city omaha nebraska branding fox 42 general fox 42 news newscasts my 42.2 & this omaha on dt2 slogan omaha s only local source for news weather and sports at 9 channels digital 43 uhf virtual 42 psip subchannels 42.1 fox 42.2 mynetworktv & this tv 42.3 comet tv affiliations fox owner sinclair broadcast group kptm licensee llc first air date april 6 1986 call letters meaning pappas telecasting of the midlands sister station s kxvo former channel number s analog 42 uhf 1986 2009 former affiliations independent 1986 1988 america one secondary on dt2 2006 2009 transmitter power 700 kw height 475 m facility id 51491 transmitter coordinates 41 4 14 n 96 13 33 w 41.07056 n 96.22583 w 41.07056 ; 96.22583 website fox42kptm.com kptm virtual channel 42 uhf digital channel 43 is a fox affiliated television station located in omaha nebraska united states . the station is owned by sinclair broadcast group which operates cw affiliate kxvo channel 15 through a local marketing agreement with owner mitts telecasting llc . the two stations share studios on farnam street in omaha kptm s transmitter is located south of gretna and i 80 . the station can also be seen on cox channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 1010 . contents 1 digital television 1.1 digital channels 1.2 analog to digital conversion 2 history 3 programming 4 news operation 5 references 6 external links digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 42.1 720p 16 9 kptm dt main kptm programming fox 42.2 480i kptmdt2 this tv mynetworktv 42.3 4 3 kptmdt3 comet tv on september 5 2006 kptm launched a new second digital subchannel carrying mynetworktv programming during primetime currently weeknights 7 to 9 and america one programming for the remainder of the broadcast schedule . in 2009 america one programming on the subchannel was replaced with this tv . kptm dt2 primarily identifies as my 42.2 although it is also branded as this omaha reflecting its secondary affiliation . the channel was rebroadcast on class a kkaz ca . that aired an analog signal on uhf channel 24 from a transmitter in downtown omaha until april 2010 when it was shut down due to financial concerns . kkaz ca s license was surrendered to the federal communications commission on august 5 2010 and its call sign deleted from the fcc s database . on may 6 2010 it was announced kptm that would add a new third digital subchannel carrying estrella tv . kptm dt3 began broadcasting may 11 and relays programming from that network s owned and operated station ketd in castle rock colorado aside from local id screens . on october 31 2015 comet launched on kptm dt3 replacing estrella . analog to digital conversion edit kptm shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 42 on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 2 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 43 3 using psip to display kptm s virtual channel as 42 on digital television receivers . history edit kptm began broadcasting on april 6 1986 as the third broadcasting property owned by pappas telecasting after flagship kmph tv in fresno california and whns in greenville south carolina . it was the second independent station in nebraska and the first new commercial station to sign on in omaha in 29 years since ketv channel 7 signed on in september 1957 . at the time omaha was one of the few top 100 markets that did not have an independent station of its own . shortly after signing on as an independent it was approached by the founders of the fledgling fox network to join the new network as a charter affiliate . but doing so meant kptm would have had to carry fox s first and initially only offering the late show starring joan rivers opposite the tonight show . at the time the tonight show was hosted by johnny carson a native of nearby corning iowa who had begun his career at wowt channel 6 ; then wow tv in the early 1950s . carson and rivers had been friends for decades until rivers gave up her slot as permanent guest host on carson s show to launch her own . kptm declined the offer fearing viewer backlash ; as a station staffer put it would you carry joan rivers in the market where johnny carson got his start in entertainment kptm eventually joined fox on august 28 1988 just in time to carry that year s emmy awards telecast . today the station is a typical fox affiliate carrying nearly the network s entire programming lineup . only weekend marketplace is preempted by the station kptm airs syndicated children s programming instead and airs instead on sister station kxvo . kptm has significant viewership in lincoln and included that city in its station ids for many years ; including for over a year after lincoln received a full power fox affiliate of its own kfxl tv . it is the only major omaha station that includes council bluffs iowa the second major city in the omaha metro area in its ids on a regular basis . on january 16 2009 it was announced several pappas stations including kptm and its lma with kxvo would be sold to titan broadcast management after the purchased received united states bankruptcy court approval . 4 corresponding with the station s 25th anniversary in april 2011 it introduced an updated logo . in august of 2012 time warner cable stopped carrying kptm s hd signal in lincoln and surrounding markets . it remains available on twc s systems in the omaha market . 5 titan tv broadcast group announced the sale of most of its stations including kptm to the sinclair broadcast group on june 3 2013 ; the purchase includes the local marketing agreement with kxvo 6 which will remain under mitts telecasting llc ownership after the sale . sinclair announced the closing of the sale on october 3 . 7 programming edit syndicated programs currently on kptm include live with kelly and michael wendy williams divorce court judge judy and two and a half men among others . news operation edit kptm presently broadcasts three hours of locally produced newscasts each week with a half hour each on sunday through fridays . after fox requested its affiliates to air local newscasts in the early 1990s kptm established a news department and began airing a half hour prime time broadcast at 9 p.m. on june 14 1990 . within a year the nine o clock nightly news was expanded to one hour . from the start the station put a greater emphasis on national coverage over local content ; it also presented more packaged news reports . with sister station kxvo s original identity and tagline of all entertainment all the time in 1995 local news programming did not seem like a natural fit to its schedule . in the late 1990s and early 2000s kxvo did air 60 second updates seen during the 6 p.m. hour that promoted stories for the upcoming night s broadcast on kptm . in 2001 kxvo made plans to air a 5 30 p.m. newscast on weeknights utilizing on air talent and production assistance from kptm . after the terrorist attacks of september 11 2001 and the resulting economic downturn these plans were put on hold and eventually abandoned . in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks kxvo provided continuous coverage from cnn headline news . on january 28 2006 kptm began producing the kxvo 15 10 o clock news a weeknight 10 p.m. newscast for kxvo . in april of the same year former mtv personality and reality show host brian mcfayden was hired to anchor the program though he left the show to explore other options in his career amid rumors that he was becoming more and more difficult to work with . in any case mcfayden s hiring was unable to save the newscast s ratings which had been low from the start . in late august 2006 comedian and second city training center alumnus matt geiler was named the new anchor of the broadcast . by this time the show had become some sort of sketch comedy program with news content being handled by kptm staff . throughout its run the kxvo 15 10 o clock news never registered a single ratings point and was cancelled in 2007 . on september 17 2007 kptm launched an hour long weekday afternoon newscast at 4 p.m. which made the station one of the few fox affiliates to offer a newscast in that timeslot ; with the debut of the newscast came the introduction of a new news set . 8 the program competed with wowt s own half hour 4 p.m. newscast ; within a year kptm s 4 p.m. newscast was scaled back to a half hour and was cancelled completely by the spring of 2009 . on july 6 2010 station management announced it would shut down kptm s news department and outsource production of the 9 p.m. newscast to the independent news network starting september 6 . 9 the newscasts in studio content news anchors sports anchors meteorologists and related personnel are provided from inn s centralized facilities in davenport iowa with kptm retaining a team of omaha based reporters to provide local content . as part of the agreement with inn kptm s newscasts would be produced in high definition the previous in house newscasts except for the heartland proud segment were not broadcast in hd . because inn does not produce newscasts on saturdays the 9 p.m. newscast was cut back to six days a week sunday through fridays . the inn produced weeknight newscasts were repeated tuesday through saturday mornings at 5 a.m. on kptm dt2 . by july 2013 after the announcement that kptm would be acquired by sinclair the station announced it would discontinue its agreement with inn and return production of the 9 p.m. in house with station management citing viewers dislike of the outsourced production model . at the outset the on the street setup would be retained but the newscasts would be produced with the assistance of kptm s fresno sister station kmph tv . although kptm s announcement did not make clear if or when its newscasts would be omaha based its emphasis that the anchors producers editors as well as the newsroom managers will have a depth of understanding for the local community suggests an omaha based newscast in the future . 10 references edit rabbitears tv query for kptm list of digital full power stations digital delay muddles broadcasters plans brian redemske omaha world herald february 6 2009 . new world gets pappas tvs for 260m . tvnewsday . january 16 2008 . retrieved january 18 2008 . korbelik jeff . jeff korbelik time warner drops kptm s high def channel . sinclair buys 6 titan television stations . tvnewscheck . june 3 2013 . retrieved june 4 2013 . http sbgi.net site mgr temp titan % 20close.pdf mediawatchcolumn.com source omaha.com from 7 8 2010 fox 42 news at nine revamps from the nebraska broadcasters association website 7 2013 external links edit fox42kptm.com official kptm tv website omaha.thistv.com official this tv omaha website query the fcc s tv station database for kptm v t e television stations serving omaha nebraska and council bluffs iowa omaha stations kmtv 3.1 cbs 3.2 laff 3.3 escape wowt 6.1 nbc 6.2 cozi tv 6.3 antenna tv ketv 7.1 abc 7.2 metv kxvo 15.1 cw 15.2 this tv kyne 26.1 pbs net 26.2 world 26.3 create kptm 42.1 fox 42.2 mntv this tv 42.3 comet koha ld 48.1 ds council bluffs stations kbin 32 khin 36 .1