KMSS-TV
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- For the Massena, New YorkMassena (village), New YorkMassena is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 13,589 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Andre Massena, one of Napoleon's generals....
airport with the ICAO code KMSS, see Massena International AirportMassena International AirportMassena International Airport , also known as Richards Field, is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Massena, a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, USA. The airport, owned by the Town of Massena, covers and has two runways...
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KMSS-TV (branded as "FOX33") is the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
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affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
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. The station is seen via satellite through Dish Network
Dish Network
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and DirecTV
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. The station is co-managed in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
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affiliate KSHV-TV (channel 45), which is owned by the Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America is a broadcasting company in the United States that owns television stations in smaller markets. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana...
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They are a typical Fox affiliate station with a blend of Fox first-run prime time shows, syndicated talk shows, reality shows, court shows, and off-network sitcoms. Its transmitter is located near Mooringsport, Louisiana
Mooringsport, Louisiana
Mooringsport is a village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography: Mooringsport is located at ....
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History
KMSS first went on the air on April 11, 1985 as the first independent station in the market and the first television station to sign on since ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
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affiliate KTBS (channel 3) came on the air thirty years earlier in 1955. Although it was an independent station, it showed CBS programming when KSLA (channel 12) pre-empted them, mostly CBS' late night and morning lineup (with the exception of The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right
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and The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
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) and most of their Saturday morning lineup.
STEREO
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. In the mid 1990s, it was an affiliate of PTEN
Prime Time Entertainment Network
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, a syndicated programming venture between Chris-Craft
Chris-Craft Industries
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and Warner Bros Domestic Television
Warner Bros. Television
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. For years it had been the de facto
De facto
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Fox affiliate for the Longview
Longview, Texas
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area until 1991 when then-CBS affiliate, and current sister station, KLMG
KFXK
KFXK-TV is the Fox affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America. Its transmitter is located near New London, Texas...
switched to Fox and became KFXK
KFXK
KFXK-TV is the Fox affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America. Its transmitter is located near New London, Texas...
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Programming
In the early years, KMSS was the local home of both the Texas RangersTexas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
and the Houston Astros
Houston Astros
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, and was home to the (at the time) local minor league baseball team, the Shreveport Captains. It was also the home of Big 12 football when that conference began in the mid-90s back when Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports Net
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was coming into its own.
In 1992, KMSS hired Chuck Smith, Director of News & Information to produce interstitial program elements pertaining to community relations / public affairs programming and newscasts/newsbreaks. "KMSS Kid's Club", which was similar to the "Fox Kids' Club", was introduced to incorporate short feature stories which were inserted during breaks in the Warner Brothers animation programs in the mornings and afternoons, increasing viewership and adding value to the children's program blocks. Other interstitial program elements included "ArkLaTex WEEKENDS" produced & hosted by Chuck Smith which featured local & regional events in the broadcast region.
It, along with KSHV, currently airs Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
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football
American football
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and basketball
Basketball
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from the SEC Network
SEC Network
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. KMSS was formerly one of several affiliates of Edward St. Pe's WeatherVision
WeatherVision
WeatherVision is a TV syndication company based in Jackson, Mississippi, that produces and distributes customized weather forecast segments for local airing by over 200 commercial and public television stations and Networks nationwide...
daily updates.
Digital television
Channel
Aspect ratio
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720p
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16:9
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On June 12, 2009, KMSS-TV left channel 33 and moved to channel 34 when the analog to digital conversion completed.
News operation
For a long period of time, KMSS was one of several Fox stations that did not have a local newscast, but that changed on April 23, 2007, when KMSS began airing Fox News Louisiana (which was later rebranded as Fox News Shreveport) weeknights at 9 p.m.On August 20, 2007, KMSS debuted Fox News Louisiana AM, a morning news program seen weekdays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Like the evening news, certain segments were taped and included stories by the Shreveport-based reporting staff, while other portions were carried live. While production of the evening show is now produced by KFXK, the morning show remained a production of Baton Rouge-based WGMB until it was canceled in December 2008. KMSS replaced the morning newscast with Montel Williams
The Montel Williams Show
The Montel Williams Show is a syndicated talk show hosted by Montel Williams. On January 30, 2008 it was announced that The Montel Williams Show would stop production on new episodes at the end of the 2007-2008 television season after seventeen years...
which previously aired on sister station KSHV.
Fox News Shreveport was produced by Baton Rouge Fox affiliate WGMB
WGMB
WGMB-TV is the local Fox affiliate for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is owned by Communications Corporation of America, and is sister station to the area's The CW affiliate, WBRL-CD. WGMB also shared facilities and staff with WVLA-TV and KZUP-CD...
. Originally, the first 20 minutes of the program were taped earlier in the evening and geared specifically towards the Ark-La-Tex audience, with stories by Shreveport-based reporters, plus a local forecast. KMSS then joined the WGMB's live broadcast for the final two segments, which include national news, world news and a statewide sportscast. That format was later changed to where the entire KMSS newscast was taped. The final edition of Fox News Shreveport aired on September 5, 2008.
On September 8, 2008, KMSS replaced Fox News Shreveport with the 10-minute long Fox News Ark-La-Tex. It is produced by Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...
Fox affiliate KFXK
KFXK
KFXK-TV is the Fox affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America. Its transmitter is located near New London, Texas...
. Much like Fox News Shreveport, it is taped earlier in the evening, with stories by Shreveport-based reporters, plus a local forecast and sportscast prepared by the Tyler-based crew. On September 20, 2010, it has reverted to a half hour newscast and was renamed again to Fox 33 News Ark-La-Tex. KMSS also airs a half-hour sports program called The Show on Sunday nights at 11 p.m. It is also produced by KETK in Tyler, TX.
Fox 33 News Ark-La-Tex (Weeknights 9 to 9:30 P.M.)
- Anchor:
- Kris Betts
- Weather:
- Scott Chesner
- Sports:
- Danny Elzner
KMSS uses additional news personnel from KETK in Longview, Texas, see that article for a complete listing
Newscast titles
- Fox News Louisiana (2007–2008; 9 p.m. newscast)
- Fox News Louisiana A.M. (2007–2008; morning newscast)
- Fox News Ark-La-Tex (2008–2010; 9 p.m. newscast)
- Fox 33 News Ark-La-Tex (2010-present; 9 p.m. newscast)
Station slogans
- It's On Us! (1986–1994)
- Count On Us! (1994–1996)
- Just One Fox 33 (1996–1999; localized version of FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
campaign) - You're in Fox 33 Country! / The Only Fox for the Ark-La-Tex (1999–2005)
- Everything You Want To See (2005–2010)
- It's First, It's Fast (2008–2010; news slogan)
- Your Fox for the Ark-La-Tex (2010–present; general slogan)
- So Fox 33 (2011-present; localized version of FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
campaign) - News With a Fox Edge (2010-present; news slogan)