KFTA-TV
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Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Arkansas United States |
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| City | Fort Smith |
| Branding | Fox 24 (general) Fox 24 News (newscasts) KNWA (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
It's About Time! (general) The Area's Only 9 P.M. Newscast (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) & KNWA-DT 50.2 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 Fox 24.2 NBC 24.3 Escape 24.4 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | Fox (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | November 12, 1978 |
| Call letters' meaning | ForT Smith, Arkansas |
| Sister station(s) | KNWA-TV |
| Former callsigns | KLMN-TV (1978–1982) KPOM-TV (1982–2004) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 24 (UHF, 1978–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
CBS (1978–1980) NBC (1980–2008; secondary from 2006) |
| Transmitter power | 600 kW 1,000 kW (KNWA-DT2) |
| Height | 300 m (984 ft) 267 m (876 ft) (KNWA-DT2) |
| Facility ID | 29560 29557 (KNWA-DT2) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
35°42′36″N 94°8′15″W / 35.71000°N 94.13750°W 36°24′47.8″N 93°57′16.8″W / 36.413278°N 93.954667°W (KNWA-DT2) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.nwahomepage.com |
KFTA-TV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 27), is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas that is licensed to Fort Smith. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station is sister to Rogers-licensed NBC affiliate KNWA-TV (channel 51). KFTA maintains transmitter facilities located south of Artist Point. The two stations share studios on Dickson Street in Downtown Fayetteville, with a sales office and bureau on Kelley Highway in Fort Smith.
The station debuted on November 12, 1978 as KLMN-TV, the area's third television station. It took the CBS affiliation from KFPW-TV/KTVP (now KHBS/KHOG). In 1980, it swapped affiliations with KFSM-TV and became the area's NBC affiliate. Two years later, on September 22, 1982, the station changed its calls to KPOM-TV (People On the Move).
Channel 24 struggled during its early years. Besides being the area's newest station, it was hampered by the fact it was a UHF station in a market that is very mountainous. Despite its 2.5 million watt effective radiated power, it only provided a Grade B signal to Fayetteville and could not be seen at all in Rogers and points north. For most of this station's first ten years on the air, viewers in the northern part of the area had to rely on cable to watch the station. Much of the far northern part of the market got a better signal from KSNF in Joplin, Missouri (which, incidentally, switched from CBS to NBC in 1982).
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