KMEG
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Sioux City, Iowa United States |
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| Branding | KMEG 14 (general) Siouxland News (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 14 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 14.1 CBS 14.2 Decades 14.3 Comet |
| Translators | 18 K18KG-D Spencer, IA 30 K30BP-D Norfolk, NE |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Waitt Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | September 5, 1967 |
| Call letters' meaning | MEG Donovan |
| Sister station(s) | KPTH |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1967–2009) 35 K35FM Norfolk, NE |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: Fox (1988–1999) UPN |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 611 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 39665 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°35′11.8″N 96°13′19.7″W / 42.586611°N 96.222139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | siouxlandnews.com |
KMEG is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Southern Siouxland licensed to Sioux City, Iowa. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 14.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in unincorporated Plymouth County, Iowa east of James and US 75 along the Woodbury county line. The station can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 460. Owned by Waitt Broadcasting, KMEG is operated through a shared services agreement (SSA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group. This makes it a sister station to Fox affiliate KPTH and the two outlets share studios along I-29 (postal address says Gold Circle) in unincorporated Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Syndicated programming on this station includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and The Doctors among others.
The station signed on September 5, 1967, as the market's third television outlet. It has been affiliated with CBS since the beginning. Before its launch, the network had previously been carried on KVTV (now KCAU-TV) from 1953 until 1967. That station switched its affiliation to ABC on September 2, 1967, and Siouxland was briefly without a CBS affiliate until KMEG signed on three days later. KMEG was started by a group of local investors led by Bob and Norma Donovan. Its call letters were selected in honor of their daughter Meg who would later pass away.
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