KOAM-TV
KOAM-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Pittsburg, Kansas, United States and also serving Joplin, Missouri. The station is owned by Morgan Murphy Media, which also operates dual Fox/CW+ affiliate KFJX under joint sales and shared services agreements with owner SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on US 69 south of Pittsburg, with a secondary studio and news bureau on South Range Line Road in Joplin.
On cable, KOAM is available on Mediacom channel 4 and on Suddenlink channel 2, and on channel 7 on other cable systems in the area.
History
KOAM-TV first signed on at 5:22 p.m. on December 13, 1953 under the ownership of MidContinent Broadcasting Company, a joint venture of The Joplin Globe newspaper and E. Victor Baxter and Lester Cox, owners of KOAM radio, with Baxter and Cox holding a controlling interest. The Globe would eventually sell its minority stake in the station to Baxter and Cox.KOAM-TV launched as a primary affiliate of NBC, owing to KOAM radio's long affiliation with NBC Radio, though it also had secondary affiliations with CBS, DuMont and ABC. On September 5, 1982, KOAM swapped affiliations with KTVJ and became a CBS affiliate.
KOAM's digital signal on channel 13 signed on in 2001 and remained until KOAM turned off its analog signal at 12:38 a.m. on February 17, 2009 following The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, at which time KOAM ceased analog broadcasting and its digital broadcast returned to channel 7. Sister station KFJX, the market's Fox affiliate, moved onto KOAM's former digital channel 13. KFJX's signal is simulcast in high definition on KOAM's digital subchannel 7.2.
In June 2010, the DirecTV satellite system added Joplin locals to its channel line-up. Initially, KOAM and sister station KFJX refused to allow DirecTV to carry their stations. In February 2012, KOAM and KFJX began airing on DirecTV.
On May 10, 2017, Morgan Murphy Media announced that it would acquire Saga Communications' television clusters in Joplin, Missouri, including KOAM-TV, and Victoria, Texas, including KAVU-TV. The sale was completed on September 1.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming |
| 7.1 | 1080i | KOAM-DT | Main KOAM-TV programming / CBS | |
| 7.2 | 720p | KFJX | Simulcast of KFJX / Fox | |
| 7.3 | 480i | MeTV | MeTV | |
| 7.4 | 480i | H&I | Heroes & Icons | |
| 7.5 | 480i | QVC | QVC | |
| 7.6 | 480i | HSN | HSN |
In September 2019, KOAM added MeTV to the DT3 subchannel as the Joplin–Pittsburg market did not have a MeTV affiliate.
Programming
In addition to the CBS network schedule, syndicated programming on KOAM includes Wheel of Fortune, Dr. Phil, The Game, Judge Mathis, and Judge Judy.Wheel of Fortune's sister show, Jeopardy!, airs on KODE and KSNF, making Joplin–Pittsburg one of only a few markets where the programs are carried on separate stations.