KOMU-TV

KOMU-TV
Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri; United States;
City	Columbia, Missouri
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF); Virtual: 8;
Branding	KOMU 8; Mid-Missouri CW (on DT3);
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: NBC; 8.3: CW+;
Ownership
Owner	University of Missouri; (The Curators of the University of Missouri);
Sister stations	KBIA, KMUC
History
First air date	December 21, 1953
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009); Digital: 36 (UHF, 2002–2009), 8 (VHF, 2009–2023); Translator: 7 K07SD Rolla;
Former affiliations	NBC (1953–1982); CBS (secondary, 1953–1955); DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955); ABC (secondary 1953–1971, primary 1982–1985);
Call sign meaning	Ozarks (region served), and University of Missouri's initials transposed
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65583
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	266 m (873 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°53′21″N 92°15′43.2″W / 38.88917°N 92.262000°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.komu.com

KOMU-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving the Columbia–Jefferson City market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station's studios and transmitter are located on US 63 southeast of downtown Columbia. Owned by the University of Missouri and operated by the Missouri School of Journalism, KOMU-TV is one of only two commercial television stations in the United States to be operated by a public university, alongside the University of Alabama's WVUA-CD; all other such stations are non-profit PBS member stations.