KSNT
KSNT, virtual and UHF digital channel 27, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Media General, and is a sister station to Fox affiliate KTMJ-CD (channel 43); Media General also operates ABC affiliate KTKA-TV (channel 49) under shared services and joint sales agreements with owner Vaughan Media, LLC. All three stations share studio facilities, with KSNT and KTKA also sharing transmitter facilities located on Northwest 25th Street (US 24), near the Kiro section of Topeka.
On cable, KSNT is available in Topeka on Cox Communications channel 7 in standard definition and digital channel 2007 in high definition and on AT&T U-verse channel 27 in standard definition and channel 1027 in high definition; and in the Lawrence area, on WOW! channel 8 in standard definition and digital channel 208 in high definition, and RESNET channel 8 in standard definition.
History
Early history
The station first signed on the air on December 28, 1967 as KTSB. It was originally owned by Ralph C. Wilson Jr., founding owner of the NFL football franchise, the Buffalo Bills. It was the second commercial television station to sign on in the Topeka market, and the first full-powered UHF station in Kansas. The station has been an NBC affiliate from its debut. Unlike most then two-station markets, KTSB did not take a formal secondary affiliation with ABC, however it did clear a few shows aired by that network. It had little need to air many ABC programs as the network's two closest affiliates – KMBC-TV in Kansas City and KQTV in St. Joseph – both provide over-the-air signals that decently cover Topeka. After sharing ABC programming with CBS affiliate WIBW-TV (channel 13) for channel 27's first 16 years of operation, both stations lost the local rights to the network when KLDH (channel 49, now KTKA-TV) signed on in June 1983, becoming the market's first full-time ABC affiliate.
