KSHB-TV

Contents

1970–1972	1972–1977	1977–1979	1979–1981	1981–1988	1988–1992	1992–1994


1994–1995	1995–1999	1999–2003	2003–2012	2012–2021	2021–present

KBMA-TV

1970–1972

KSHB-TV, originally signed on the air on August 10, 1970, as KBMA-TV (standing for Businessmen's Assurance Company of America, which provided initial funds for the station's founding). It was owned by Wilson D. Grant and managed under Bob Wormington. From the early 1970s through the 1980s, it was available on many cable systems in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma effectively becoming a regional superstation. This included many large Midwestern cities that didn't have independent stations of their own, such as Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, and Wichita.

1972–1977

1977–1979

1979–1981

KSHB-TV

1981–1988

The station changed its call sign to the current KSHB-TV in September 1981, in order to reflect its new ownership by Scripps Howard Broadcasting, which acquired the station in 1977.

1981–1984

1984–1985

1985–1987

In 1985, KSHB launched two 15-minute news programs titled 41 Express for weeknights and Weekend News for Saturday and Sunday nights. KSHB also became the Kansas City area's original Fox affiliate starting on October 9, 1986. However, it still essentially programmed as an independent station since the Fox network only provided programming for a few nights out of the week at that time.

1987–1988

1988–1992

1992–1994

KSHB-TV rebranded itself as "KSHB Fox 41" in early 1992. The logo was modeled after Fox's 1987–1993 network logo. During this era, KSHB launched its first half-hour local newscast Fox 41 News at 9:00 in August 1993.

1994–1995

KSHB became an NBC affiliate on September 12, 1994, swapping its Fox affiliation with WDAF-TV, as part of WDAF's then-owner New World Communications' group-wide affiliation deal with Fox. Its in-house news department, launched in 1993 (though the station had run news updates as early as 1981 while an independent station), also expanded its local news programming at that time.

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2012

In 2003, KSHB changed its on-air branding to NBC Action News for both entertainment programming and newscasts (alternately referring to itself as "Your NBC Action News Station" for entertainment programming promotion); Tampa sister station WFTS-TV changed its on-air branding to ABC Action News in the same overall usage as KSHB a year earlier.

2012–2021

On February 3, 2012, KSHB changed its on-air branding back to NBC 41 (and to 41 Action News for newscasts) with minimal advance promotion, after approximately nine years of using the NBC Action News branding; the 2003-era logo was modified, adding the number "41" (and a red background behind it) on the left side, along with a resized NBC peacock logo.

2021–present

On July 17, 2021, after 18 years of using the Action News branding for its newscasts, KSHB reverted to its former branding as KSHB 41. The "41" from the 2012 logo was retained, albeit recolored and the NBC logo was shrunk down and placed on the bottom right side of the "1". In addition, the newscast title has rebranded as KSHB 41 News.

External links

KSHB.com

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TV stations in Kansas City

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KSHB-TV

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The E.W. Scripps Company

Major television stations:

MyNetworkTV affiliates: WACY-TV | WMYD | WSYM-DT4

This TV affiliates: KWBA-DT3 | WSFL-DT4 | WTKR-DT2 | WXMI-DT3

Digital subchannel networks: DeFy TV | TrueReal

Programming: Let's Ask America (Let's Ask Cincinnati) | The List | Right This Minute | Pickler & Ben

Local news brandings: The Morning Blend | The Now

Predecessor companies: McGraw-Hill Broadcasting (Television stations only) | Journal Communications (Television stations only) | Cordillera Communications

¹KZTV is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, but it is programmed and operated by Scripps under a Shared Services Agreement.
²KNIN-TV and WFLX are owned by Gray Television, but are programmed and operated by Scripps under Shared Services Agreements.