KMTV Action 3 News

KMTV Channel 3 is better known as the Action 3 news. This is a part of the CBS television station in Omaha, Nebraska and is also the second oldest station in Nebraska. This station began broadcasting on September 1, 1949 as a CBS affiliate. It is a station that is owned by the Journal Broadcast Group. This is basically a channel that broadcasts an NTSC signal on VHF channel 3 as well as on a digital television signal as KMTV-DT on UHF channel 45.

When it started broadcasting KMTV also carried ABC and Dumont programming. It was a television channel that was also supposed to possess call letters KMA-TV. This was basically a fact that reflected on its first owner, May Broadcasting of Shenandoah, Iowa who already had a KMA-AM in Shenandoah. Nonetheless the FCC was reluctant to allow the channel to use those call letters. This was because Shenandoah was not considered part of the Omaha market.

KMTV was sold to Lee Enterprises in December 1986. This was done after over 37 years of ownership when Lee sold all of its stations to Emmis Communications. This was during October 2000. Way back in 1956, however, KMTV had switched its affiliations with WOW-TV. During the same time it became an NBC affiliate and stopped carrying the DuMont programming. However this was the same year when DuMont ceased operations.

While tracing back the history of KMTV we see that it entered into an agreement with WOWT and this basically allowed them to return to their original affiliations as a consequence of which KMTV rejoined CBS after 30 years with NBC. This was on June 29, 1986.The famous reporter Tom Brokaw was from this station from 1962 to 1965. This is a channel that has seen many changes over the years and it basically underwent these changes to keep itself abreast with broadcasting trends as well as to be a part of the ratings race.

KMTV had several newscasts and these were KMTV News; NewsCenter 3; Channel 3 News; KMTV News 3. The recent addition is the KM3 News, which is among the most popular today and is also known as the Action 3 News. This channel dropped its 6pm local news timeslot. This was replaced with syndicated tabloid shows and at the same time the sports were dropped from its 10 PM newscasts. This was basically replaced with the commentary segment that was hosted by KMTV sports director Travis Justice.

KMTV has its studios near 108th and Mockingbird Drive. This is in southwest Omaha and this channel is the only Omaha station to have moved its studios from the downtown area. For KMTV the main transmitter tower is located on near Crown Point Avenue which is a place in north central Omaha. Wikipedia

KMTV Action 3 News