KTVO

KTVO
Kirksville, Missouri/Ottumwa, Iowa; United States;
City	Kirksville, Missouri
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF); Virtual: 3;
Branding	KTVO ABC 3 (general); KTVO News (newscasts); KTVO CBS 3 (on DT2); Southeast Iowa's Own Evening News (newscasts; on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: ABC (secondary until 1968); 3.2: CBS; 3.3: Comet; 3.4: Charge! (soon)
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (KTVO Licensee, LLC);
History
First air date	November 21, 1955 (69 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (1955–1974; secondary from 1968); NBC (secondary 1955–1974)
Call sign meaning	Kirksville Television Ottumwa
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21251
ERP	87 kW; 174 kW (application)
HAAT	290 m (951 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°31′47″N 92°26′30″W / 40.52972°N 92.44167°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	ktvo.com

KTVO (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Kirksville, Missouri, United States, serving the Ottumwa, Iowa–Kirksville, Missouri market as an affiliate of ABC and CBS. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on US 63 two miles (3.2 km) north of Kirksville, with a secondary studio, news bureau and advertising sales office on South Market Street in downtown Ottumwa. Its transmitter is located northwest of Downing, Missouri, along US 136.