KSNW
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KSNW, digital channel 45 (virtual channel 3), is a NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 affiliate television station based in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

. It is owned by the New Vision Television
New Vision Television
New Vision Television is a broadcast company based in Los Angeles, California. The company owns or manages 18 television stations in medium sized markets.-New Vision I:...

 group. KSNW is also the flagship station of the Kansas State Network (KSN), a chain
State network
A State Network in the United States broadcasting industry is a term which refers to a miniature television network serving an entire state or multiple states...

 of NBC affiliates serving the western three-fourths of the state. KSNW's transmitter is located near Colwich, Kansas
Colwich, Kansas
Colwich is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,327.-Geography:Colwich is located at...

. On cable, KSNW is broadcast on channel 3 in standard definition and digital cable channel 2003 in high definition on Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

 in the Wichita area.

KSNW-DT

KSNW-DT broadcasts on digital channel 45.
Virtual
channel
Physical
channel
Video Aspect
Aspect ratio
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Name Programming
3.1 45.1 1080i
1080i
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16:9
16:9
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KSNW-DT Main KSNW programming / NBC HD

Analog-to-digital conversion

On June 12, 2009, KSNW abandoned its previous analog channel assignment of channel 3, and moved its pre-transition digital channel assignment to channel 45. However through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...

, digital television receivers will continue to display KSNW's virtual digital channel as 3.
Current satellites
Station Locations served Channels
Channel (broadcasting)
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(Digital
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)
First air date Fourth letter in calls
meaning
Call sign
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Former callsigns
Call sign
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Former channel numbers
Television channel
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ERP
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...


(Digital)
HAAT
Height above average terrain
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(Digital)
Facility ID
Facility ID
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Transmitter Coordinates
KSNC
KSNC
KSNC digital channel 22 is an NBC affiliate based in Great Bend, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc.KSNC is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts...


Great Bend
Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River, is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,995.-History:...

/Hays
Hays, Kansas
Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University...

/Salina
Salina, Kansas
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas...

22 (UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...

)
November 28, 1954
1954 in television
The year 1954 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1954.-Events:*January 1 – NBC broadcasts the Rose Parade in NTSC color on 21 stations.*January 3 – RAI launched in Italy....

Central Kansas KCKT (1954–1982) 2 (analog VHF, 1954–2008) 1,000 kW 261.1 m 72359 38°25′54.1"N 98°46′19.8"W
KSNG
KSNG
KSNG channel 11 is an NBC affiliate based in Garden City, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc.KSNG is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts.-History:It signed on the air on...


Garden City
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...

/Dodge City
Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City is a city in, and the county seat of, Ford County, Kansas, United States. Named after nearby Fort Dodge, the city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340.-History:The first settlement of...

11 (VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...

)
November 5, 1958
1958 in television
The year 1958 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1958.-Events:*January 14 – TWW, the first ITV franchise for South Wales and West of England, went on the air....

Garden City KGLD (1958–1982) Analog: 11 (VHF, 1958-2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, ?-2009) 7.4 kW 239 m 72361 37°46′43.2"N 100°52′10"W
KSNK
KSNK
KSNK digital channel 12 is an NBC affiliate licensed to McCook, Nebraska with its studio and transmitter located just west of Oberlin, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc....


Oberlin
Oberlin, Kansas
Oberlin is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,788.-History:...

/McCook
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Willow County...

12 (VHF) November 28, 1959
1959 in television
The year 1959 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1959:For the American TV schedule, see: 1959-60 American network television schedule.-Events:...

Nebraska & Kansas KOMC (1959–1982) 8 (analog VHF, 1959–2008) 10.4 kW 218 m 72362 39°49′5"N 100°42′4.6"W
KSNL-LD
KSNL-LD
KSNL-LD channel 47 is a low-powered NBC affiliate based in Salina, Kansas. It is owned by the New Vision Television group. KSNL is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts. KSNL is broadcast...

Salina
Salina, Kansas
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas...

47 (UHF) May 2008
2008 in television
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Low Power Digital K06LZ (1989–2008), K18AA (before 1989), K47KV-D (2008 CP), K74CN (1970s) none 15 kW 285.4 m 168675 38°53′0.9"N 99°20′15.7"W

After having turned off their analog signals, KSNC and KSNK are now using their former analog channel assignments 2 and 8, respectively as their virtual channels using PSIP.
Former semi-satellites
  • KSNT
    KSNT
    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 near the Kiro section of Topeka...

     (analog/virtual digital channel 27, physical RF digital channel 28), Topeka
    Topeka, Kansas
    Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

     - KSNT only did limited simulcasting with KSNW and the other three KSN stations in western Kansas and is also owned by New Vision Television. However, it does not simulcast syndicated programs from Wichita and has its own programming and news departments; however, the news departments of KSNT and KSNW do share news stories in the state of Kansas and they both broadcast NBC programming, produced programs for Kansas 22, and KU Basketball. KSNT and CBS affiliate WIBW shared a secondary affiliation with ABC until 1983, when KTKA signed on and both stations exclusively affiliated with NBC and CBS respectively.
  • KSNF
    KSNF
    KSNF, virtual channel 16, is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Joplin, Missouri-Pittsburg, Kansas television market, the 145th DMA. KSNF broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 46...

     (analog/virtual digital channel 16, physical RF digital channel 46), Joplin, Missouri
    Joplin, Missouri
    Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...

    /Pittsburg, Kansas
    Pittsburg, Kansas
    Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, in southeastern Kansas, United States. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and in southeastern Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,233.-History:...

     - Like KSNT, KSNF only did limited simulcasting with KSNW and its satellite stations in western Kansas. It is no longer associated with KSNW; and is now owned by Nexstar Broadcasting, but still uses the "KSN" name (though does not use the KSN logo) in its "KSN 16" moniker.

Both KSNT and KSNF provided limited simulcasts from KSNW from 1982 to 1990, when George Lilly's SJL Communications purchased the station from George Hatch dismantled part of the microwave system that linked KSNF and KSNT to provide simulcasts of KSNW programming in a cost cutting measure.

History

KSNW signed on the air on September 1, 1955 as KARD-TV, the third television station in Wichita. This made Wichita one of the smallest cities in the country with three network-affiliated stations.

In 1962, after the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...

 (FCC) ruled that central and western Kansas was part of the Wichita market, KARD merged with KCKT-TV, channel 2 in Great Bend
Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River, is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,995.-History:...

 and its satellites KGLD-TV in Garden City
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...

 and KOMC-TV, channel 8 in Oberlin
Oberlin, Kansas
Oberlin is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,788.-History:...

. The three stations, known as the "Tri-Circle Network," brought NBC programming to central and western Kansas. The Tri-Circle Network then changed its name to the Kansas State Network, with KARD as the flagship station of the new four station group. The stations eventually expanded their signals to reach 75% of Kansas plus portions of Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

, and now claim to reach half of Kansas' television households.

The stations changed their calls on August 16, 1982 to help viewers think of the four stations as parts of one large network. KARD became KSNW, KCKT became KSNC
KSNC
KSNC digital channel 22 is an NBC affiliate based in Great Bend, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc.KSNC is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts...

, KGLD became KSNG
KSNG
KSNG channel 11 is an NBC affiliate based in Garden City, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc.KSNG is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts.-History:It signed on the air on...

and KOMC became KSNK
KSNK
KSNK digital channel 12 is an NBC affiliate licensed to McCook, Nebraska with its studio and transmitter located just west of Oberlin, Kansas. It is owned by New Vision Television, Inc....

, with the KARD call letters ending up with KARD-TV in Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

. In 1988, SJL Broadcast Management acquired the KSN stations. They were then sold to Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 54 daily newspapers in 23 states, and more than 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by A.W. Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa....

 in 1995. Emmis Communications
Emmis Communications
Emmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria.-History:...

 bought most of Lee Enterprises' stations in 2000. Montecito Broadcast Group
Montecito Broadcast Group
Lilly Broadcasting, L.L.C. is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the father-and-son team of George Lilly and Brian Lilly ....

, a newly-formed partnership between SJL and the Blackstone Group, acquired the KSN stations from Emmis on January 27, 2006. In January 2006, the station hired former general manager Al Buch as the station's new GM, under the then-pending ownership of Montecito Broadcast Group. The CEO/founder of Montecito is George Lilly.

On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KSNW and its satellites, plus KHON-TV
KHON-TV
KHON-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station broadcasts on virtual channel 2.In addition to its Honolulu broadcast facilities, KHON has relays on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu: KHAW-TV in Hilo; KAII-TV in...

 in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
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 and its satellites, KOIN
KOIN
KOIN is the CBS affiliate television station serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon, United States; it broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 40...

 in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 and KSNT
KSNT
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 near the Kiro section of Topeka...

 in Topeka
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

) to New Vision Television
New Vision Television
New Vision Television is a broadcast company based in Los Angeles, California. The company owns or manages 18 television stations in medium sized markets.-New Vision I:...

. The sale was finalized on November 1, 2007. http://broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6462752.html

In 2008, KSNW established a low-powered repeater for Salina
Salina, Kansas
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas...

, K06LZ, which is the same programming as KSNW, but with local ads and programming. K06LZ will soon be replaced with a new digital channel, KSNL-LD
KSNL-LD
KSNL-LD channel 47 is a low-powered NBC affiliate based in Salina, Kansas. It is owned by the New Vision Television group. KSNL is part of the Kansas State Network network of NBC affiliates, repeating the signal of KSNW in Wichita, Kansas, with local advertising and news inserts. KSNL is broadcast...

. During the 1960s and 1970s, KCKT-TV sent programming to Salina via K18AA, a repeater that aired on channel 18, which in recent years became a Fox affiliate.

News operation

Currently, KSNW broadcasts a total of 21½ hours of local news per week (with four hours on weekdays, one hour on Saturdays and a half-hour on Sundays). Despite being the first station to build a semi-satellite network in the western part of the state, KSNW's newscasts have lagged far behind those of rival stations KWCH-TV
KWCH-TV
KWCH-DT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Wichita, Kansas that is licensed to Hutchinson. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter in Colwich. The station can be seen on Cox cable channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 2012...

 and KAKE-TV
KAKE-TV
KAKE, channel 10, is an ABC-affiliated television station based in Wichita, Kansas. The station is owned by Atlanta, Georgia-based Gray Television...

 for several decades. In recent years, however, KSN has been battling KAKE for second place in some time slots although both stations trail dominant KWCH by a fairly wide margin.

Although the three KSN satellites originated their own newscasts for many years, their local operations were progressively cut back from the mid-1980s onward. By the start of the 21st century, local news had been reduced to inserts in KSNW's newscasts, and separate identifications had been largely eliminated. In January 2009, KSN acquired Kansas Now 22, a local news rebroadcast channel airing on Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

 in the Wichita market, from KAKE
Kake
Kake may refer to:* Kake, Alaska* Kake, Ethiopia* Kake, Hiroshima* Kake, a character created by Tom of Finland* Kake , the actual execution of a technique* KAKE-TV, channel 10 serving Wichita, Kansas...

, Topeka CBS affiliate WIBW-TV
WIBW-TV
WIBW-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Topeka, Kansas. It broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 13 and its digital translator on UHF channel 44. Both operating frequencies are transmitted in Maple Hill. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios at Southwest Commerce Place...

 and their owners Gray Television
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia.Established in 1946 by James H...

 to produce its own news and weather for the cable channel.

On October 31, 2010, KSNW began broadcasting its newscasts in digital widescreen. Although not truly high definition, the news broadcasts match the aspect ratio of HD television screens; this left KAKE as the last remaining Big Five network affiliate in the Wichita-Hutchinson Plus market continuing to broadcast its local newscasts in 4:3 standard definition until July 17, 2011, when it became the second station in the market to begin broadcasting its newscasts in HD (KWCH-DT was the first station in the Wichita market to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition and produces KSAS-TV
KSAS-TV
KSAS-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Wichita, Kansas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter in Colwich. The station can also be seen on Cox channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 2004...

's 9 p.m. newscast and KSCW-DT's weekday morning newscast, which are produced through news share agreements with those two stations, in that format). On January 30, 2011, KSNW began broadcasting the weather segments of its newscasts in high definition.

After outsourced news broadcasts on KSAS (produced by KWCH) are discontinued at the end of 2011, the production of the Fox affiliate's 9 p.m. newscast will be turned back over to KSNW starting on January 2, 2012.

Newscast titles

  • Your Esso Reporter (1955–1963)
  • The Marlboro News (1963–1969)
  • 24 Hours (1969–1975)
  • Total News (1975–1978)
  • NewsCenter 3 (1978–1984)
  • KSN NewsCenter (1984–1985)
  • KSN News/KSNW News (1985–1987)
  • Channel 3 News (1987–1990)
  • NewsChannel 3 (1990–1998)
  • KSN News (1998–2008)
  • KSN News 3 (2008–present)

Station slogans

  • Hello Wichita, Channel 3 Loves You (1983–1993; used during period station used Frank Gari's Hello News)
  • Hello Kansas, KSN Loves You (1983–1993; used during period station used Frank Gari's Hello News)
  • It's Time To Go 3 (1984–1987)
  • Turn To 3 / Turn to KSN (1987–1990)
  • Where the News Comes First (1990–1993)
  • Clear. Accurate. To the Point. (2002–2006)
  • Chime In! (2009–present; localized version of 2009–10 NBC ad campaign)

Current on-air staff (as of June 13, 2011)

Anchors
  • Stephanie Bergmann - weekdays at noon; weeknights at 5 and 6 p.m.
  • Mark Davidson - weekday mornings Kansas Today and noon
  • Brooke Martin - weeknights at 10 p.m.
  • Aileen Simborio - Saturdays at 6, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
  • John Snyder - weeknights at 6 p.m.; also reporter


KSN Pinpoint Weather Team
  • Dave Freeman (AMS
    American Meteorological Society
    The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...

     and NWA
    National Weather Association
    The National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...

     Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5 and 6 p.m.
  • Mark Bogner (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - assistant chief meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, and weekends at 10 p.m.
  • J.D. Rudd (AMS Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weeknights at 10 p.m.
  • Leon Smitherman (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings Kansas Today and noon


Sports team
  • Jamison Coyle - sports anchor; weeknights at 10 p.m.


Reporters
  • Craig Andres - general assignment reporter
  • Matt Horn - Salina
    Salina, Kansas
    Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas...

     bureau reporter
  • Justin Kraemer - general assignment reporter
  • Jason Kravarik - news director and special projects contributor
  • Kirsten Rossotti - Garden City
    Garden City, Kansas
    Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...

     bureau reporter
  • Kevin Wheeler - general assignment reporter
  • Mekialaya White - Great Bend
    Great Bend, Kansas
    Great Bend, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River, is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,995.-History:...

     bureau reporter
  • Josh Witsman - general assignment reporter

Past on-air staff

  • Melissa Beck
    Melissa McDermott
    Melissa McDermott was a reporter for CBS News. She is best known for being an anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute.-Biography:...

     - anchor
  • Todd McDermott
    Todd McDermott
    Todd McDermott is a television journalist.McDermott is a Buffalo, New York native, and he has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Canisius College in Buffalo....

     - anchor/reporter (now with WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh)

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