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KOLR is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Ozark Plateau area of southwestern Missouri and northern Arkansas that is licensed to Springfield, Missouri. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter on Switchgrass Road north of Fordland. Owned by Mission Broadcasting of Brecksville, Ohio, the station is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group as sister to independent staiton KOZL-TV. The two share studios on East Division Street in Springfield.

Syndicated programming on KOLR includes: Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, The World's Funniest Moments, and Family Feud. At 2,000 feet (609.6 metres) high, its transmitting tower is the second tallest in the United States only 19.2 meters lower than the highest. In the Springfield area the station is carried on Mediacom channel 9.

Digital television

Virtual
channel 		Video Aspect Name Programming
10.1 1080i 16:9 KOLR-DT Main KOLR programming / CBS HD

It began full power, high definition broadcasting on January 19, 2007. The station originally aired its digital signal on UHF channel 52. As a result of this channel being on a UHF frequency which would no longer be in use after the June 12, 2009 cutoff date for analog television broadcasting (channels 52 to 69). On April 16, KOLR remained on channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. Its analog NTSC transmitter had an effective radiated power of 316 kilowatts which was the highest allowed for a VHF Band III transmitter. Some viewers had trouble picking up KOLR after the switch to digital. FM traps installed in between the antenna and AMP solved the problem for some viewers but not others. Some viewers continue to have trouble picking up the signal.TBA KOLR will be adding ANTENNA TV on 10.2 TCN ON 10.3

History

The station signed on-the-air on February 14, 1953 as KTTS-TV and was sister station to KTTS-AM radio. Their studios were in the Springfield Chamber of Commerce building on the southwest corner of Walnut and Jefferson Streets downtown. By the 1960s it was under new ownership, which changed the call letters to KOLR-TV in 1970 to reflect its conversion to color as television shows and sets were moving away from black-and-white. It also shared a secondary ABC affiliation with KYTV until 1968 when KMTC signed on. That station later became KOLR's sister station, Fox affiliate KSFX. In 1985, KOLR dropped the "-TV" suffix. It was acquired by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group through its Mission Broadcasting subsidiary in 2003 when Nexstar acquired Quorum Broadcasting (the owner of what was then KDEB-TV, now KOZL-TV). The station's revamped website debuted in spring 2007.

News operation

On April 28, 2009 the station launched an update to its graphics, music, logo, and news philosophy. KOLR had the longest-running evening anchor team in the Ozarks. During weather segments, the station uses live NOAA National Weather Service radar data from several regional sites. This is known on-air as "Live Digital Doppler".

In March 2010, KOLR/KSFX became the second station in the Ozarks and the first Nexstar-owned duopoly to broadcasts its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition, and in May 2011 made the switch to high definition.

Ratings

For decades, KTTS-TV/KOLR has been a solid runner-up to long-dominant KYTV.

Newscast titles

  • Your Esso Reporter (1953–1957)
  • KTTS-TV News (1957–1966)
  • 24 Hours (1966–1971)
  • KOLR 10 Eyewitness News (1971–1978)
  • NewsBeat 10 (1978–1992)
  • KOLR 10 NewsBeat (1992–2000)
  • KOLR 10 News (2000–present)[1]

Station slogans

  • "KOLR-10 in Color" (early 1970s)
  • "Eyewitness News: Bringing it Home to You" (mid 1970s)
  • "NewsBeat 10: The Ozark's #1 News Team" (1978–1992)
  • "Your Hometeam" (1989–1995)
  • "The Ozark's News and Information Source" (1998–2004)
  • "Coverage You Can Count On" (2004–present)
  • "Count On The New KOLR 10" (2009–2010)
  • "Count On KOLR 10 News" (2010–present)

News team[2]

+ denotes personnel also seen on KOZL-TV
Current anchors

  • + Rob Evans - weekday mornings
  • + Shannon Miller- weekday mornings
  • David Oliver - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.; also "Oliver's Ozarks" segment producer
  • Joy Robertson - weekdays at 11 a.m.; also "Personal Portraits" segment producer

KOLR 10 Weather Lab

  • + Jamie Warriner (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • + Ted Keller (AMS Seal of Approval) - senior meteorologist/severe weather specialist; weekend evenings
  • + Chris Smith (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings and 11 a.m.
  • + Tom Trtan - meteorologist; fill-in

Sports team

Reporters

  • + Justin Dougherty - special projects journalist
  • + Kate Stacy - general assignment reporter
  • + Jeremy Stevens - general assignment reporter
  • Kevin Schwaller - general assignment reporter
  • + April Hansen - general assignment reporter
  • Laurie Patton - general assignment reporter
  • + Lindsay Clein - general assignment reporter, occasional anchor

Former on-air staff

  • Bob Barker
  • Peter Bernard - reporter/weather anchor [1]
  • Carlos Correa - reporter [2]
  • Joe Daues - anchor/reporter
  • Chris Herzog - reporter/weekend anchor [3]
  • Sarah Stokes Herzog - reporter/weekend anchor [4]
  • Cheryl Kepes - reporter
  • Melissa Moon - weekend anchor
  • Patti Suarez - anchor [5]

References

  1. ^ KOLR10 News at 10 Open
  2. ^ Our Staff
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