tv khsv khbs tv or kbsh dt . . kshv tv shreveport louisiana united states branding v45 slogan v45 is on channels digital 44 uhf virtual 45 psip subchannels 45.1 mynetworktv 45.2 escape affiliations mynetworktv owner white knight broadcasting white knight broadcasting of shreveport license corporation operator nexstar broadcasting group first air date april 15 1994 call letters meaning shreveport also the airport code for shreveport regional airport sister station s kmss tv ktal tv former callsigns kcdn 1989 1991 kwlb 1991 1995 former channel number s analog 45 uhf 1994 2009 former affiliations primary independent 1994 1995 upn primary 1995 2001 ; secondary 2001 2003 the wb secondary 1997 2001 ; primary 2001 2006 rtn secondary 2008 2009 transmitter power 500 kw height 505.1 m facility id 73706 transmitter coordinates 32 39 58.8 n 93 56 0.3 w 32.666333 n 93.933417 w 32.666333 ; 93.933417 kshv tv licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.arklatexhomepage.com kshv tv virtual channel 44 uhf digital channel 45 is a mynetworktv affiliated television station located in shreveport louisiana united states . kshv is owned by white knight broadcasting . it is operated under a shared services agreement by nexstar broadcasting group which owns nbc affiliate ktal tv ; nexstar also operates fox affiliate kmss tv under a shared services agreement with owner marshall broadcasting . kshv and kmss share studio facilities located on jewella avenue between claiborne avenue and ninock street on the western side of shreveport ; kshv s transmitter located near mooringsport southeast of caddo lake . on cable the station is available on comcast xfinity channel 9 . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 mynetworktv affiliation 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit early history edit the station signed on the air on april 15 1994 as kwlb operating as an independent station . it mostly aired religious programs family oriented shows and cartoons . on august 28 1995 the station changed its callsign to kshv tv and became an affiliate of the fledgling united paramount network ; it took the affiliation from ksla tv channel 12 which carried upn programming as a secondary affiliation from the network s january 1995 debut . in addition the station added more secular programs and most of the religious programs were quickly phased out . in july 1997 kshv became a secondary affiliate of the wb ; with this upn s primetime schedule ran in pattern from 7 to 9 p.m. with wb network programming airing immediately thereafter on a two hour delay . on january 15 2001 kshv reversed the airtimes of both networks programming effectively becoming a primary wb and secondary upn affiliate . the station logo was also changed with the logos of both the wb and upn included ; the mascot for the wb at the time michigan j. frog was tacked onto the station logo the following year until it was dropped in september 2005 when the wb retired michigan j. frog in an effort to change its image from that of a network targeting a young teenage audience to targeting young adults . in september 2003 the upn affiliation moved from kshv tv to kpxj channel 21 which earlier that year had been sold by original owners paxson communications now ion media networks to the wray family owners of abc affiliate ktbs tv channel 3 moving pax tv now ion television programming to secondary status ; kshv tv effectively became exclusively affiliated with the wb . mynetworktv affiliation edit on january 24 2006 the warner bros. unit of time warner and cbs corporation announced that the two companies would shut down the wb and upn and combine the networks respective programming to create a new fifth network called the cw . 1 2 on february 22 2006 news corporation announced the launch of a new sixth network called mynetworktv which would be operated by fox television stations and its syndication division twentieth television . mynetworktv was created to compete against another upstart network that would launch at the same time that september the cw an amalgamated network that originally consisted primarily of upn and the wb s higher rated programs as well as to give upn and wb stations that were not mentioned as becoming cw affiliates another option besides converting to independent stations . 3 4 on march 15 2006 kshv signed an affiliation agreement to become a mynetworktv charter affiliate . 5 after the station affiliated with mynetworktv on september 5 2006 kshv declined to carry the final two weeks of the wb s programming which aired instead on kpxj which assumed the cw affiliation during the overnight hours . the station also carried classic television series from the retro television network from september 2008 to january 2009 . on april 24 2013 communications corporation of america who owned fox affiliate kmss tv channel 33 and operated kshv tv through a time brokerage agreement announced that it would sell its stations to nexstar . because nexstar can not legally purchase kmss under fcc ownership rules as shreveport has only eight full power stations the fcc requires a market to have at least eight unique owners once a duopoly is formed and ktal and kmss are among the four highest rated stations in the shreveport market plans called for kmss to be acquired by nexstar partner company mission broadcasting while kshv was to be sold to a female controlled company called rocky creek communications . 6 however on june 6 2014 nexstar announced that it would instead sell kmss tv to a new minority owned company marshall broadcasting marking the company s first television station acquisition for 58.5 million . 7 subsequently on august 5 rocky creek withdrew its application to acquire kshv . 8 nexstar operates kmss and kshv under shared services agreements forming a virtual triopoly with ktal leaving shreveport s six major commercial stations under the control of just three broadcasting companies the wray family owns ktbs while ksla tv is owned by raycom media . the sale was completed on january 1 2015 . 9 on july 1st of that year kshv dropped its my45 branding and rebrand as v45 similar to other nexstar owned mynetworktv stations . on june 15 2016 nexstar announced that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with katz broadcasting for the escape laff grit and bounce tv networks the last one of which is owned by bounce media llc whose coo jonathan katz is president ceo of katz broadcasting bringing one or more of the four networks to 81 stations owned and or operated by nexstar including ktal tv and kshv tv bounce tv and grit are already available in the area on digital subchannels of ksla tv . 10 digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 11 45.1 720p 16 9 kshv dt main kshv tv programming mynetworktv 45.2 480i 4 3 escape analog to digital conversion edit kshv tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 45 on february 17 2009 the original date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 44 12 using psip to display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 45 . programming edit syndicated programs broadcast on kshv tv include the king of queens law & order criminal intent dish nation forensic files and glee among others . the latter is seen on sister station kmss on first run . kshv and sister station kmss used to be one of several television stations to carry daily local weather inserts produced by weathervision a company formed by meteorologist edward st. pe to provide weather forecasts for stations without a news department . it was the only station in the shreveport texarkana market without a local newscast until april 11 2016 when ktal tv debuted a local newscast on kshv titled v45 texarkana first news at 5 30 . references edit gilmore girls meet smackdown ; cw network to combine wb upn in cbs warner venture beginning in september cnnmoney.com january 24 2006 . upn and wb to combine forming new tv network the new york times january 24 2006 . news corp. to launch new mini network for upn stations . usa today . february 22 2006 . retrieved january 21 2013 . news corp. unveils mynetworktv broadcasting & cable february 22 2006 . my network tv signs 13 more affils broadcasting & cable march 15 2006 . https licensing.fcc.gov cdbs cdbs attachment getattachment.jsp appn 101552312 & qnum 5040 & copynum 1 & exhcnum 1 nexstar selling 3 fox affils for 58.5 million tvnewscheck june 6 2014 . application info cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 6 december 2014 . consummation notice cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 6 january 2015 . bounce tv grit escape laff multicast deal covers 81 stations 54 markets . broadcasting & cable . june 15 2016 . retrieved june 16 2016 . rabbitears tv query for kshv dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit official website shared with ktal tv and kmss tv query the fcc s tv station database for kshv biafn s media web database information on kshv tv v t e television stations in the ark la tex region shreveport texarkana reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations ktbs 3 3.1 abc 3.2 wx 3.3 news ktal 6 6.1 nbc 6.2 laff ketg 9 pbs aetn ksla 12 12.1 cbs 12.2 grit 12.3 bounce tv kpxj 21 21.1 the cw 21.2 metv 21.3 movies 21.4 antenna tv k23hy d 23 pbs oeta klts 24 pbs lpb k31ho d 30.1 punch tv kmss 33 33.1 fox kado cd 40 jtv k42fe d 3abn kshv tv 45 45.1 mntv 45.2 escape ktss 50 ind. ion k54cb ind. w59go tbn adjacent locals dallas fort worth kdfw 4.1 fox kxas tv 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