KFSM-TV

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KFSM-TV

Fort Smith–Fayetteville, Arkansas United States
City	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	Channel 5; 5 News
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc. (Cape Publications, Inc.)
History
First air date	July 9, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-07-09)
Former call signs	KFSA-TV (1953–1958, 1959–1973) KNAC-TV (1958–1959)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 22 (UHF, 1953–1958), 5 (VHF, 1958–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (1953–1980) DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956) CBS (secondary, 1953-1971) ABC (secondary, 1953–1978) MyNetworkTV (DT2, 2009−2019)
Call sign meaning	Fort Smith (FSM is also the airport designation for the Fort Smith Regional Airport)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	66469
ERP	550 kW 800 kW (CP)
HAAT	286 m (938 ft) 273.4 m (897 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates	35°49′49.2″N 94°9′24.1″W / 35.830333°N 94.156694°W / 35.830333; -94.156694 (KFSM-TV)
Translator(s)	24 (UHF) Van Buren
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	5newsonline.com

KFSM-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, serving the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station has studios on South 48th Street in Johnson (with a Springdale mailing address), and its transmitter is located northwest of Winslow, Arkansas.