KPTM
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| Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Branding | KPTM Fox 42 |
| Slogan | We're Your Station! (general) More Local At Nine (news) |
| Channels | Analog: 42 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Owner | Pappas Telecasting Companies (KPTM (TV) License, LLC) |
| First air date | April 6, 1986 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Pappas Telecasting of the Midlands |
| Sister station(s) | KXVO, KAZO, KKAZ |
| Former affiliations | independent (1986) |
| Transmitter Power | 4800 kW (analog) 700 kW (digital) |
| Height | 475 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 51491 |
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| Website | www.kptm.com |
KPTM is a Fox affiliate licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, seen on channel 42 analog, channel 43 digital. It is owned by Pappas Telecasting. Pappas also owns two other stations in the market, KXVO and KAZO-LP. KPTM's transmission tower is located at 41°04'15.31" N, 96°13'31.48" W, in Gretna, Nebraska.
KPTM was the third broadcasting property owned by Pappas when it began broadcasting on March 13, 1986 (after flagship KMPH-TV in Visalia, California and WHNS in Greenville, South Carolina). It was the second independent station in Nebraska; at the time, Omaha was one of the few top-100 markets that didn't have an independent station of its own.
KPTM today is a typical Fox affiliate carrying the entire programming lineup of the network. Only the 4Kids TV lineup is preempted and instead is aired on sister CW affiliate KXVO.
On September 5, 2006, its DT2 subcarrier began carrying My Network TV programming. My Network TV programming is also seen in Omaha on KKAZ-CA, analog channel 24, which rebroadcasts KPTM's DT2 subcarrier.
KPTM also has significant viewership in Lincoln; in fact, the station has identified as "Omaha/Council Bluffs/Lincoln" for many years. It is the only major Omaha station that includes Council Bluffs--the second "major city" in the Omaha metro area--in its IDs on a regular basis.
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[edit] KPTM Fox 42 News
On August 31st, 2007, Taylor Wilson announced on the News At Nine that KPTM would move into a new set in a couple of weeks. He also said that they would add a 4pm Newscast, a first for KPTM. The new set and their 4pm newscast premiered on Monday, September 17th, 2007.[1] The newscast competes with WOWT's 4PM report, but is an hour long.
-Weekdays for 4pm & 9pm Newscasts-
- Taylor Wilson (News)
- Amanda Mueller (News)
- Tyson Pearsall (Weather)
- J.J. Davis (Sports)
-Weekends-
- Scott Patterson (News)
- Nathan Moore (Weather)
- Jeff Radcliffe (Sports)
[edit] Reporters
[edit] Previous Logo
[edit] External links
- KPTM website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KPTM
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KKAZ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPTM-TV
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