KTVO
 
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Kirksville, Missouri/Ottumwa, Iowa United States |
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| City | Kirksville, Missouri |
| Branding | KTVO 3 (general) KTVO News (newscasts) KTVO CBS 3.2 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Expect More |
| Channels |
Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 3 () |
| Subchannels | 3.1 ABC 3.2 CBS 3.3 Comet TV |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary until 1968) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (KTVO Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | November 21, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning | Kirksville TeleVision/Ottumwa |
| Sister station(s) | KHQA-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1955–2009) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1955–1974; secondary from 1968) NBC (secondary 1955–1974) |
| Transmitter power | 87 kW |
| Height | 290 m (951 feet) |
| Facility ID | 21251 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°31′47″N 92°26′29″W / 40.52972°N 92.44139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | ktvo |
KTVO is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Heartland (United States) area of Northeastern Missouri and Southeastern Iowa. Licensed to Kirksville, Missouri, it broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter northwest of Downing, Missouri along US 136. The station can also be seen in Iowa on Mediacom channel 5 (HD on digital channel 803) and in Missouri on Cable One channel 6 (HD on digital channel 455). Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, KTVO's main broadcast facility is located on US 63 two miles north of Kirksville. A secondary news studio and operations are maintained at 111 South Market Street in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa.
When the FCC lifted the "Freeze of '48"—the nationwide halt to reorganize TV frequencies—on April 14, 1952 the VHF channel 3 was assigned to the Kirksville, Missouri market. This prime channel attracted the attention of North Missouri Broadcasting Partners, a group led by former U.S. Congressman Sam "Wat" Arnold and Sam Burk, owners of Kirksville radio station KIRX, who had already been discussing the feasibility of adding a television station to their operations. Hoping to defray the costs and risk of the new venture, in early 1953 the Kirksville group joined with another led by James J. Conroy, owner of KBIZ in Ottumwa, Iowa. In return for shares in KBIZ, the Kirksville group would allow construction of a tower and transmitter site whose signal would cover both Kirksville and Ottumwa. Following FCC approval, a 1,100 foot tower was built near Downing, Missouri.
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