KTVO

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KTVO

Kirksville, Missouri / Ottumwa, Iowa
Branding	KTVO-TV3
Slogan	Spirit of the Heartland or Your source for news
Channels	3 (VHF) analog, 33 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC (Primary since 1968) The Tube on DT2
Owner	Barrington Broadcasting
Founded	November 21, 1955
Call letters meaning	Kirksville TeleVision Ottumwa
Former affiliations	CBS & NBC (Primary & Secondary, 1955-1968)
Transmitter Power	100 kW Analog 87 kW Digital
Website	www.ktvotv3.com

KTVO (a.k.a. KTVO-TV3) is a commercially licensed full-power television serving Kirksville, Missouri and Ottumwa, Iowa, USA at their entireties. It is a full-time ABC network affiliate.

[edit] Technical information

This station is licensed to Kirksville with offices in Ottumwa and its analog signal operates on VHF channel 3 with an Effective Radiated Power of 100 kilowatts and at the same time -- it broadcasts in high-definition on UHF channel 33 with an ERP of 87 kilowatts. Its analog signal has only mono audio without MTS or SAP. Its transmitter is located in Lancaster. KTVO is owned and operated by Barrington Broadcasting. Its license reads KTVO License Subsidiary, LLC.

[edit] Station history

KTVO began its broadcasting operation on November 21, 1955. The station was founded by Jim Conroy -- however before the station took to the air, people did not think a broadcast service would survive in a market like Kirksville. But Conroy had a "dream" and when the time came, his "dream" became a "reality", as KTVO signed on for the first time.

When KTVO first began, it had carried programs from CBS, NBC, and ABC given that KTVO was the market's only television station until 1986 when KOIA-TV (now Fox affiliate KYOU-TV) took to the air. The station began its first color broadcast in 1961 and was sold to Post Corporation on January 7, 1964. In 1968, it decided to carry only ABC from then on.

For its first 20 years, KTVO's operations were based primarily in Ottumwa in studios shared with then co-owned KBIZ radio. Some Missouri programming was originated at the transmitter site. In 1976 the main studios were moved to their present location, north of Kirksville, Missouri. KTVO operated a short-lived low power TV station, K40AI, that carried some local Kirksville programming in the early 1980's.

On June 2, 1988, disaster and tragedy struck in an untimely manner as KTVO's towers collapsed, killing three technicians as a result. At that time, KTVO was owned by Federal Broadcasting. But in record time -- 30 hours after the disaster occurred, the station was back on the air. The station was acquired by Raycom Media in 1996.

Today, it broadcasts with a much more advanced set of transmitters, digital effects generator, live remote trucks, studio cameras and much more. KTVO also employs over 60 people -- including an award-winning news team. In addition to the main studios near Kirksville, KTVO has an Ottumwa bureau on South Market Street in Ottuwma.

On March 27, 2006, Raycom announced that it would sell the station along with 13 others across the country to Barrington Broadcasting. The sale now has approval and is awaiting finalization. Barrington also owns nearby CBS affiliates KHQA-TV in Hannibal and KRCG in Jefferson City and as for Raycom, it was the owner of nearby NBC affiliate KWWL-TV Waterloo, Iowa before the station was sold to Quincy Newspapers, Inc.

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Broadcast television in the Ottumwa / Kirksville market (Nielsen DMA #199)

KTVO 3 (ABC) (The Tube on DT2) - KYOU 15 (Fox) - K18GU 18 (PBS/IPTV) - K23CI 23 (CBS) - K27CV 27 (NBC) - K42AM 42 (TBN)
Out-of-market stations available on cable
Kansas City: KCTV 5 (CBS) - KCPT 19 (PBS) - KSHB 41 (NBC) Des Moines: WOI 5 (ABC) - KDSM 17 (Fox) - KFPX 39 (ION)

Broadcast television in the Quincy / Hannibal / Keokuk / Macomb market (Nielsen DMA #171)

Broadcast television available on cable only:
KTVO 3 (ABC) - KHQA 7 (CBS) - WGEM 10 (NBC / The CW on DT.2 / CGEM (Fox) on DT.3) - WTJR 16 (CTN) - WMEC 22 / WQEC 27 (PBS)
CGEM (Fox) - WEWB (CW/CW Plus)
Defunct stations:
WJJY 14 (ABC)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Missouri

KQTV 2 (St. Joseph) - KTVO 3 (Kirksville) - KMBC 9 (Kansas City) - KODE 12 (Joplin) - KPOB 15¹ (Poplar Bluff) - KMIZ 17 (Columbia) - KDNL 30 (St. Louis) - KSPR 33 (Springfield)
¹Satellite of WSIL-TV, Harrisburg, Illinois
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Missouri

Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC

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Corporate Management Roster:	Keith L. Bland (Senior VP) \| Christoper H. Cornelius (COO) \| Mary L. Flodin (Senior VP) \| Warren Spector (CFO) \| K. James Yager (CEO)
ABC Network Affiliates:	KTVO \| KVII / KVIH \| WHOI \| WPDE
CBS Network Affiliates:	KGBT \| KHQA \| KRCG
The CW Network Affiliates:	KVII / KVIH \| KXTU \| WBSF \| WEYI \| WHOI \| WSTM¹ \| WSTQ \| WWMB²
Fox Network Affiliates:	KXRM \| KYOU³ \| WACH \| WFXL
NBC Network Affiliates:	WEYI \| WLUC \| WNWO \| WPBN / WTOM \| WSTM
¹This station carries the feed of its low-power sister station for owners of high-definition television sets.
²Barrington operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.
³Barrington operates this station owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. \| Employees: Unknown at this time. \| Stock Symbol: None, privately held. \| Website: www.barringtontv.com