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KTVI (channel 2) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside KPLR-TV (channel 11), an owned-and-operated station of The CW. The two stations share studios on Ball Drive in Maryland Heights; KTVI's transmitter is located in Sappington, Missouri.

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History

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As WTVI

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The station first signed on the air by Signal Hill Telecasting Corporation[2] on August 10, 1953, as WTVI, broadcasting on UHF channel 54. It was originally licensed to Belleville, Illinois (across the Mississippi River from St. Louis), and was the second television station in the St. Louis market after KSD-TV (channel 5, now KSDK) on February 8, 1947. The station's first broadcast was a baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, announced by Buddy Blattner, Bill Durney and Milo Hamilton. It operated as a primary CBS affiliate, and held secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont. DuMont affiliation was agreed to in February 1953 to replace KSD-TV.[2] The station was project to sign on May 15, 1953.[2] The station originally operated from studios located in Alton, Illinois. The CBS affiliation moved to KWK-TV (channel 4, now KMOV) when it debuted on July 8, 1954; more or less by default, WTVI became a primary ABC affiliate.

As KTVI

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The station moved to UHF channel 36, and relocated its city of license to St. Louis on April 9, 1955, keeping the base "TVI" letters as part of its callsign while flipping the first assigned letter from "W" to "K" with this switch of sides of the Mississippi River, thus changing to the current KTVI. It moved its operations to facilities located in the Clayton-Tamm/Dogtown neighborhood in west St. Louis (off present-day I-64/US 40 at the intersection of Berthold, Oakland, and Hampton Avenues). However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had recently changed its regulations so that the station could have kept its license in Belleville even while moving its main studio to St. Louis. The WTVI calls are currently used by a PBS member station in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The station lost DuMont programming when the network ceased operations in 1956, making KTVI an exclusive ABC affiliate. As the FCC would not require television sets to include UHF tuners until 1961, on April 15, 1957, KTVI moved to VHF channel 2, something it had attempted to do soon after moving to St. Louis–the channel 2 allocation had been reassigned from Springfield, Illinois, under pressure from the Truman administration, originally done so as not to interfere with CBS-owned WBBM-TV in Chicago.

For many years, the station was owned by the Newhouse newspaper chain (now Advance Publications), owners of the now-defunct St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In 1980, Newhouse exited from broadcasting, and sold KTVI and its other television outlets to the Los Angeles-based Times Mirror Company. In March 1993, in order for the company to concentrate on its newspaper and cable television system franchises, Times Mirror sold KTVI and its three sister stations—fellow CBS affiliates KTBC in Austin and KDFW-TV in Dallas–Fort Worth and NBC affiliate WVTM-TV in Birmingham—to Argyle Television Holdings in a two-part deal for $335 million in cash and securities. Under the transaction's purchase option structure, WVTM and KTVI were the first two stations that Argyle sold to New World, which the latter purchased for a combined $80 million. (It would later respectively acquire KDFW and KTBC from the group for $335 million in cash and securities). The purchase of the entire group was completed in December of that year following securement of financing for the deal.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

As a Fox station

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Main article: 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment

New World Communications ownership

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On May 23, 1994, as part of a $500-million overall deal in which network parent News Corporation also purchased a 20% equity interest in the group, New World signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Fox to switch twelve television stations—five that New World had already owned and seven that the company was in the process of acquiring through separate deals with Great American Communications and Argyle Television Holdings (which New World purchased one week later in a purchase option-structured deal for $717 million), including KTVI—to the network. The stations involved in the agreement—all of which were affiliated with one of the three major broadcast networks (CBS, ABC and NBC)—would become Fox affiliates once individual affiliation contracts with each of the stations' existing network partners had expired. (WVTM did not switch as WBRC, which was placed in a blind trust, was later sold to Fox outright as New World could not keep both due to FCC rules at the time that forbade duopolies).[10][11] The deal was motivated by the National Football League (NFL)'s awarding of the rights to the National Football Conference (NFC) television package to Fox on December 18, 1993, in which the conference's broadcast television rights moved to the network effective with the 1994 NFL season, ending a 38-year relationship with CBS.[12]

ABC had a fourteen-month leeway to find a new affiliate in St. Louis, as its contract with KTVI did not expire until July 1, 1995; its affiliation contracts expired only one month after as CBS's agreement with KDFW and KTBC was scheduled to expire, giving the networks that were already affiliated with the three former Argyle stations slated to switch to Fox a longer grace period to find new affiliates than CBS, NBC and/or ABC were given in most of the other markets affected by the Fox-New World deal (ABC's affiliation contracts with WGHP and WBRC ended even later, respectively expiring in September 1995 and September 1996). Of ABC's options, four prospects were automatically eliminated: KSDK was in the middle of a long-term affiliation agreement between its owner at the time, Multimedia Broadcasting, and NBC; KMOV was under a long-term agreement between CBS and Paramount Stations Group (which was in the process of selling KMOV and its four other major network affiliates to focus on its Fox-affiliated and independent stations that were set to become charter affiliates of group parent Viacom's then-upstart United Paramount Network [UPN]); and KNLC (channel 24, now a MeTV owned-and-operated station) and WHSL (channel 46, now Ion Television O&O WRBU) were respectively owned by the locally based New Life Christian Church and the Home Shopping Network at the time, and both stations had inferior signals, even on cable, making either unlikely choices as even last-ditch options. This left independent station KPLR-TV (channel 11, now a CW owned-and-operated station) and existing Fox station KDNL-TV (channel 30) as the only viable options with which ABC could reach an affiliation agreement. The network first approached KPLR about negotiating an affiliation deal, ultimately to be turned down by its then-owner Koplar Communications. On August 25, 1994, River City Broadcasting reached an agreement with ABC to shift the network's affiliation rights to KDNL.[13]

KTVI switched to Fox on August 7, 1995, ending its relationship with ABC after 42 years; concurrently, ABC programming moved to KDNL-TV. The last ABC program to air on KTVI was an ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of Survive the Savage Sea at 8 p.m. Central Time on August 6.[citation needed] As with most of the other New World-owned stations affected by the agreement with Fox, KTVI retained its longtime "Channel 2" branding upon the affiliation switch, with references to the Fox logo and name limited in most on-air imaging; it also retained the news branding it had been using before it joined the network—in its case, The 2 News Team, which the station adopted in November 1990 as an ABC affiliate. In addition to expanding its local news programming at the time it joined Fox, the station replaced ABC daytime and late-night programs that migrated to KDNL with an expanded slate of syndicated talk shows as well as some documentary-based reality series and off-network sitcoms, and also acquired some syndicated film packages and first-run and off-network syndicated drama series for broadcast in weekend afternoon timeslots on weeks when Fox did not provide sports programming.

News Corporation/Fox ownership

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On July 17, 1996, News Corporation announced that it would acquire New World in an all-stock transaction worth $2.48 billion, with the latter company's ten Fox affiliates being folded into the former's Fox Television Stations subsidiary, making them all owned-and-operated stations of the network (the New World Communications name continued as a licensing purpose corporation for KTVI and its sister stations until 2007 under Fox, and from 2009 to 2011 under Local TV ownership);[14][15] upon the completion of the merger on January 22, 1997, KTVI became the first network-owned station in the St. Louis market since CBS sold KMOX-TV (which became what is now KMOV concurrent to the sale) to Viacom in 1986. Under Fox ownership, programming began to change very slightly as KTVI (through Fox) began to add stronger first-run syndicated shows as well as stronger off-network sitcoms to the programming mix.

KTVI first launched its website on November 1, 1999, which featured a design similar to other sites belonging to Fox's owned-and-operated stations at the time and focused on promotional and programming content initially, but eventually incorporated news content. The website was migrated to the MyFox platform on September 14, 2006. On October 15, 2007, KTVI launched STLMoms.com, a website aimed at St. Louis area mothers, whose concept spun off from a popular blog featured on the station's main website. Subsequently, on June 2, 2008, KTVI launched GarageSaleSTL.com, a free website that primarily features a Google-based map of viewer-submitted garage sales (the site has since been discontinued).

Local TV and Tribune ownership

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On December 22, 2007, Fox sold KTVI and seven other owned-and-operated stations—WDAF-TV in Kansas City, WBRC in Birmingham, WGHP in Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, WJW in Cleveland, WITI in Milwaukee, KDVR in Denver and KSTU in Salt Lake City—to Local TV (a broadcast holding company operated by private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners that was formed on May 7 of that year to assume ownership of the broadcasting division of The New York Times Company) for $1.1 billion; the sale was finalized on July 14, 2008.[16][17][18] On February 1, 2012, WJW redesigned its web site under the new WordPress-hosted design implemented months earlier by sister stations WDAF and WITI, replacing the site design previously used for the Local TV stations that was developed by Tribune Interactive (now Tribune Digital). On July 1, 2013, the Tribune Company (which in 2008, had formed a joint management agreement involving its Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary and Local TV to operate stations owned by both companies and provide web hosting, technical and engineering services to those run by the latter group) acquired the Local TV stations for $2.75 billion;[19] the sale was completed on December 27.[20][21]

On September 17, 2008, Local TV LLC entered into a local marketing agreement with Tribune Broadcasting, under which it assumed some operational responsibilities for CW affiliate KPLR-TV. The agreement, which took effect on October 1, allowed KTVI to provide advertising and promotional services as well as news operations for KPLR, while Tribune would retain responsibilities over channel 11's programming (although both stations would share certain syndicated programs), master control and production services. The LMA resulted from the formation of a "broadcast management company" that was created to provide management services to stations owned by both Tribune and Local TV. Although it was the senior partner in the agreement, KTVI vacated its longtime studios in the Clayton-Tamm/Dogtown neighborhood on St. Louis' west side and moved its operations to KPLR's facility in Maryland Heights (KPLR moved to that building, the larger of the two facilities, in 2003; whereas KTVI had been operating from the Berthold studios for nearly 50 years).[22]

On July 1, 2013, Tribune acquired KTVI and Local TV's eighteen other television stations outright for $2.75 billion; the sale received FCC approval on December 20, and was completed on December 27, creating the first legal station duopoly in the St. Louis market between KTVI and KPLR.[23][24][25][21] As FCC rules prohibit the common ownership of two of the four highest-rated television stations in the same market, Tribune's direct purchase of KTVI to form a duopoly with KPLR was permissible because KPLR ranked in fifth place in total day ratings at the time of the purchase. (In recent years, KPLR and KDNL – which ranked fourth in the ratings at that time – have rotated between fourth and fifth place in total day viewership due to the weaker viewership of KDNL's programming since its news department was shut down by owner Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2001); St. Louis also has only nine full-power television stations, seven of which are commercial outlets, making this the only legal duopoly allowable in the market under FCC rules.

Aborted sale to Sinclair; sale to Nexstar

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Main article: Attempted acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair—which has owned KDNL-TV since the group's 1996 acquisition of its previous corporate parent River City Broadcasting—entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Media on May 8, 2017, for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in Tribune debt.[26][27] Prohibited from owning all three stations, Sinclair would have been required to sell KPLR to a third party to comply with ownership rules and alleviate potential antitrust issues. The deal received significant scrutiny over Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties, prompting the FCC to designate it for hearing and leading Tribune to terminate the deal and sue Sinclair for breach of contract.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

Following the Sinclair deal's collapse, Nexstar Media Group of Irving, Texas, announced its purchase of Tribune Media on December 3, 2018, for $6.4 billion in cash and debt.[40] The sale was completed on September 19, 2019.[41]

Programming

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KTVI currently carries the majority of the Fox network schedule; however, it delays the network's Saturday late night block (currently, as of September 2016, consisting of reruns of Fox prime time reality series) by a half-hour in order to air its 10 p.m. newscast. The station may preempt some Fox programs in order to air long-form breaking news or severe weather coverage, although live sports events may require such coverage to air simultaneously with the scheduled Fox Sports telecast. Fox prime time shows preempted or otherwise interrupted by such content may either be rebroadcast on tape delay over KTVI's main channel in place of syndicated programs normally shown during overnight timeslots. Station personnel also gives viewers who subscribe to AT&T U-verse, DirecTV, Dish Network and other pay television providers within the KTVI viewing area the option of watching the affected shows on the Fox Now streaming platforms or its cable/satellite video-on-demand service the day after their initial airing.

The only two notable program preemptions that KTVI made as a Fox affiliate—outside of those necessitated by extended breaking news or severe weather coverage, special programming, or other scheduling conflicts—have been the brief one of the Fox Kids block and that of the secondary Sunday morning NFL pre-game show Fox NFL Kickoff, of which KTVI had declined carriage for the 2015 regular season (the program moved to Fox from Fox Sports 1 in September 2015), with the station's second digital subchannel airing it instead in its network-recommended time slot; KTVI began clearing Fox NFL Kickoff in September 2016.

Fox children's programming

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Unlike most of its sister stations under its former New World ownership, KTVI has carried Fox's children's programming. Upon joining the network in August 1995, it opted not to run the Fox Kids weekday afternoon and Saturday morning blocks, instead airing children's programs acquired via syndication on weekend mornings (the preemptions of Fox Kids by the New World stations led the network to change its carriage policies to allow Fox stations uninterested in carrying the block the right of first refusal to transfer the local rights to another station; by 2001, affiliates were no longer required to run the Fox Kids lineup even if Fox had not secured a substitute carrier). Fox Kids originally wanted to be broadcast locally on KPLR, but the offer was turned down by that station's then-owner Koplar Communications, because Koplar felt that "they had a strong slate of children's programming and no room for the Rangers".[42] Fox Kids subsequently went unseen in the market, and representatives of the block faced the possibility of piping in KSMO-TV in Kansas City (which aired Fox Kids because WDAF-TV declined carriage of the block) for cable subscribers until September, when Fox Kids arranged for its programming to be aired locally on religious independent KNLC.[43] KNLC then drew the ire of the network by asking children to write to Missouri governor Mel Carnahan to protest the planned execution of Johnny Lee Wilson, then in prison for the 1986 murder of 79-year-old Aurora resident Pauline Martz[44] (Carnahan pardoned Wilson that same month[45]); additionally, KNLC's poor signal—both over the air and on cable—angered members of the largest Fox Kids Club in the nation. As a result, Fox Kids moved to KTVI in 1996.[46]

KTVI stopped carrying the Fox Kids weekday block in 1998,[47] although the station retained its Saturday morning lineup via negotiations, although KTVI had to cut to two hours of educational-and-informational programming before cutting back to Fox Kids[48] (this was despite the fact that Fox gave its affiliates the option to push the weekday block to an earlier afternoon timeslot at that period). Fox discontinued its weekday block nationwide on December 31, 2001,[49] while the Saturday lineup was contracted out to 4Kids Entertainment and relaunched as FoxBox on September 14, 2002. In September 2006, KTVI aired the block (by then, renamed 4Kids TV) two hours earlier than most carrier stations to accommodate the station's Saturday morning newscast. Fox ended its network-supplied children's programming on December 28, 2008, replacing it thereafter with the paid programming block Weekend Marketplace.[50] On September 13, 2014, KTVI began carrying Xploration Station, a live-action educational program block distributed by Steve Rotfeld Productions that is syndicated primarily to Fox stations, on Saturday mornings through an agreement involving Tribune's Fox-affiliated stations.[51][52]

Sports programming

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KTVI became the official "home" station of the St. Louis Rams—which had relocated to the city from Los Angeles in 1995 (with the exception of select prime time telecasts on Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights, KTVI broadcast most of the NFL franchise's road games as well as most home games against other NFC teams). The station served as the local broadcaster for the Rams' appearance in Super Bowl XXXVI. KTVI's status as the team's primary station ended after the 2015 season, as a consequence of NFL team owners voting to approve the Rams' relocation back to Los Angeles effective with the 2016 NFL season, 30–2.

Since 1996, channel 2 also airs any St. Louis Cardinals games that are broadcast via Fox's broadcast contract with Major League Baseball; this included the team's World Series victories in 2006 and 2011, and its appearances in the 2004 and 2013 World Series.

News operation

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KTVI presently broadcasts 68 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 11½ hours each weekday and 5½ hours on Saturdays, and 5 hours on Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among St. Louis's broadcast television stations. KTVI's Sunday 5 p.m. newscast is subject to preemption due to network sports coverage, as is standard with Fox stations that carry early evening weekend newscasts (though the Saturday 5 p.m. newscast is usually delayed to 6 p.m. due to baseball or college football coverage).

News department history

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As an ABC affiliate, KTVI's newscasts usually placed third in the ratings, behind longtime leader KSDK (channel 5) and KMOV. However, for most of the 1980s and early 1990s, the station fought a spirited battle with KMOX-TV/KMOV for second place. Since 2009, the station's weekday morning newscast has placed first among the newscasts in the St. Louis market during that time period.[citation needed] One of the mainstay evening segments is "You Paid For It" (an investigative segment reported by Elliott Davis that uncovers city government tax abuse; the segment ends by giving the phone number of the office of that municipality's mayor, followed by the signoff "Call and speak your mind: after all, you paid for it").

After joining Fox in August 1995, KTVI increased its news programming output from roughly 30 hours a week to nearly 45 hours. It initially retained a news schedule similar to what it had as an ABC affiliate. All of its existing newscasts were retained, but it expanded its weekday morning newscast from one to three hours (with two hours added from 7 to 9 a.m.), and bridged the weeknight 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts into a 90-minute early evening news block (by adding a half-hour newscast at 5:30 to compensate for Fox's lack of a national news program). However, like its Austin sister station KTBC did during its first four years as a Fox station, KTVI did not initially add a prime time newscast at 9 p.m. upon switching to the network to compensate for Fox's lack of prime time network programming during that hour; instead, it filled the slot with syndicated programming from the August 1995 switch until September 1997, when it debuted a half-hour 9 p.m. newscast; it continued to air syndicated shows during the 9:30 half-hour until the prime time newscast expanded to one hour in September 1999, now leading directly into the 10 p.m. newscast (KTVI is one of several Fox stations that offer newscasts in both the final hour of prime time and the traditional late news timeslot, one of the few affiliated with the network that runs a nightly 10 p.m. (or 11 p.m.) newscast and one of the few to continue its Big Three-era 10 p.m. newscast after switching to Fox).

In addition to compensating for the absence of daily national newscasts on Fox's schedule, the expansion of KTVI's news schedule also served to fill timeslots vacated by the departures of Good Morning America and World News Tonight through its discontinuance of the ABC affiliation. KTVI is able to emphasize a broad array of stories from national and local reports, to investigative stories because of its large news programming output. The station also devotes a sizeable portion of its sports coverage to local high school sports (once partnering with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to produce the now-canceled Prep Sports Show on Saturdays) and was the home of Jeff Fisher's weekly St. Louis Rams review show on Mondays.

For much of the time since it affiliated with Fox until the LMA began, KTVI's 9 p.m. newscast had beaten KPLR-TV's own prime time news program in that timeslot. Before Dick Ford retired from the station in December 2005, all four of KTVI's main male anchors (Ford, Tom O'Neal, Dan Gray and John Pertzborn) formerly served as anchors at KSDK. On April 10, 2006, KTVI debuted a new standardized graphics package, logo and news theme ("Fox Affiliate News Theme" by OSI Music) that was used by Fox's other owned-and-operated stations and select affiliates, during that evening's 9 p.m. newscast. A new set and weather center (replacing one built in 1998) was also introduced (the old news desk was donated to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, with the old weather center donated to the University of Missouri–St. Louis). In December 2008, KPLR temporarily relocated its newscasts to KTVI's now-former Clayton-Tamm/Dogtown studios as KPLR's facility was being remodeled to accommodate both KPLR and KTVI's newscasts;[53] KTVI moved production of its newscasts to a temporary set in January 2009, in order for crews dismantle and move the station's existing news set to KPLR's Maryland Heights facility.

On February 15, 2009, KTVI began broadcasting local newscasts in high definition from its new Maryland Heights studio, accompanied by a new graphics package. The set was updated with several elements added to better fit the new graphics and due to the conversion to HD, while removing the city skyline backdrop in favor of a blue background. In January 2010, KTVI expanded its weekday morning newscast to six hours from 4 to 10 a.m. (despite the expansion, the station retained its 11 a.m. newscast). On December 23, 2011, KTVI/KPLR opened a news bureau in the newly renovated Peabody Opera House in downtown St. Louis, to better serve the downtown and eastern portion of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

On January 28, 2015, both stations introduced a new combined set with LED lighting, two video walls (one replacing the weather green screen), and a new anchor desk. Both stations shared the set (but KPLR used a separate weather center). They also introduced new graphics and music package for both stations the same day.[54] KTVI became the first station in the Central Time Zone to launch an 11 p.m. weeknight newscast Hosted by Shirley Washington and Jasmine Huda (formerly of KMOV) the show debuted on January 18, 2016.[55]

In mid-2019, both stations introduced The Power of Two: Midday, replacing Fox 2 News Midday and News 11 at Noon. The program is aired live at 11 a.m. on KTVI and KPLR.

On January 30, 2020, both stations introduced a new graphics package and music package for each station. The music, titled "Beyond", was created by Stephen Arnold Music, and is largely used by Fox affiliates.

In spring 2020, both stations introduced The Power of Two at 6 am, which is simulcast on KTVI and KPLR. While branded for both stations, it is largely targeted towards the KTVI audience, as it is part of Fox 2 News in The Morning.

In February 2021, both stations overhauled their set again with an expansion of the physical studio space with multiple venues and a larger video wall. KPLR no longer has a separate weather center, now just appearing on the same set as KTVI.

Notable current on-air staff

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Notable former on-air staff

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Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTVI[56]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
2.1 720p 16:9 KTVI-DT Fox
2.2 480i ANTENNA Antenna TV
2.3 GRIT Grit
2.4 SHOP Shop LC
11.1 720p 16:9 KPLR-DT The CW (KPLR-TV)
  Broadcast on behalf of another station

KTVI began carrying Antenna TV upon its launch on January 1, 2011, on digital subchannel 2.2.[57]

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KTVI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 43,[58][59] using virtual channel 2.

As part of the repacking process following the 2016-2017 FCC incentive auction, KTVI relocated to UHF channel 33 in 2020.

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KTVI, branded as Fox 2, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States, serving the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area on virtual channel 2. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc., operating as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate KPLR-TV (channel 11), with both sharing studios at 2250 Ball Drive in Maryland Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. KTVI originally signed on the air on August 10, 1953, as WTVI on UHF channel 54 from Belleville, Illinois, before moving to St. Louis in 1955, adopting its current call letters, and transitioning to VHF channel 2 in 1957; it became a Fox affiliate in 1993 amid a series of ownership transitions that included stints under New World Communications and Fox Television Stations. Over its history, KTVI has evolved into a leading local broadcaster, producing more than 68 hours of live news and original programming weekly, including the market's only 11 p.m. newscast, and consistently ranking first in key viewing demographics such as adults 25-54 from morning through late night.

History

Origins as WTVI (1953–1959)

WTVI signed on the air on August 10, 1953, as the second commercial television station in the St. Louis market, broadcasting on UHF channel 54 from studios and transmitter facilities at 10200 West Main Street in Belleville, Illinois. The station was established by the Signal Hill Telecasting Corporation, formed by a group of radio and television executives including Bernard T. Wilson as president and general manager, John I. Hyatt, Theodore F. Westcott as vice president of programming, and investment bankers Paul E. Peltason and Harry Tenenbaum, who held majority ownership. Ownership was structured with Peltason and Tenenbaum controlling 67 percent, while Wilson and a partnership of Westcott and Hyatt each held 10 percent. The choice of Belleville as the city of license avoided competitive delays in FCC allocations for St. Louis proper, positioning the transmitter on the Illinois bluffs approximately 6.5 miles from downtown St. Louis. Equipped with a 220,000-watt transmitter and a 600-foot antenna atop the bluffs, WTVI provided coverage over an area exceeding 50 miles, serving a population of more than 2.5 million. Programming relied on an 11-mile microwave relay from for network feeds, with initial affiliation to the and secondary clearance of programs. The debut broadcast featured a game, followed by a mix of network shows, local productions, , sports including St. Louis Cardinals games, and feature films; by fall 1954, primary affiliation shifted to ABC. Sales offices in supported advertising efforts targeted at the regional market. Early operations faced significant hurdles typical of UHF stations in an era dominated by VHF receivers, including limited set compatibility and high conversion costs for viewers. Financial pressures intensified when competing UHF station KSTM on channel 36 ceased operations on August 4, 1954, citing unsustainable expenses amid sparse UHF penetration. In response, WTVI relocated its operations and license to on April 9, 1955, shifting to channel 36 and adopting the call letters KTVI while retaining the core "TVI" identifier; this move preceded a further transition to VHF channel 2 in 1957, approved by the FCC in 1959 as part of broader deintermixture efforts to consolidate VHF dominance.

Rebranding and independent era as KTVI (1959–1995)

In April 1957, KTVI relocated its broadcast signal from UHF channel 36 to VHF channel 2, a shift approved by the to improve reception amid limited UHF tuner adoption in televisions at the time. This move positioned the station as St. Louis's primary VHF independent outlet, focusing on syndicated programming, feature films, and local content to compete with network-affiliated rivals. The transition stabilized operations after earlier UHF struggles, enabling broader audience reach in the metropolitan area. On February 10, 1959, an EF-4 devastated parts of , destroying KTVI's transmission tower and causing significant infrastructure damage, yet the station resumed broadcasting swiftly using backup facilities and community support. This event underscored the station's resilience during its independent phase, with programming emphasizing local recovery coverage alongside staples like children's shows such as , which drew strong viewership and helped sustain revenue through the 1950s and . By the early , KTVI produced public affairs documentaries, including the 1960 program Expedition! St. Louis: The City Fights Back, examining efforts. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, KTVI maintained an independent schedule heavy on off-network reruns, classic movies aired in , game shows, and locally originated talk and variety programs, filling gaps left by the major networks' limited evening hours. Ownership during this period rested with entities tied to local media interests, including the Newhouse chain, publishers of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which influenced content toward community-focused reporting and entertainment until Newhouse's broadcasting divestiture in 1980. The station's studios in 's Dogtown neighborhood supported production of regional sports highlights and segments, though it faced ratings pressure from established affiliates (NBC), (CBS), and KPLR (emerging independent on channel 11). The 1980s brought ownership changes, with acquiring KTVI in 1978 and emphasizing expanded local news and syndicated hits like Star Trek reruns and sitcoms to bolster market share. Hearst-Argyle purchased the station in 1993, investing in technical upgrades amid cable television's rise, which mitigated signal concerns but intensified competition from national superstations. Programming evolved to include more talk shows, such as those hosted by local personalities, and acquired rights to sports events like Cardinals preseason games when available, sustaining viability as an independent until affiliation shifts loomed in the mid-1990s. By 1995, cumulative audience data showed KTVI capturing 10-15% of primetime viewership in the market, reliant on its eclectic mix rather than network backing.

Shift to Fox affiliation and network integration (1995–present)

In 1995, KTVI ended its 42-year affiliation with ABC and joined Fox as part of a network realignment deal involving New World Communications, which had acquired the station from Hearst-Argyle earlier that year. The switch took effect on August 7, 1995, with Fox programming moving from KDNL-TV (channel 30) to KTVI's higher-profile VHF channel 2, while ABC shifted to KDNL. This move strengthened Fox's market position in St. Louis by leveraging KTVI's established signal and audience reach. The affiliation change prompted KTVI to integrate Fox's primetime schedule, featuring youth-oriented series such as and , which replaced ABC's daytime dramas and family programming. To align with Fox's aggressive growth strategy post-NFL rights acquisition, KTVI expanded its department, adding evening newscasts and increasing overall news output to compete more effectively in the market. In July 1996, News Corporation completed its $3 billion acquisition of Communications' television stations, including KTVI, elevating it to owned-and-operated (O&O) status within the group. This ownership solidified network integration, enabling centralized resources for programming, promotion, and technical upgrades. Fox retained KTVI as an O&O until December 2007, when it announced the sale of the station and seven other affiliates in mid-sized markets to Local TV, LLC—a venture backed by —for $1.1 billion, with the transaction closing in 2008. Under Local TV ownership, KTVI entered a agreement with Broadcasting's CW affiliate (channel 11), consolidating news production and relocating operations to KPLR's studios in , later that year to achieve operational efficiencies. Local TV's holdings, including KTVI, were acquired by Tribune Media in 2013 for $2.75 billion, maintaining the duopoly structure and Fox affiliation. In September 2019, Nexstar Media Group announced its $6.4 billion purchase of Tribune Media, which the FCC approved in 2020 after divestitures; Nexstar assumed control of KTVI, continuing its role as St. Louis' Fox outlet with integrated digital and multicast capabilities.

Ownership transitions and corporate changes

KTVI was originally launched by Signal Hill Telecasting Corporation as WTVI on August 10, 1953. The station came under the ownership of the Newhouse Broadcasting chain, which also controlled the St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper, maintaining this affiliation through much of its independent era. In December 1978, Newhouse sold KTVI along with four other television stations to the Times Mirror Company for $82.4 million, marking Newhouse's exit from broadcasting. Times Mirror retained ownership until March 1993, when it divested KTVI to the Hearst-Argyle Television group as part of broader asset sales. New World Communications acquired KTVI from Hearst-Argyle on May 23, 1994, as part of a larger transaction valued at $500 million that also involved a 20% equity stake purchase by . This deal facilitated KTVI's shift to Fox affiliation in August 1995, amid New World's affiliation swaps with to resolve network ownership conflicts. In 1996, completed its acquisition of Communications, integrating KTVI into the division. Fox Television Stations sold KTVI to Local TV Holdings LLC—backed by private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners—in December 2008, part of a divestiture of nine Fox-owned stations to comply with ownership limits following the 2007 merger of News Corporation's broadcast assets. Local TV operated KTVI until July 1, 2013, when Tribune Company announced its $2.7 billion acquisition of Local TV's 19 stations, a transaction that closed on December 27, 2013, after FCC approval and expanded Tribune's portfolio to 42 stations. Tribune Media's ownership of KTVI ended with Nexstar Media Group's acquisition of Tribune for $4.1 billion in cash and stock, announced on December 3, 2018, and completed on September 20, 2019, positioning Nexstar as the largest U.S. local TV station owner with over 200 stations. Under Nexstar, KTVI has undergone operational integrations, including shared services with sister station KPLR-TV since 2013 and expanded local news production. As of October 2025, Nexstar continues to own KTVI, though a proposed $6.2 billion merger with Tegna—announced in August 2025 and pending regulatory approval for potential closure in 2026—could further consolidate St. Louis market holdings if divestitures allow.

Programming

Fox network content and scheduling

KTVI airs the Fox Broadcasting Company's primetime lineup from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CT on weeknights and Sundays, featuring a mix of animated comedies, live-action dramas, and reality competitions. In the fall 2025 schedule, Sunday evenings include returning animated series such as and , while Mondays feature game shows like . New scripted series, including the limited drama , premiere in September 2025, occupying slots previously held by established programs. The station broadcasts Fox's sports content, particularly National Football League (NFL) games, which preempt regular primetime programming during the season. KTVI carries the FOX NFL Sunday pregame show followed by the network's selected afternoon game each Sunday from September through December. To address local demand, the station has substituted standard game selections with matchups involving fan-favorite teams like the and . KTVI clears nearly all Fox network programming without routine preemptions, prioritizing affiliation compliance and viewer access to national content. Exceptions occur infrequently for extended local newscasts during or major , such as thunderstorms disrupting evening slots. On Saturdays, Fox's limited late-night block—typically consisting of animated reruns or infomercials—is delayed to follow an extended 9:00 p.m. newscast. Special events, including games when applicable, further integrate into the schedule, overriding standard fare.

Syndicated programs and local originals

KTVI supplements its Fox network schedule and extensive local newscasts with syndicated programming primarily during daytime hours, featuring a mix of talk shows, court programs, and entertainment news segments. Offerings have historically included , , , , and , though specific titles rotate seasonally based on syndicator renewals and ratings performance. The station produces limited local original non-news content, most notably the lifestyle program Studio STL, which debuted on September 7, 2021, and airs weekdays from noon to 1:00 p.m. Hosted initially by Chelsea Haynes, the hour-long live show highlights St. Louis-area events, features, tips, and consumer advice, aiming to engage viewers with regionally relevant topics. KTVI's emphasis remains on production, exceeding 68 hours weekly of locally generated newscasts, which limits original or informational programming beyond such formats.

Children's programming blocks

KTVI began carrying Fox's national children's programming blocks following its affiliation switch on September 4, 1995. Initially, the weekday and Saturday block aired on KNLC-TV (channel 24) due to KTVI's reluctance to carry it amid its transition from ABC affiliation. In fall 1996, the block shifted to KTVI after KNLC owner Rice prohibited commercials during the programming, prompting Fox to reclaim the time slot on its affiliate. The Fox Kids block on KTVI featured animated and live-action series targeted at children aged 6–11, including , , and Spider-Man: The Animated Series, airing weekday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. KTVI reduced weekday airings to two hours by fall 1998 and eliminated them entirely by 2000, retaining only the Saturday block until September 14, 2002, when Fox outsourced children's programming to under the FoxBox banner. The FoxBox/4Kids TV block, which KTVI aired on Saturday mornings from 2002 to August 30, 2008, emphasized anime and cartoons such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sonic X, and Di-Garbageman, fulfilling network commitments while 4Kids handled production and distribution. Following the block's cancellation—due to declining ratings and Fox's strategic shift away from children's content—KTVI met FCC-mandated educational/informational (E/I) requirements through syndicated E/I programs rather than a cohesive national block. Since September 2014, KTVI has aired the three-hour E/I block on Saturday mornings, syndicated to affiliates and focused on STEM topics to comply with children's television regulations. The block includes half-hour series like Xploration Outer Space, hosted by and exploring astronautics and space missions, and Xploration Awesome Planet, hosted by and covering and earth sciences. KTVI's current Saturday morning schedule integrates these E/I shows amid news and paid programming, reflecting broader industry trends toward educational compliance over entertainment blocks.

Sports broadcasting rights and coverage

KTVI, as the Fox affiliate for the St. Louis market, broadcasts (NFL) games under 's primary rights to NFC matchups, including regular-season contests featuring teams such as the [Los Angeles Rams](/page/Los Angeles_Rams)—formerly the from 1995 to 2015—when those games are scheduled for the network's national window, typically Sundays at 12:00 p.m. or 3:25 p.m. CT. This includes select playoff games and the NFC Championship when applicable. The station also airs select (MLB) games during 's national broadcasts, though Cardinals games are primarily handled by Sports Network under a deal finalized with Diamond Sports Group on November 9, 2024, for local telecasts. In addition to network sports, KTVI provides dedicated local sports programming through its news department, emphasizing highlights, analysis, and coverage of regional teams including the Cardinals, , (UFL), athletics, and high school sports. A flagship segment, Sports Final, was expanded to a half-hour weekday format airing through at 10:30 p.m. CT starting March 31, 2025, to offer extended recaps and commentary on professional, college, and prep contests. The station occasionally secures rights to special local events, such as the live broadcast of St. Louis CITY SC's soccer match against on July 18, 2025, with pre-match coverage beginning at 7:00 p.m. CT hosted by station personalities. While KTVI does not hold primary over-the-air rights for full seasons of local like the Cardinals or —whose games remain on Sports Network through at least the 2024-25 NHL season—it integrates sports into its dominant franchise, producing reports on team performances, trades, and community impacts across its sports desk led by figures like director Martin Kilcoyne. This coverage extends to digital platforms, streaming highlights and live updates via fox2now.com, aligning with broader efforts to monetize local live sports inventory for advertisers as of September 2025.

News Operations

Development and expansion of news department

KTVI's news operations expanded notably after adopting the Fox affiliation on August 7, 1995, as the network's primetime schedule enabled greater investment in to retain viewers during non-network hours. This shift marked a departure from the station's prior independent era, where news content was limited compared to network affiliates. In 2008, KTVI entered a shared services agreement with co-owned (channel 11), merging newsrooms and resources to streamline production and broaden coverage across both stations. KTVI assumed management of KPLR's operations, relocating to shared studios in , which facilitated joint staffing and enhanced efficiency. Further growth occurred in September 2017, when the 6 p.m. newscast extended from 30 minutes to a full hour, boosting overall output to 68 hours per week—a volume that includes market-exclusive segments like an 11 p.m. broadcast. This expansion solidified KTVI's position as the leading provider in , emphasizing extended morning, evening, and late-night blocks tailored to viewer habits. The integrated model with KPLR now delivers approximately 13 hours of daily across the duopoly.

Current format, ratings, and market performance

KTVI's news department delivers a traditional broadcast format emphasizing live reporting, , via , and sports coverage, with newscasts airing over 68 hours weekly across mornings, midday, evenings, and late nights. The schedule includes extended morning news from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., a noon broadcast, 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. updates, a 6:00 p.m. evening newscast, and a 9:00 p.m. prime-time show leveraging the affiliation's earlier slot, followed by late news at 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on select days. In March 2025, the station expanded its Sports Final program to weeknights, incorporating post-game interviews, , and broader coverage beyond highlights to enhance viewer engagement with local teams like the . Ratings for KTVI's newscasts remain competitive but trail leaders in the market; Nielsen household data from early showed the 10:00 p.m. broadcast averaging a 2.5 rating, third behind KMOV's 5.1 and KSDK's 3.5, with similar patterns in the adults 25-54 demographic where KTVI tied for second at 1.2. Comscore metrics from 2023 indicated KTVI achieving a 2.4 rating in engagement, ranking third among broadcast networks in the DMA for audience reach. Digital extensions like the FOX 2 STL+ app, launched in 2025 for smart TVs including and Apple TV, supplement linear viewership with on-demand newscasts and live streams. In the designated market area (DMA), ranked 24th nationally with 1,273,870 television households as of the 2024-2025 season, performs as a solid mid-tier player under ownership, benefiting from network synergies in and sports while facing pressure from dominant affiliate in news dominance. The station's web presence underscores strong digital performance, drawing over 4 million monthly visitors and topping TV outlets, reflecting effective multi-platform strategy amid trends. Market challenges include competition from NBC's in mornings and overall fragmentation, yet maintains relevance through exclusive local sports rights and unbiased reporting rated highly factual by independent evaluators.

Notable on-air personalities

Tom O'Neal anchored KTVI's 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts from 1990 until his retirement in 2015, accumulating 25 years at the station after 15 years at KSDK. He earned national recognition for medical reporting and was named 2016 Media Personality of the Year by the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis. Mandy Murphey has co-anchored FOX 2 News at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. since January 1993, often alongside O'Neal, establishing her as a fixture in evening broadcasts. John Pertzborn has reported and anchored at KTVI for over 40 years, contributing to morning and other newscasts before announcing his retirement in fall 2025. In sports, Martin Kilcoyne has served as director since 2002, following his arrival as a reporter in 1997; he also hosts radio segments and provides Cardinals coverage. Chris Higgins has delivered weather reports for KTVI and KPLR for three decades, specializing in analysis. Jeff Bernthal joined as a full-time reporter in 1988 after interning at KPLR, covering general assignment stories with longevity exceeding 35 years in the market.

Editorial stance, biases, and viewer perceptions

KTVI's news department, operating as Fox 2 News, adheres to a neutral editorial stance centered on factual, straight-news reporting without dedicated segments, , or commentary shows. This approach emphasizes local coverage of , weather, traffic, and community events in the metropolitan area, aligning with standard practices for affiliate local television journalism. Media bias evaluators consistently rate KTVI's output as minimally biased. classifies it as "Least Biased" for its neutral story selection, absence of , and lack of opinion content, while assigning a "High" factual reporting score based on proper sourcing and low incidence of failed fact checks. Ground News similarly assesses Fox 2 Now St. Louis with a bias rating and high factuality, drawing from aggregated blind bias surveys and editorial reviews. includes KTVI's newscasts, such as FOX 2 News at 6PM, in its TV/video reliability charts, positioning them among sources with generally low and high reliability, though specific numerical scores for KTVI indicate proximity to the center rather than a right-leaning tilt despite its Fox affiliation. Viewer perceptions of KTVI portray it as a dependable outlet for routine local information, with audiences appreciating its comprehensive and sports segments amid St. Louis's variable and Cardinals coverage. However, some feedback highlights stylistic criticisms, such as morning broadcasts being perceived as sensationalized or lighthearted to excess, leading to complaints of "silliness" on platforms like and , though these do not typically allege partisan slant. No major controversies involving or have prominently emerged in recent years, distinguishing KTVI from national critiques; instead, it maintains steady viewership in the market without widespread accusations of ideological favoritism.

Technical and Operational Details

Digital subchannels and multicast services

KTVI's digital signal operates on virtual channel 2 via UHF physical channel 33 following the 2017–2019 FCC repack. The station multicast four subchannels, providing a mix of network affiliation, classic programming, niche genres, and content accessible over-the-air to viewers with compatible tuners.
Virtual ChannelProgramming NetworkFormat/Description
2.1Main channel broadcasting network programs in 720p high definition, including national primetime lineup, local news, and sports.
2.2Classic television reruns from the through , such as sitcoms and dramas, targeting nostalgic audiences.
2.3GritWesterns, action films, and rugged adventure programming emphasizing traditional masculine themes and historical genres.
2.4Shop LCHome shopping network offering jewelry, fashion, and lifestyle products via direct-response television.
These subchannels utilize ATSC 1.0 technology to deliver simultaneous streams without requiring cable or subscription, expanding KTVI's reach for cord-cutters in the market. Additionally, KTVI supports NextGen TV, implemented in September 2021 alongside sister station , enabling enhanced features like , interactive content, and improved mobile reception on compatible devices, though primary remains on ATSC 1.0.

Analog-to-digital conversion and signal upgrades

KTVI ceased analog transmissions on VHF channel 2 on June 12, 2009, concurrent with the nationwide full-power television transition mandated by the Digital Television Delay Act, shifting exclusively to digital broadcasting via its assigned digital facility. Prior to the transition, KTVI had operated a digital simulcast on UHF channel 43 since 2000, enabling high-definition programming while maintaining analog service for legacy viewers. In March 2020, KTVI relocated its over-the-air as part of the Federal Communications Commission's post-auction repackaging of broadcast , moving from its prior physical channel to UHF channel 33 ( 2.1) to optimize and reduce interference. This required viewers using antennas to rescan their televisions, with the station issuing guidance to ensure continued reception of its primary Fox-affiliated feed. Further upgrades occurred on September 23, 2021, when KTVI, in collaboration with sister station and other local broadcasters, launched (NextGen TV) service, enabling advanced capabilities such as higher-resolution video up to 4K, (HDR), immersive audio, and interactive features while maintaining via . The implementation, overseen by , positioned KTVI among early adopters in the market, though adoption of tuners remained limited due to the voluntary nature of the standard.

Studio facilities, transmitter, and broadcast coverage

KTVI and its sister station share studio facilities at 2250 Ball Drive in , in northwestern County. In February 2021, KTVI unveiled a renovated broadcast studio, featuring updated anchor desks and production capabilities, with the prior setup donated to the Urban League of Metropolitan for community television production. The station's transmitter is located in Sappington, an unincorporated community in , and is shared with . KTVI operates on 2 (RF channel 33) with an (ERP) of 1000 kilowatts, utilizing an antenna at 1027 feet above ground level (AGL) and 1627 feet above mean (AMSL). KTVI's broadcast signal covers the St. Louis designated market area (DMA), spanning approximately 12,386 square miles and reaching an estimated population of 2.99 million viewers within its 62.8-mile primary contour. The coverage includes central and southwestern , serving as a top-rated Fox affiliate in the 21st-largest DMA by household count.

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