KOZL-TV
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Springfield, Missouri United States |
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| Branding | Z27 (general) KOLR 10 News at 9pm on Z27 (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 27 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 22, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | OZarks Local |
| Sister station(s) | KOLR |
| Former callsigns | KMTC (1968–1985) KDEB-TV (1985–2005) KSFX-TV (2005–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 27 (UHF analog, 1968–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (1968–1986) Independent (April–October 1986, 2011–2014) Fox (1986–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 493 m (1,617 ft) |
| Facility ID | 3659 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°13′8″N 92°56′56″W / 37.21889°N 92.94889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.ozarksfirst.com |
KOZL-TV, virtual channel 27 (UHF digital channel 28), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Springfield, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group; Nexstar also operates CBS affiliate KOLR (channel 10) under a shared services agreement with owner Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studio facilities located on East Division Street in Springfield; KOZL maintains transmitter facilities located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland.
The station first signed on the air in 1968 as KMTC; founded by Meyer Communications, it originally operated as the market's first full-time ABC affiliate. It originally operated from studios located on East Cherry Street in Springfield. Prior to its sign-on, ABC programming had been limited to off-hours clearances on KYTV (channel 3) and KTTS-TV (channel 10, now KOLR) from their respective sign-ons in October and March 1953. Although the Springfield market had a large enough population since the 1950s to support three full-time network affiliates, prospective station owners were skeptical about launching a UHF station in a market that stretched across a large and mostly mountainous swath of Missouri and Arkansas. In 1980, the station adopted the on-air brand "C-27". In 1985, the station was purchased by Woods Communications; after the sale was finalized, channel 27 changed its call letters to KDEB-TV (named after Deborah Woods, the daughter of the president of Woods Communications).
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