KODE-TV (channel 12) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving as the

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affiliate for the Joplin, Missouri–

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. It is owned by

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, which maintains joint sales and

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agreements (JSA/SSA) with

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, owner of

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affiliate

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(channel 16, also licensed to Joplin), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on South Cleveland Avenue in Joplin, where KODE-TV's transmitter is also located.

History

The station began broadcasting on September 26, 1954 as KSWM-TV (for Southwestern Missouri) and was a primary

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affiliate, but shared ABC with then-NBC affiliate

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. It was locally founded by Austin Harrison who also owned radio station KODE AM 1230 (now

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). It originally operated from studios and transmitter located on West 13th Street in Joplin. Harrison sold the station to Friendly Broadcasting, owners of WSTV (now

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) in

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in 1956. In 1957, the call letters were changed to the current KODE-TV. Friendly then sold both KODE and WRGP (now

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) in

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-based United Printers & Publishers in 1961. Gilmore Broadcasting of

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, bought the KODE stations in 1962. KODE became a sole ABC affiliate on January 1, 1968, and three days later KUHI-TV (now NBC-affiliated

) started and took over the CBS affiliation. On March 15, 1970, KODE weatherman Lee George made his famous flurries forecast. He predicted only light flurries for the next day and it ended up snowing over at the Joplin Regional Airport. KODE was acquired by Mission Broadcasting in 2002, following its takeover of Quorum Broadcasting. Subsequently, KODE then entered into a shared services agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting, which owns NBC affiliate KSNF. The same year, it was announced KSNF and KODE would merge, with building expansion planned at the KSN studios. On May 8, 2009, a powerful storm system slammed Joplin, knocking out power to KODE and knocking down the tower of sister station KSNF. KODE-TV returned to the air early on the morning of May 9, while KSNF didn't return to the air until June 17. Both stations moved to a rebuilt KSNF building in April 2010 making it the next-to-last Nexstar duopoly to do so (as Nexstar formed a virtual duopoly in

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, in December 2011 with the purchase of that market's ABC affiliate

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and transfer of its existing Evansville independent station (now CW affiliate)

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to Mission Broadcasting, and Nexstar almost immediately moved WTVW's operations to the WEHT facility). On December 19, 2012, KODE began broadcasting its local newscasts in High Definition. On June 15, 2016, Nexstar announced that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with

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for the

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, Grit, and

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networks (the last one of which is owned by Bounce Media LLC, whose

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Programming

Syndicated programming broadcast on KODE-TV includes ''

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'' (which also airs on KSNF, though sister show ''

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'' airs on KOAM-TV), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Unlike most ABC affiliates, KODE-TV is one of a few ABC affiliates to air

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on weekdays.

News operation

KODE-TV presently broadcasts 17 hours of local newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday and an hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

Notable former on-air staff

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(formerly with

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, now working as a real estate agent in

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)

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

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