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KHBS / KHOG-TV
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KHBS: Fort Smith, Arkansas
KHOG: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Branding 40/29 (general)
40/29 News (newscasts)
Arkansas CW (on DT2)
Slogan Live. Local. Latebreaking.
Channels Digital:
KHBS: 21 (UHF)
KHOG: 15 (UHF)
Subchannels 40.1/29.1 ABC
40.2/29.2 The CW
Owner Hearst Television
(KHBS Hearst Television, Inc.)
First air date KHBS: July 28, 1971
KHOG: December 8, 1977
Call letters’ meaning KHBS: Hernreich Broadcasting System
KHOG: HOG (mascot for the University of Arkansas)
Former callsigns KHBS: KFPW-TV (1971-1983)
KHOG: KTVP (1977-1987)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KHBS:
40 (UHF, 1971-2009)
KHOG:
29 (UHF, 1977-2009)
Former affiliations CBS (1971-1978)
ABC (secondary 1971-1978)
Transmitter Power KHBS: 325 kW
KHOG: 180 kW
Height KHBS: 602 m
KHOG: 266 m
Facility ID KHBS: 60353
KHOG: 60354
Transmitter Coordinates KHBS:
35°4′17.4″N 94°40′45.7″W / 35.0715°N 94.679361°W / 35.0715; -94.679361 (KHBS)
KHOG:
36°0′57.4″N 94°4′59.4″W / 36.015944°N 94.083167°W / 36.015944; -94.083167 (KHOG-TV)
Website www.4029tv.com

KHBS, channel 40 in Fort Smith and KHOG, channel 29 in Fayetteville is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Arkansas television market. The KHBS transmitter is located northwest of Poteau, Oklahoma. The KHOG transmitter is located southeast of Fayetteville. Both stations are owned by Hearst Television and are normally referred to as one entity, 40/29 News.

The station's operations are located in an all digital studio and newsroom located on Ajax Avenue in Rogers, which is a bedroom community of Fayetteville. KHBS operates a Fort Smith Newsroom on North Albert Pike. KHOG operates one in Fayetteville as well. The two stations operate the area's CW affiliate on both of their second digital subchannels. Known on-air as Arkansas CW, it is also offered on Cox Communications systems—channel 4 in Fayetteville, channel 22 in Fort Smith, and channel 17 in Siloam Springs.

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History

Channel 40 began as KFPW-TV on July 28, 1971. It took its calls from KFPW radio (1230 AM). The station was a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It took the CBS affiliation from KFSA-TV (channel 5, now KFSM-TV).

KFPW-TV found the going difficult against channel 5 largely because of the difficulties experienced by UHF stations operating in rugged terrain. Most seriously, it was all but unviewable in Fayetteville and the surrounding area—a problem exacerbated by its transmitter being located in Oklahoma. Many viewers in the northern part of the market watched CBS on KTVJ in Joplin, Missouri (now NBC affiliate KSNF).

To solve this problem, on December 8, 1977, KTVP channel 29 in Fayetteville signed on as a satellite station of KFPW. It was Fayetteville's second attempt at a commercial television station, after KGTO-TV. That station aired NBC and CBS programming in the area on channel 36. After a few years, it went dark in the early-1970s.[1] The two stations became full-time ABC affiliates in 1978 after KLMN-TV (now KFTA-TV) signed on.

In 1983, the stations were sold to local businessman Bob Hernreich, who changed KFPW's call letters to KHBS. Four years later, in 1987, KTVP became KHOG-TV. Argyle Television bought the stations in 1996. A year later, Argyle merged with Hearst. In October 2007, KHBS and KHOG-TV moved their operations to new, state of the art studios in Rogers.[citation needed]

On April 28, 2008, KHBS and KHOG-TV launched new second digital subchannels to carry The CW. This complemented a cable-only CW affiliate operated by Cox Communications known as having the fictional callsign, "KCWA". With the addition of the new channels, there is a possibility of new newscasts.[2][3][4]

Personalities

Current on-air talent

Current Anchors

  • Donna Bragg - weeknights at 6 and 10PM[5]
  • Derek Burleson - weekday mornings "40/29 News Sunrise"[6]
  • Craig Cannon - weeknights at 6 and 10PM[5]
  • Melissa Kelly - weekday mornings "40/29 News Sunrise"[6]
  • Tiffany Stewart - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10PM[6]

Reporters

  • Kyle Cabodi - general assignment reporter[6]
  • Angelica Duria - general assignment reporter[6]
  • Jo Ellison - general assignment reporter[6]
  • Jennifer Haile - morning reporter[6]
  • Damon Maloney - general assignment reporter[6]
  • Rob Sneed - general assignment reporter[6]

SuperDoppler Storm Team

  • Drew Michaels (AMS Seal of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM[7]
  • Patrick Crawford (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "40/29 News Sunrise"[8]
  • Ross Ellet (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10PM[6]

Sports Team

  • Mark Lericos - Sports Director; weeknights at 6 and 10PM[9]
  • John Laws - Sports Anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10PM (also sports reporter)[6]

Former on-air talent

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News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

  • The Night Report (1971-1977)
  • Newswatch (1977-1981)
  • NewsCenter (1981-1998)
  • Your Hometown News (1998-2006; displayed on-air in graphics as "Hometown News 40/29")
  • 40/29 News (2006-present)

Station slogans

  • 40/29, Your Hometown News (1998-2006)
  • Live. Local. Latebreaking. (2006-present)
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References

  1. ^ "Missouri Edition". http://www.mcsittel.com/html/tvg-mo.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
  2. ^ "KHBS, KHOG Offer The CW on Digital Channel". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6549462.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  3. ^ Tvnewsday - Cw Signs Digital Affils In Arkansas
  4. ^ 40/29 To Add CW Network - Local News Story - KHBS NW Arkansas
  5. ^ a b "NWA's TV news anchorwomen". http://www.freeweekly.com/2007/06/14/nwas-tv-news-anchorwomen/. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "4029TV.com - KHBS-KHOG News Team". http://www.4029tv.com/newsteam/index.html. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  7. ^ "NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source Nasty night tests TV weathermen". http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/213149/. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  8. ^ "CLE live! black & white". http://web.mac.com/tammygparks/CLELIVE/B&W/Entries/2007/10/12_Eighth_graders_go_hi-tech!_2.html. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  9. ^ "NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source Movers & Shakers". http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=nwat&section=news&storyid=32783. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 

External links

Television stations in Western Arkansas and Kiamichi Country, including Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Rogers
Local stations

KOET 3 (PBS / OETA) • KFSM 5 (CBS) • KWNL 9 / KXUN 43 (UNI) • KFDF 10 / KFFS 36 (This) • KAFT (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Create / PBS Kids Sprout, 13.3 AETN Scholar) • KFTA 24 (Fox, 51.2 KNWA; Fayetteville) • KPBI 34 / KPBI 46 (RTV) • KHBS 40 / KHOG 29 (ABC, 40.2 / 29.2 CW) • K45EI 45 (Rel. Ind) • KNWA 51 (NBC, 24.2 KFTA; Fort Smith) • KWOG 57 (DS)
Nearby stations

(signal reception depends on location)
KETS 2 (PBS, Little Rock)  · KYTV 3 (NBC, Springfield, MO)  · KARK 4 (NBC, Little Rock)  · KOTV 6 (CBS, Tulsa)  · KOAM 7 (CBS, Joplin)  · KTUL 8 (ABC, Tulsa)  · KODE 12 (ABC, Joplin)
Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city:

Ada/Sherman, TX  • Amarillo, TX  • Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK)  • Joplin, MO (Northeast OK)  • Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX  • Oklahoma City Metro  • Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA  • Tulsa (East Central OK)

See also Little Rock TV • Springfield TV
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Arkansas

KATV 7 (Little Rock) - KAIT 8 (Jonesboro) - KHBS 40 / KHOG 29 (Fort Smith /Fayetteville)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Arkansas







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