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The station first signed on the air on September 27, 1953, as KFEQ-TV. It was founded by local businessman Barton Pitts, owner of local radio station KFEQ (680 AM). KFEQ-TV originally operated as a primary CBS affiliate, and also carried programming from the DuMont Television Network.
ABC's Kansas City affiliate, KCMO-TV (now KCTV), which had been affiliated with the network since September 1955, switched to CBS. It became the St Joseph market's default CBS station as a result.
In 1955, KFEQ-AM-TV were sold by Pitts to the Midland Broadcasting Company.
Shortly after DuMont shut down in on August 6, 1956, KFEQ-TV began carrying ABC programming as a secondary affiliation.
The stations were later sold to the Panax Corporation in 1963.
The station's call letters were changed to KQTV in 1969, after the television and radio stations were sold off to separate owners.
In 1973, ISC sold KQTV and radio stations KGRV and KLYX for $4.6 million to Amaturo Group.
In 1979, Amaturo sold KQTV to Elba Development of Rochester, New York for $9 million.
In 1990, Elba sold KQTV, along with WRBL in Columbus, Georgia and WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana, to TCS Television Partners for $58 million.
Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired the station in 1997.
Nexstar announced on June 13, 2016, that it would sell KQTV and four other stations to Heartland Media, through its USA Television MidAmerica Holdings joint venture with MSouth Equity Partners, for $115 million.
The sale was completed on January 17, 2017.
On April 4, 2019, the St Joseph-based News-Press & Gazette Company announced it would acquire KQTV from Heartland Media for an initially undisclosed price.
The FCC did not act on the sale application before the agreement's expiration on September 30, 2019, leading NPG to terminate its bid that October; the sale was dismissed on October 16, 2019.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTUL - Tulsa's Channel 8 | - | $9.8M | 110 | - |
| WPXI | 1955 | $12.0M | 125 | - |
| KMIZ-TV | 1971 | $8.0M | 58 | - |
| KSNW | - | $3.5M | 50 | - |
| WGCL/CBS46 | - | $14.0M | 155 | - |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | 1986 | $3.1B | 8,400 | 635 |
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