The station was launched on September 10, 1955 as KARD-TV as a independent station. In 1956, the station joined NBC after KEDD was shut down. In 1962, the station was purchased by Central Kansas Television (which owned KCKT (VHF channel 2) in Great Bend, KGLD (VHF channel 11) in Garden City and KOMC-TV (VHF channel 8) in Oberlin).
The call letters of all four of the Kansas State Network stations were changed on August 16, 1982 to help viewers think of the four stations as part of one large network. KARD changed its calls to KSNW, KCKT became KSNC, KGLD became KSNG and KOMC became KSNK. With the change, the stations became known as KSN.
1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 2Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 3Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 5Predecessor company of LIN Media. 6Currently a repeater for WWLP. 7Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
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