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State Representative Lane Roberts has announced his plans to run for the Jasper County Commission in 2026, and is being ...
11/14/2025

State Representative Lane Roberts has announced his plans to run for the Jasper County Commission in 2026, and is being endorsed by current presiding commissioner John Bartosh who is retiring after…

A confirmed case of rabies has been reported in McDonald County, Missouri, and the Health Department is urging people to...
11/14/2025

A confirmed case of rabies has been reported in McDonald County, Missouri, and the Health Department is urging people to stay current on their pet vaccinations and report any suspicious animal beha…

Residents of Crawford County are meeting to discuss the annexation of land into the city of Mulberry, which is currently...
11/14/2025

Residents of Crawford County are meeting to discuss the annexation of land into the city of Mulberry, which is currently subject to a moratorium on solar farms, and the county commission will make …

A U.S. senator is calling for the shutdown of an immigrant detention center in New Mexico where the federal government h...
11/14/2025

A U.S. senator is calling for the shutdown of an immigrant detention center in New Mexico where the federal government has failed to get a contract extension with a local county.

Goodman residents will see an increase in their water bill of 50 cents for water, sewer, and the base rate beginning Jan...
11/14/2025

Goodman residents will see an increase in their water bill of 50 cents for water, sewer, and the base rate beginning January 1, with further increases of 25 cents per 1,000 gallons in April, July, …

It may be time for your child to receive a vaccination.
11/13/2025

It may be time for your child to receive a vaccination.

Pediatrician Dr. Aaron Stafford recommends that parents and caregivers get their flu shots, especially for children five and under who are at higher risk for complications, and suggests that expect…

Pitt State Football gears up for its biggest test of the season this weekend. The #7 Gorillas are gearing up to take on...
11/13/2025

Pitt State Football gears up for its biggest test of the season this weekend. The #7 Gorillas are gearing up to take on #12 Northwest Missouri at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City Hear fro…

JOPLIN, Mo. — It’s a more-than $64,000 Thursday for Children’s Miracle Network through Freeman Health System. It’s all t...
11/13/2025

JOPLIN, Mo. — It’s a more-than $64,000 Thursday for Children’s Miracle Network through Freeman Health System. It’s all thanks to Sam’s Club in Joplin. A check presentation t…

A second grade teacher in Webb City, Missouri has adopted a real cow for her class, providing them with hands-on learnin...
11/13/2025

A second grade teacher in Webb City, Missouri has adopted a real cow for her class, providing them with hands-on learning experiences about agriculture and rural life.

The historic Washington Elementary School in Pittsburg has been renovated and is now home to the Grow at Eden Early Lear...
11/13/2025

The historic Washington Elementary School in Pittsburg has been renovated and is now home to the Grow at Eden Early Learning Center, which will house 265 students and 50 staff and feature an on-sit…

11/13/2025

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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.