KFSM-TV
 
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Fort Smith, Arkansas United States |
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| City | Fort Smith |
| Branding | Channel 5 (general) 5 News (newscasts) KXNW 34 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Keep it Local |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) & KXNW-DT 34.3 (UHF) Virtual: 5 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 5.1 CBS 5.2 MyNetworkTV 5.3 Antenna TV |
| Translators | 24 (UHF) Van Buren, Arkansas |
| Affiliations | CBS (since 1980; secondary from 1953–1956 & 1958–1971) |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Broadcasting Fort Smith License, LLC) |
| First air date | July 9, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Fort SMith (FSM is also the airport designation for the Fort Smith Regional Airport) |
| Sister station(s) | KXNW |
| Former callsigns | KFSA-TV (1953–1958, 1959–1973) KNAC-TV (1958–1959) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1953–1958) 5 (VHF, 1958–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1953–1980) Secondary: ABC (1953–1978) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW 1000 kW (KXNW-DT3) |
| Height | 286 m (938 ft) 224.4 m (736 ft) (KXNW-DT3) |
| Facility ID | 66469 81593 (KXNW-DT3) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
35°49′49.2″N 94°9′24.1″W / 35.830333°N 94.156694°W 36°24′41″N 93°57′13″W / 36.41139°N 93.95361°W (KXNW-DT3) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | 5newsonline.com |
KFSM-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 18), is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas that is licensed to Fort Smith. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company, as part of a duopoly with Eureka Springs-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KXNW (channel 34). KFSM maintains transmitter facilities northwest of Winslow. The two stations share studio facilities located on North 13th Street in Downtown Fort Smith. KFSM also operates a secondary studio located on North Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville along US 71B.
KFSM is one of the oldest television stations in Arkansas. It signed on for the first time on July 9, 1953 as KFSA-TV on channel 22. It was owned by Donald W. Reynolds, who also owned Fort Smith's two major newspapers — the Southwest American and Times Record (later merged as the Southwest Times Record) — and KFSA-AM 950. KFSA radio personality Pat Porta hosted the first broadcast. The station's studios and transmitter were located in the Times Record/Southwest American building at 920 Rogers Avenue in downtown Fort Smith. It carried programming from all four networks of the time — NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont — but it was a primary NBC affiliate.
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