KHBS

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KHBS/KHOG-TV
Fort Smith / Fayetteville, Arkansas
Branding	40/29 News
Slogan	Live, Local, Latebreaking
Channels	40 / 29 (UHF) analog, 15 / 21 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC (secondary until 1978)
Owner	Hearst-Argyle Television
Founded	February 15, 1971 (KHBS), June 27, 1977 (KHOG)
Call letters meaning	K Hernreich Broadcasting System K HOG (mascot for the University of Arkansas)
Former callsigns	Fort Smith: KFPW-TV (1971-83); Fayetteville: KTVP (1977-87)
Former affiliations	CBS (1971-1978)
Website	www.4029tv.com

KHBS is a television station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, broadcasting locally on channel 40 as an affiliate of ABC. Additionally, a satellite station, KHOG-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, rebroadcasts the station's signal on channel 29. Both stations are owned by Hearst-Argyle Television and are normally referred to as one entity.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 Station Logos 4 External links

[edit] History

Channel 40 began as CBS affiliate KFPW-TV in 1971. In 1977, a satellite station called KTVP on channel 29 in Fayetteville was added. It was Fayetteville's second attempt at a commercial television station, after KGTO-TV, airing NBC and CBS programs in the area on channel 36, went dark after a few years in the early 1970s. [1]

Both stations have changed callsigns and their affiliation in their history. In 1978, the stations moved from CBS to ABC. In 1983, KFPW-TV changed its call letters to KHBS, and in 1987, KTVP became KHOG-TV.

[edit] Newscasts

The station currently produces four newscasts daily: from 5:30-7 a.m. and at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. The station maintains studios and newsrooms in Fort Smith and Fayetteville.

[edit] Station Logos

KPFW-TV logo, May 1974.

[edit] External links

• Official site of KHBS/KHOG
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHBS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHOG-TV