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KSNW

KSNW
KSN 3 logo.png
Wichita, Kansas
United States
Branding KSN (general)
KSN News (newscasts)
Slogan We've Got Your Back
Channels Digital: 45 (UHF)
Virtual: 3 ()
Subchannels 3.1 NBC
3.2 Telemundo
3.3 Ion Television
3.4 Justice Network (TBD)
Translators see section below
Affiliations NBC (1956–present)
Owner Nexstar Media Group
(LIN License Company, LLC)
First air date September 1, 1955; 61 years ago (1955-09-01)
Call letters' meaning Kansas State
Network Wichita
Sister station(s) KSNC
KSNK
KSNG
KSNL-LD
KSNT
KSNF
Former callsigns KARD-TV (1955–1982)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations Independent (1955–1956)
Transmitter power 891 kW
Height 312.2 m
Facility ID 72358
Transmitter coordinates 37°46′26″N 97°30′51″W / 37.77389°N 97.51417°W / 37.77389; -97.51417
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website ksn.com

KSNW, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 45), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNW maintains studio facilities located on North Main Street in northwest Wichita (near downtown), and its transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County (east-southeast of Colwich).

KSNW serves as the flagship of the Kansas State Network (KSN), a regional network of four stations (three full-power and one low-power) relaying NBC network programming and other programs provided by KSNW across central and western Kansas, as well as bordering counties in Nebraska and Oklahoma. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications and AT&T U-verse channel 3 in standard definition, and in high definition on Cox QAM channel 115-1 and digital channel 2003, and U-verse channel 1003.

The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1955 as KARD-TV; it was the fourth television station to sign on in the Wichita-Hutchinson market, after KAKE (channel 10) – which signed on in October 1954, KEDD (channel 16) - which signed on in August 1953, and KTVH (channel 12, now KWCH-DT) – which signed on in July 1953. It was initially an independent station, but joined NBC on May 1, 1956 when its former affiliate KEDD shut down. As a result, Wichita became one of the smallest U.S. cities to have three television stations that each maintain exclusive affiliations with one of the major networks. Channel 3 also took the NBC affiliation from KAKE, which had only been with the network since it signed on the previous year.


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