KRCG

KRCG, Channel 13 is the CBS affiliate for the Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri television market. The station is licensed to Jefferson City. The station was founded on February 13, 1955 and was owned by the Jefferson City News Tribune. The paper's publisher, Betty Goshorn Weldon, named the station in honor of her late father, Robert C. Goshorn. Goshorn had wanted to bring a television station to the area before he died in 1953. Ms. Weldon inheri... more

KRCG, Channel 13 is the CBS affiliate for the Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri television market. The station is licensed to Jefferson City. The station was founded on February 13, 1955 and was owned by the Jefferson City News Tribune. The paper's publisher, Betty Goshorn Weldon, named the station in honor of her late father, Robert C. Goshorn. Goshorn had wanted to bring a television station to the area before he died in 1953. Ms. Weldon inherited the paper on his death and took over his dream. She thus became one of the first women to own and operate a television station. KRCG has always been a CBS affiliate, and is the only station in the market that has retained the same primary network affiliation throughout its existence. The other network affiliates in the market (KOMU-TV and KMIZ-TV) have switched networks twice (first in 1982, then reverted back to their original networks in 1986). The station also carried some ABC programs. During the late 1950s, the station was also... less