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On the third day of Christmas — a.k.a. December 3 — the Webb City Christmas Parade traveled through historic downtown.
12/04/2025

On the third day of Christmas — a.k.a. December 3 — the Webb City Christmas Parade traveled through historic downtown.

A pair of McDonald County athletes signed their respective National Letter of Intent this afternoon. Hear from each athl...
12/04/2025

A pair of McDonald County athletes signed their respective National Letter of Intent this afternoon. Hear from each athlete below.

13 Webb City High School athletes put pen to paper this afternoon, signing their respective National Letter of Intent to...
12/04/2025

13 Webb City High School athletes put pen to paper this afternoon, signing their respective National Letter of Intent to continue playing sports at the collegiate level. Hear from each athlete belo…

Our Cam Iasimone takes us through Abbie Gorman’s journey through sports at Fort Scott High School, on top of tackling se...
12/04/2025

Our Cam Iasimone takes us through Abbie Gorman’s journey through sports at Fort Scott High School, on top of tackling sensory nerve loss in this week’s edition of ‘Athlete of the …

Dr. John Joseph, a Joplin dentist, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges, and is headed to tria...
12/04/2025

Dr. John Joseph, a Joplin dentist, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges, and is headed to trial in March 2026.

FCCLA members from the Carthage Technical Center handed out 50 gift baskets to parents and staff at Mercy Joplin, filled...
12/04/2025

FCCLA members from the Carthage Technical Center handed out 50 gift baskets to parents and staff at Mercy Joplin, filled with items like lip balm, lotion, wipes, scrunchies, water, and snacks.

Porch pirate theft has decreased, but still cost Americans $15 billion in the last 12 months, and is a crime of opportun...
12/04/2025

Porch pirate theft has decreased, but still cost Americans $15 billion in the last 12 months, and is a crime of opportunity that can be prevented by minimizing the amount of time a package is outsi…

WATCH: Alivia Bartley, McKenna Kicks, and Callie Moncada of Fairland softball put pen to paper this afternoon to continu...
12/04/2025

WATCH: Alivia Bartley, McKenna Kicks, and Callie Moncada of Fairland softball put pen to paper this afternoon to continue their athletic and academic careers at the next level.

TULSA, Okla. – A Grove man is in federal custody on charges of producing child sexual abuse materials involving a 1-year...
12/03/2025

TULSA, Okla. – A Grove man is in federal custody on charges of producing child sexual abuse materials involving a 1-year-old child. A federal grand jury indicted Adrian Parker Gaines, 38, on …

Nine social work students at Pittsburg State created projects to benefit their communities, such as raising money for sh...
12/03/2025

Nine social work students at Pittsburg State created projects to benefit their communities, such as raising money for shoes, collecting bicycles and food, and raising money for an organization that…

Joplin will soon see another broadband internet provider bringing fiber-optic to businesses and residents.
12/03/2025

Joplin will soon see another broadband internet provider bringing fiber-optic to businesses and residents.

Open enrollment for Medicare coverage ends this Sunday, December 7, and senior advocates recommend reviewing the options...
12/03/2025

Open enrollment for Medicare coverage ends this Sunday, December 7, and senior advocates recommend reviewing the options before it’s too late.

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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.