KMTV-TV

KMTV-TV
CityOmaha, Nebraska
Channels
BrandingKMTV 3; KMTV 3 News Now
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 1, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-09-01)
Former call signs
KMTV (1949–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 3 (VHF, 1949–2009)
  • Digital: 45 (UHF, 2003–2019)
  • CBS (1949–1956)
  • ABC (secondary, 1949–1953 and 1954–1957)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1955)[1]
  • NBC (1956–1986)
Call sign meaning
May Television (original licensee, of no relation to Paramount Global–owned Music Television)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35190
ERP652 kW
HAAT411.1 m (1,349 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°18′24.6″N 96°1′37.7″W / 41.306833°N 96.027139°W / 41.306833; -96.027139
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.3newsnow.com

KMTV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has studios on Mockingbird Drive in southwest Omaha, and its transmitter is located on a "tower farm" near North 72nd Street and Crown Point Avenue in north-central Omaha. It also doubles as a secondary CBS station in the Platte Purchase area (northern portions of the St. Joseph, Missouri, television market) alongside local affiliate KCJO-LD.

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/*/members.aol.com/jeff99500/1952tv.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KMTV-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.