KMOV

KMOV is a CBS affiliated television station, operating on Channel 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. KMOV is owned by the Dallas, Texas-based Belo Corporation, with studio and office facilities in St. Louis and transmitter located in Lemay, Missouri. The station began broadcasting on July 8, 1954 as KWK-TV, owned by the Convey family along with KWK radio (1380 AM, now KSLG). It took the CBS affiliation from WTVI (channel 54, now KTVI on channel 2). Until ... more

KMOV is a CBS affiliated television station, operating on Channel 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. KMOV is owned by the Dallas, Texas-based Belo Corporation, with studio and office facilities in St. Louis and transmitter located in Lemay, Missouri. The station began broadcasting on July 8, 1954 as KWK-TV, owned by the Convey family along with KWK radio (1380 AM, now KSLG). It took the CBS affiliation from WTVI (channel 54, now KTVI on channel 2). Until 1955, it also aired whatever ABC programs that WTVI turned down. However, CBS wanted its own television station in St. Louis to run alongside its powerhouse radio station, KMOX (1120 AM). It originally won a construction permit for channel 11 -- the last remaining commercial VHF license in St. Louis -- in 1955. However, CBS decided two years later instead to buy KWK-TV, and transferred the channel 11 license to St. Louis hotelier Harold Koplar in a money-less transaction. Almost immediately, the deal was held up after the St. Louis Amusement... less