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Officials report an increase in domestic violence cases during the holiday season due to stress.
12/24/2025

Officials report an increase in domestic violence cases during the holiday season due to stress.

The Joplin Recycling Center is encouraging residents to recycle Christmas lights instead of throwing them away, with the...
12/24/2025

The Joplin Recycling Center is encouraging residents to recycle Christmas lights instead of throwing them away, with the lights being sent to a vendor in Nevada for processing.

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has issued an emergency revocation of dermatologist Jacqueline Youtsos’ medical license...
12/23/2025

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts has issued an emergency revocation of dermatologist Jacqueline Youtsos’ medical license following the death of a 67-year-old patient due to lidocaine toxicity…

One small city cafe is making memories come Christmas – one plate and present at a time
12/23/2025

One small city cafe is making memories come Christmas – one plate and present at a time

The home sat above a 22-foot sinkhole discovered last week near the intersection of Main and Joplin.
12/23/2025

The home sat above a 22-foot sinkhole discovered last week near the intersection of Main and Joplin.

Missourians affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, or flooding have until February 20th to apply for...
12/23/2025

Missourians affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, or flooding have until February 20th to apply for disaster loan assistance from the Small Business Administration.

The Downtown Joplin Alliance recognized five winners of the Downtown Joplin Holiday Decorating Competition, with Alchemi...
12/23/2025

The Downtown Joplin Alliance recognized five winners of the Downtown Joplin Holiday Decorating Competition, with Alchemist Haven earning the “Most Lights” award for their elaborate disp…

An El Dorado Springs man is accused of shooting his neighbor after an argument over a power tool.
12/23/2025

An El Dorado Springs man is accused of shooting his neighbor after an argument over a power tool.

A group of volunteers serving free meals in front of Joplin City Hall continue to do so despite repeated warnings from t...
12/23/2025

A group of volunteers serving free meals in front of Joplin City Hall continue to do so despite repeated warnings from the city.

The Mountaineers fall to the Fair Grove Eagles at home. HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
12/23/2025

The Mountaineers fall to the Fair Grove Eagles at home. HIGHLIGHTS HERE:

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July 2018 - Joplin News 1st (#joplinnewsfirst) joins www.fourstateshomepage.com as digital reporter.

KODE-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF digital channel 43), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Joplin, Missouri, United States and also serving Pittsburg, Kansas. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting; Nexstar Media Group, which owns NBC affiliate KSNF (channel 16, also licensed to Joplin), operates KODE-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities at 1502 South Cleveland Avenue in Joplin.

The station began broadcasting on September 26, 1954 as KSWM-TV (for SouthWestern Missouri) and was a primary CBS affiliate, but shared ABC with then-NBC affiliate KOAM-TV. It was locally founded by Austin Harrison who also owned radio station KODE AM 1230 (now KZYM). It originally operated from studios and transmitter located on West 13th Street in Joplin. Harrison sold the station to Friendly Broadcasting, owners of WSTV (now WTOV-TV) in Steubenville, Ohio in 1956. In 1957, the call letters were changed to the current KODE-TV.

Friendly then sold both KODE and WRGP (now WRCB) in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Massachusetts-based United Printers & Publishers in 1961. Gilmore Broadcasting of Kalamazoo, Michigan bought the KODE stations in 1962.