KFVS
KFVS (Channel 12) and WFVS (Channel 8) are CBS and CW-Affiliated stations. KFVS is licensed out to Tam- SIKE!(Sville), They are actually licensed out to Cape Hiradu, Misery and WFVS (Channel 8) is licensed out to Paducah, Kentucky. Both stations are owned and operated by the Red River Broadcasting Corporation, alongside WQWQ-LD, a Telemundo affiliate. Additionally, because the stations are too lazy to have 2 separate studios, both stations are operated out of their studios, with the coordinates of (0,0) in Cape Gardue.
History[edit | edit source]
Humble Beginnings[edit | edit source]
KFVS first started as an NBC station,ran by a man called “Spuddock Dover”. proudly bearing the NBC logo..from 1959-1963. During this time, they were also a DuMont affiliate, that same year starting newscasts. On 1960, a bit of an incident happened when Scientologists raided the studios of the station, due to the fact that the owner of KFVS called Scientology quote:
“Scientology is only good for the Gift Shops. It is a blatant cult and a violation of our Traditional Family Values.”
This led to KFVS permanently banning any Scientology members from ever going on the station. The station has maintained this rule to this day.
On 1963, NBC switched to WPSD, and CBS went to KFVS, marking a bit of a transition from a future “The Place to Be!” station to a “Get Ready!” station.
CBS affiliation[edit | edit source]
The CBS affiliation was a major shock to the market for the most part, as most markets don’t usually shift this harshly. But we don’t care, so we’ll move on. on 1982, KFVS would be sold to ImaginStations, who began constructing new stations to serve the Southern Heartland, and Jonesboro areas. This includes WFVS (Channel 8) in Paducah, K42CD (Channel 42), in Jonesboro, K38EC (Channel 39, those liars..) in Paragould, K66BY (Channel 66, later on 50) in Poplar Bluff, W56DD in Harrisburg, and W23AS (You get the idea) in Carbondale. This led the stations to be known as the “Great Heartland Network”.
1990s[edit | edit source]
Eventually, KFVS would start up a secondary affiliation with UPN, as Malcom and Eddie, The Sentinel, Lemonville, TWOW, and a couple of others aired on the station. KFVS later on started LPTV stations WQWQ-LP, Cape Zirardeau and WQAU-LP in Paducah during 1998, using both as a UPN affiliate under the name “UPN 24/52”, because they are uncreative.
2000s[edit | edit source]
Things went well for a while until.. UPN and The WB did a collision, and became.. The CW. WDKA-TV, being a WB affiliate, for some reason chose to join MyNetworkTV. This made UPN 24/52 join the CW, but…Oh No! 2 minor LPTV stations aren’t enough to serve the entire market! If only they realized that when UPN showed up! This led to a sort of restructuring among the two stations. WQWQ-LP joined Telemundo and moving to Cape Girardeau. and WQAU-LP’s city of license was switched to Quincy, Kentucky. Becoming a part of the larger “Great Heartland Network.” Also, all stations simulcasting KFVS began a CW subchannel under the name: The CW Heartland, later on known as.. The Heartland’s CW. This became more important once 2009 came around. WQAU-LP, now -LD was forced to move down to Digital Channel 51, and K66BY went to channel 50. Despite this, All stations maintained their calls, now adding an extra -D (Well, except for CH. 38 which moved up to 39, and 56 who went to 26) until the 2010s came around.
2010s[edit | edit source]
During the year 2010, ImaginStations got bought by Grey, which That year merged with Nexstar. The 2 just blew up due to the FCC hating it. This led to “The Great Heartland Network” to be spun over to The Red River Broadcast Corporation, which only ran at this time the KJRR network across North Dakota, and KQDS in Detroit. Eventually, The RRBC decided to team up with Games Workshop during 2012. and allow each network to get their own Space Marine mascot, because it was trendy. They later on kept it anyways due to the 1000-year contract. And then, on 2015, all LPTV stations were promoted to Class A. This led to this change to their call signs.
The Great Heartland Callsign Jumble[edit | edit source]
- K42CD-D -> KJBS-CD (Jonesboro, KFVS)
- K39HJ-D -> KPGS-CD (Paragould, KFVS)
- K50KB-D -> KPVS-CD (Poplar Bluff, KFVS (Also KPBS already existed, and they threatened them with Bad times)
- WQAU-LD -> WQAU-CD (Old calls die hard)
- W26CI-D -> WCDS-CD (Carbondale, KFVS)
- W23AS-D -> WATS-CD (Former call sign jumble)
Now you might noticed That WCDS-CD, despite being licensed out to Harrisburg, was given one for Carbondale. This mistake lasted for roughly one day, before WCDS-CD became WHSS-CD.
Late 2010s[edit | edit source]
The Great Heartland Network not only upgraded its CW subchannel to HD, but also slid in some new subchannels, including Antenna TV, Circle, Nothing Forever, among a couple of others. They even put up a widescreen simulcast of WQWQ-LD.
2020s[edit | edit source]
Upon the crash of Circle, KFVS had a choice to make. The 365, Outlaw, or Spamton Value Network? They picked all of the above, mixing them into the schedule.
Technical information[edit | edit source]
Subchannels[edit | edit source]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed, if anyone tells you otherwise, yell “you are not real” at them.
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | Compression Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CBS-GHN | Main KFVS-TV programming / CBS | MPEG-2 |
| x.2 | 720p | CW | KFVS-DT2 / The CW | ||
| x.3 | 480i | KFVS-CL | Antenna TV | ||
| x.4 | SVN | Spamton Value Network | |||
| x.5 | Not,For | Nothing, Forever | |||
| x.6 | Outlaw | Outlaw | |||
| x.7 | 720p | WQWQ-LD | Telemundo (WQWQ-LD Simulcast) | MPREG-4 | |
| x.8 | 480i | The 365 | The 365 |
Digital Channels[edit | edit source]
- 12 - KFVS Cape Deaugir (Full Powered, Original)
- 8 - WFVS Paducah (Full Powered, Semi-Sattelite)
- 42 - KJBS-CD Jonesboro (Class A LPTV, Translator)
- 39 - KPGS-CD Paragould (Class A LPTV, Translator)
- 66 - KPVS-CD Poplar Bluff (Class A LPTV, Translator)
- 24 - WQAU-CD Murray (Class A LPTV, Translator)
- 56 - WHSS-CD Harrisburg (Class A LPTV, Translator)
- 23 - WATS-CD Carbondale (Class A LPTV, Translator)
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit | edit source]
KFVS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States Digital television transition in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.
