KOZK
FCC | |
Facility ID | 51102 |
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ERP | 105 kW |
HAAT | 584 m (1,916 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°10′26″N 92°56′28.1″W / 37.17389°N 92.941139°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
Satellite station | |
KOZJ | |
City | Joplin, Missouri |
Channels | |
Branding | see KOZK infobox |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
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History | |
First air date | June 1, 1986 |
Former channel number(s) |
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Call sign meaning | KOZK Joplin |
Technical information[2] | |
Facility ID | 51101 |
ERP | 68 kW |
HAAT | 281 m (922 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′34.9″N 94°32′16.4″W / 37.076361°N 94.537889°W |
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Public license information |
KOZK (channel 21) is a
KOZJ (channel 26) in Joplin operates as a full-time satellite of KOZK; this station's transmitter is located on West 13th Street/Junge Boulevard in northwestern Joplin. The two stations utilize the unified brand Ozarks Public Television, and their combined signals cover the Ozarks region of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, northwestern Arkansas and far northeastern Oklahoma.
History
KOZK's history can be traced to the founding of Springfield Community Television, a
On June 1, 1986, KOZJ signed on from Joplin as KOZK's sister station. Its business offices are located in downtown Joplin, with its broadcasting equipment located at
In 1990, the station moved its operations to the new Shewmaker Communications Center on the campus of Drury College. In 2001, the board agreed to sell the station to Southwest Missouri State University (now
On April 19, 2018, at about 9:32 a.m., the KOZK transmission tower collapsed as maintenance was being done on the structure. The maintenance involved upgrades to the tower in preparation for the station's upcoming allocation shift under the spectrum repack. The six-person maintenance crew employed with Columbia, South Carolina–based Tower Consultants Inc., who were working replacing crossbeams at about the 105-foot (32 m) mark of the tower as they began to realize that the tower had likely become structurally unstable, were vacated the tower shortly before it collapsed. One worker, 56-year-old Stephen Lamay, died from injuries sustained when he became trapped under the tower debris. Three other workers were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and were subsequently released.[3]
While KOZK's signal was off the air, it continued to be available to
In March 2020, KOZK and KOZJ added World Channel to 21.4 and 26.4, respectively.
Technical information
Subchannels
The stations' signals are
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
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KOZK | KOZJ | ||||
21.1 | 26.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
OPT HD | PBS |
21.2 | 26.2 | 480i | OPTKIDS | PBS Kids | |
21.3 | 26.3 | Create | Create | ||
21.4 | 26.4 | World | World Channel |
Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, Ozarks Public Television shut down the analog transmitters of its two stations. Listed below are the post-transition channel allocations for each analog transmitter:[10][11]
- KOZK shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23, using virtual channel 21.
- KOZJ shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on June 12. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using virtual channel 26.
As a part of the
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOZK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOZJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Investigation of the April 19, 2018, Communication Tower Collapse in Fordland, Missouri" (PDF). Occupational Safety and Health Administration. October 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- Gannett Company.
- ^ Lin, Frances (April 20, 2018). "Following Tower Collapse: KOZK Restores Some Service". KOLR/KOZL-TV. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ Eggerton, John (April 19, 2018). "Missouri TV Tower Collapses". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "NOAA Weather radio alerts impacted by tower collapse in Fordland". KYTV. Gray Television. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KOZK". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KOZJ". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "NAB Spectrum Repacking Clearinghouse". National Association of Broadcasters. Retrieved June 28, 2017.