJ-CA
  • Rob Hughes - sports anchor; weekend evenings, also sports reporter

Reporters

  • Bob Beatty - political analyst
  • Monica Castro - general assignment reporter
  • Janene Gier - general assignment reporter
  • Mecca Rayne - general assignment reporter
  • Lauren Seabrook - Emporia and education reporter
  • Kent Wallace - general assignment reporter

[edit] Former on-air staff

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://cjonline.com/stories/021409/loc_387794849.shtml
  3. ^ http://broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6462752.html
  4. ^ FCC OKs KTKA Sale Over ACA Objection, TVNewsCheck, July 21, 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.ksnt.com/news/local/story/Kansas-First-News-debuts-Saturday/kyJXs7ydRU-De7mJaSHUog.cspx
  6. ^ Meet the Team

[edit] External links

Television stations in northeastern Kansas, including Topeka
Local stations
KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Create, 11.3 PBS HD) • KSQA (12.1 Ind) • WIBW (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV) • KKSU-LP 21 (Ind) • KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 KTMJ-CA) • K31BW 31 (silent) • K33IC 33 (TBN) • KTMJ 43 / KTLJ 6 / KMJT 15 / KETM 17 (Fox) • KTKA (49.1 ABC, 49.2 Weather, 49.3 The CW)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Defunct stations
Television Stations in Kansas City
Local stations
WDAF (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna TV) · KCTV (5.1 CBS) · KMBC (9.1 ABC, 9.2 Me-TV) · KUJH-LP 14 (Ind) · KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS-HD, 19.3 Create) · KCWE (29.1 The CW, 29.2 This TV) · KCDN-LP 35 (DS) · KMCI (38.1 Ind, 38.2 LWN) · KSHB (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Weather) · K45IO 45 (HSN) · KUKC-LP 48 (UNI) · KPXE (50.1 ION, 50.2 qubo, 50.3 Life) · KSMO (62.1 MNTV)
Local cable channels
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

KQTV (2.1 ABC, St. Joseph)  · KMOS 6 (PBS, Sedalia) · KTWU (11.1 PBS, Topeka)  · WIBW (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV; Topeka)  · KTAJ (16.1 TBN, St. Joseph)
Defunct stations

KCTY 25 (DuMont)
NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Kansas
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