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Girls golf is coming to Neosho High School! The school district announced it will be adding a girls golf team already se...
06/19/2025

Girls golf is coming to Neosho High School! The school district announced it will be adding a girls golf team already set to compete in the upcoming fall semester. More details below.

A Miami man is dead after investigators say inattentive driving led to a vehicle collision.
06/19/2025

A Miami man is dead after investigators say inattentive driving led to a vehicle collision.

The City of Joplin will now allow deer to be hunted inside city limits, but with some limitations.
06/19/2025

The City of Joplin will now allow deer to be hunted inside city limits, but with some limitations.

Joplin Outlaws pitcher Conner Johnson has been tabbed with Mid America League Pitcher of the Week honors after tallying ...
06/19/2025

Joplin Outlaws pitcher Conner Johnson has been tabbed with Mid America League Pitcher of the Week honors after tallying 11 strikeouts in 6.2 shutout innings against Sherman. More details below.

An investigation continues in Erie, Kansas, after two boys were hit and killed by a train.
06/19/2025

An investigation continues in Erie, Kansas, after two boys were hit and killed by a train.

An investigation continues in Erie, Kansas, after two boys were hit and killed by a train.

Two daycare workers, who pleaded guilty to charges related to the abuse of a Pittsburg infant in June of last year, will...
06/19/2025

Two daycare workers, who pleaded guilty to charges related to the abuse of a Pittsburg infant in June of last year, will spend a limited amount of time in jail.

Mexican officials have seized a 2-year-old male tiger found behind a chain-link fence in a west Juarez junkyard.
06/19/2025

Mexican officials have seized a 2-year-old male tiger found behind a chain-link fence in a west Juarez junkyard.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has requested a presidential disaster declaration for storms that impacted, in part, Bourbon...
06/19/2025

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has requested a presidential disaster declaration for storms that impacted, in part, Bourbon County last month.

GRANBY, Mo. — The East Newton School District receives a big boost that will directly impact classrooms. Today, La-Z-Boy...
06/18/2025

GRANBY, Mo. — The East Newton School District receives a big boost that will directly impact classrooms. Today, La-Z-Boy donated 12-thousand 500-dollars to the districts Charitable Foundation. That…

It features a fully functional kitchen, custom cabinets, and a modern bathroom – along with washer and dryer hookups. Th...
06/18/2025

It features a fully functional kitchen, custom cabinets, and a modern bathroom – along with washer and dryer hookups. The students do all the work, honing skills that are in high demand.

The arguments about whether or not to have the U.S. military play a role are not divided by party. Plus, many in Congres...
06/18/2025

The arguments about whether or not to have the U.S. military play a role are not divided by party. Plus, many in Congress are pushing to have some say in whether America joins in Israel’s fight against Iran.

A surprising split is emerging on Capitol Hill as lawmakers weigh in on potential U.S. involvement in the conflict in the Middle East. The arguments aren’t divided by party and many in Congre…

A local sheriff’s office will soon make their national TV debut.
06/18/2025

A local sheriff’s office will soon make their national TV debut.

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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.