formerly carried the krbk callsign see kmax tv . krbk osage beach springfield missouri united states branding fox 5 general ; cable channel fox 5 news at nine newscasts channels digital 49 uhf and kwbm 31.2 virtual 49 psip subchannels 49.1 fox 49.2 metv 49.3 movies affiliations fox metv dt2 owner koplar communications krbk llc first air date august 1 2009 2009 08 01 call letters meaning robert b. koplar owner former affiliations primary mynetworktv 2009 2011 secondary mynetworktv 2011 2014 transmitter power see below height see below facility id 166319 transmitter coordinates see below licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website fox5krbk.com krbk virtual and uhf digital channel 49 is a fox affiliated television station serving springfield missouri united states that is licensed to osage beach . the station is owned by koplar communications . krbk maintains studio facilities located on enterprise avenue in southeast springfield and its primary transmitter is located in eldridge . the station uses a multi site distributed transmission system using six digital transmitters located throughout the market to distribute its signal all of which transmit on uhf channel 49 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 3 news operation 4 programming 5 transmitters 6 in other media 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit krbk s logo used until 2014 the station first signed on the air on august 1 2009 ; prior to signing on krbk koplar communications served as the founding owner of kplr tv in st. louis which it sold to acme communications in 1997 it is now owned by tribune media and formerly owned kmax tv in sacramento which once bore the krbk tv call letters and which koplar sold to pappas telecasting companies in 1994 it is now owned by cbs television stations . at the time krbk signed on mynetworktv programming had not been available in the market for several months after harrison based kwbm channel 31 switched to daystar upon being sold to the network as part of equity media holdings s auction of its television stations . the station originally branded as krbk hd . krbk s transmitter was originally plotted to be located halfway between springfield and jefferson city in northern laclede county giving it rimshot grade b signals within springfield and jefferson city . this is possible because osage beach spills into both camden and miller counties and is thus split between the two markets . most of the city is in camden county part of the springfield market . however a small sliver in the north is in miller county part of the columbia jefferson city market . the transmitter was later moved to eldridge in northeastern polk county firmly in the springfield market . on june 20 2011 fox announced that it would end its affiliation with the network s springfield charter affiliate ksfx tv channel 27 following a dispute between the network and that station s owner nexstar broadcasting group over fox s proposal to increase the amount of retransmission consent fees that its stations must divide with the network ; 1 2 on that same day koplar signed an affiliation agreement with fox to make krbk the market s new affiliate . the switch became official on september 1 2011 with ksfx tv changing its call letters to kozl tv and became an independent station . with the addition of fox programming on the station krbk relegated mynetworktv to a secondary affiliation delaying its programming by two hours to 9 00 to 11 00 p.m. ; as a result krbk was one of the few fox mynetworktv hybrid affiliates that carry both networks on the station s main channel most fox affiliates that also carry mynetworktv programming usually air the latter service on an additional digital subchannel . the station also changed its on air branding to fox krbk . 1 on september 8 2014 mynetworktv programming moved from krbk to kozl . on that same date krbk rebranded its name to fox 5 due to the fact that most viewers mostly on cable & satellite watch this station on channel 5 with the look emulating that of the fox owned and operated stations . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 49.1 720p 16 9 krbk dt main krbk programming fox 49.2 480i 4 3 krbk d2 metv 49.3 16 9 krbk d3 movies on january 1 2014 krbk launched a second digital subchannel carrying the classic television network metv . news operation edit krbk presently broadcasts just 5 hours of locally produced newscasts each week running weeknights from 9 00pm to 10 00pm . programming edit syndicated programs broadcast by krbk include maury right this minute the steve wilkos show tmz on tv dish nation . from 2010 to 2012 krbk aired wraparound segments throughout its broadcast day featuring the krbk street team who provided entertainment sports and event related stories . transmitters edit in april 2013 krbk improved its signal coverage in this vast and mostly mountainous market through the implementation of a distributed single frequency network consisting of five specially engineered slot antennas positioned throughout the ozarks . all of the repeaters broadcast high definition digital signals on uhf channel 49 . 4 due to this system the station is unavailable over the air in salem located in the northeast part of the market and is only available on cable television in that town . since the main krbk signal misses springfield itself kwbm leases its second digital channel to krbk in order to provide coverage of the main portion of the market . city haat erp coordinates location eldridge 100 m 92.3 kw 37 49 10 n 92 44 52 w 37.81944 n 92.74778 w 37.81944 ; 92.74778 northwest of lebanon just south of eldridge polk 122 m 42.9 kw 37 43 26 n 93 16 32 w 37.72389 n 93.27556 w 37.72389 ; 93.27556 southwest of pomme de terre lake springfield 191.8 m 170.9 kw 37 13 24.63 n 93 14 29.83 w 37.2235083 n 93.2416194 w 37.2235083 ; 93.2416194 the kolr studio transmitter link tower behind the kolr kozl tv studios on springfield s northeast side near downtown airport stockton 104.4 m 88.8 kw 37 45 17.4 n 93 50 7.2 w 37.754833 n 93.835333 w 37.754833 ; 93.835333 north of stockton warsaw 119.1 m 43.7 kw 38 14 17.3 n 93 19 6.23 w 38.238139 n 93.3183972 w 38.238139 ; 93.3183972 west of warsaw near the truman reservoir in other media edit the 2014 20th century fox film gone girl features krbk s pre september 2014 logo within the film s preview poster various key art and other online presences with news stories around the events depicted in the film whose setting takes place in krbk s market area along with a false search coordination website with the same logo . no real staff members were used and in the actual film the fictional krbk news organization seems to have a glossy tabloid image unlike what is seen in reality . 5 see also edit channel 5 branded tv stations in the united states channel 49 digital tv stations in the united states channel 49 virtual tv stations in the united states references edit a b fox moves afills in springfield ft. wayne . tvnewscheck . june 20 2011 . retrieved june 20 2011 . schisler monte june 20 2011 . local fox tv affiliate to change . hometown daily news . retrieved june 21 2011 . rabbitears tv query for krbk krbk taps jampro for single frequency network . tv technology . retrieved 30 april 2013 . schumann rebecka 15 april 2014 . gone girl trailer movie s new ending possibly revealed and 3 other things you may have missed . international business times . retrieved 15 april 2014 . external links edit fox5krbk.com krbk official website metvozarks.com krbk dt2 metv ozarks official website query the fcc s tv station database for krbk biafn s media web database information on krbk tv v t e television stations in the ozarks of missouri and arkansas including springfield branson local stations kytv 3.1 nbc 3.2 wn 3.3 cozi krft ld 8.1 mundomax 8.2 heartland 8.3 retro tv 8.4 graceway 8.5 qvc kolr 10.1 cbs 10.2 laff 10.3 grit k17dl d 17.1 branson visitor tv k17fu d 17.1 here s help kozk 21.1 pbs 21.2 opt ed 21.3 create k26gs d 26.1 this 26.2 grit 26.3 escape 26.4 metv 26.5 the works 26.6 amgtv 26.7 newsmax . kozl 27.1 mynetworktv 27.2 escape 27.3 bounce tv kwbm 31.1 daystar kspr 33.1 abc 33.2 cw 33.3 antenna tv kbns cd 36.1 vacation channel 36.2 accuwx k38he d 38.1 tct wht k39iu d 39.1 here s help krbk 49.1 fox 49.2 me tv 49.3 movies defunct stations k41fq 41 tbn see also st louis tv columbia jefferson city tv little rock tv fort smith tv jonesboro tv memphis tv paducah tv joplin tv v t e fox network affiliates in the state of missouri ktvi 2 st. louis wdaf 4 kansas city kqfx ld 22.1 columbia jefferson city kbsi 23.1 cape girardeau knpn ld 26.1 st. joseph krbk 49.1 springfield see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in missouri retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title krbk & oldid 717300460 categories fox network affiliatesme tv affiliatesmovies affiliatestelevision stations in springfield missouritelevision channels and stations established in 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 april 2016 at 21 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view