KTVO

KTVO
KTVO's primary studios and business office near Kirksville, Missouri.
CityKirksville, Missouri
Channels
Branding
  • KTVO (general)
  • Tri-State Trusted News (newscasts)
  • KTVO ABC 3 (3.1)
  • Southeast Iowa's Own Evening News (newscasts; on 3.2)
  • KTVO CBS 3 (3.2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KHQA-TV (joint news operation)
History
First air date
November 21, 1955 (1955-11-21)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • CBS (primary 1955–1968, secondary 1968–1974)
  • ABC (secondary, 1955–1968)
  • NBC (secondary, 1955–1974)
Call sign meaning
Kirksville Television Ottumwa
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21251
ERP225 kW
HAAT336 m (1,102 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°31′47″N 92°26′30″W / 40.52972°N 92.44167°W / 40.52972; -92.44167
Links
Public license information
Websitektvo.com

KTVO (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Kirksville, Missouri, United States, serving the Ottumwa, Iowa–Kirksville, Missouri market as an affiliate of ABC and CBS. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on US 63 two miles (3.2 km) north of Kirksville, with a secondary studio, news bureau and advertising sales office on South Market Street in downtown Ottumwa. Its transmitter is located northwest of Downing, Missouri, along US 136.