KSPR-LD
 
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Springfield, Missouri United States |
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| Branding | KSPR ABC 33 (general) KSPR News (newscasts) Ozarks CW (primary, on LD2) KCZ (secondary, on LD2) |
| Slogan | Covering our Community |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 33 () |
| Subchannels | 33.1 ABC 33.2 The CW 33.3 Antenna TV |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | March 15, 1990 |
| Call letters' meaning | SPRingfield |
| Sister station(s) | KYTV, KYCW-LD, K17DL-D |
| Former callsigns | K15CZ (1990–2015) K15CZ-D (2015–2016) KYCW-LD (2016–2017) |
| Former channel number(s) | 15 (UHF analog, 1990–2015) 15 (PSIP virtual, 2015–2017) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1990–1995) UPN (1995–2006) The CW (2006–2017, moved to LD2) |
| Transmitter power | 3.9 kW 967 kW (KYTV-DT3) |
| Height | 151 m 628 m (KYTV-DT3) |
| Class | LPTV |
| Facility ID | 49186 36003 (KYTV-DT3) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
37°14′23.0″N 92°17′7.0″W / 37.239722°N 92.285278°W 37°10′26″N 92°56′28.1″W / 37.17389°N 92.941139°W (KYTV-DT3) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kspr.com |
KSPR-LD, UHF digital channel 15 (virtual channel 33), is an ABC and CW-affiliated television station licensed to Springfield, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Gray Television, and is a sister station to NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3) and CW affiliate KYCW-LD (channel 25). All three stations share studio facilities located on West Sunshine Street in Springfield; KSPR-LD maintains transmitter facilities located on East Kearney Street (MO 744), near Doling Park. Syndicated programs broadcast by KSPR-LD include Family Feud, Jeopardy!, and The Big Bang Theory.
KSPR-LD's low-powered digital broadcasting radius does not reach the entire market. Therefore, the station's first subchannel is simulcast on a digital subchannel of KYTV displaying as virtual channel 3.2. KSPR-LD's CW-affiliated subchannel broadcasts on the second digital subchannel of KYTV (channel 3.3) in order to reach the entire market.
The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1990, as K15CZ; it originally operated as an independent station. K15CZ formerly operated a repeater station, K17DL in Branson; in 2009, that station was transferred to Branson Visitors TV, LLC (a company in which Schurz holds a 50.1-percent interest) and now airs tourist information for the Branson area. The station became a charter affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN) when the network launched on January 16, 1995; the station changed its on-air branding to "UPN 15". In the late 1990s, K15CZ entered into a local marketing agreement with South Bend, Indiana-based Schurz Communications, owners of NBC affiliate KYTV (channel 3); Schurz eventually bought the station outright in 2002.
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