KFTA-TV

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KFTA-TV

Fort Smith–Fayetteville, Arkansas United States
City	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 24
Branding	Fox 24 KNWA (on DT2) KXNW (on DT5)
Programming
Affiliations	24.1: Fox 24.2: NBC 34.1: MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Sister stations	KNWA-TV, KXNW
History
First air date	November 12, 1978 (45 years ago) (1978-11-12)
Former call signs	KLMN (1978–1982) KPOM-TV (1982–2004)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1978–2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (1978–1980) NBC (primary 1980–2006, secondary 2006–2008)
Call sign meaning	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	29560
ERP	600 kW
HAAT	305 m (1,001 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°42′36″N 94°8′16″W / 35.71000°N 94.13778°W / 35.71000; -94.13778
Translator(s)	KNWA-DT 51.2 (33.2 UHF) Rogers
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.nwahomepage.com

KFTA-TV (channel 24) is a television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Rogers-licensed NBC affiliate KNWA-TV (channel 51) and Eureka Springs–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KXNW (channel 34). The stations share studios at the Underwood Building on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville,^[2] with a satellite studio in Rogers. KFTA-TV's transmitter is located in unincorporated northeastern Crawford County (south of Artist Point).

KNWA-TV broadcasts KFTA-TV's Fox programming from its transmitter southeast of Garfield, Arkansas, as one of its subchannels and vice versa.