KMSS-TV

KMSS-TV, virtual channel 33 (UHF digital channel 34), is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Marshall Broadcasting, KMSS is operated under a shared services agreement by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, which owns NBC affiliate, KTAL-TV; Nexstar also operates MyNetworkTV affiliate KSHV-TV (channel 45) under a time brokerage agreement with owner White Knight Broadcasting). The two stations share studio facilities located on Jewella Avenue, between Claiborne Avenue and Ninock Street, on the western side of Shreveport; KMSS's transmitter is located near Mooringsport (southeast of Caddo Lake). On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 8.

History

Early history

The station first signed on the air on April 11, 1985, originally operating as an independent station; it was the first independent in the market and the first television station to sign on in Shreveport since ABC affiliate KTBS-TV (channel 3) debuted thirty years earlier in September 1955. The station aired CBS programs that KSLA-TV (channel 12) declined to air, mostly the network's late night and morning lineup (with the exception of The Price Is Right and The Young and the Restless) and most of its Saturday morning children's programming.