KRBK is a television station licensed to Osage Beach, Missouri, United States, serving the Springfield area as an affiliate of the Fox network.
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11 Facts About KRBK
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The stations share studios on East Division Street in Springfield, while KRBK's transmitter is located on Switchgrass Road, north of Fordland.
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At the time KRBK signed on, MyNetworkTV programming had not been available in the market for several months, after Harrison, Arkansas–based KWBM switched to Daystar upon being sold to the network as part of Equity Media Holdings's auction of its television stations.
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KRBK's transmitter was originally plotted to be located halfway between Springfield and Jefferson City in northern Laclede County, giving it rimshot signals within Springfield and Jefferson City.
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On that same date, KRBK rebranded as "Fox 5, " in reference to its primary channel position in the market on Mediacom's Springfield-area system and on other local cable and satellite providers within the Springfield market; the rollout of the branding included a logo based on that of the Fox owned-and-operated stations as well as the network's San Diego affiliate KSWB-TV .
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In October 2018, KRBK relocated its primary transmitter to the Fordland antenna farm, which provides over-the-air coverage comparable to the market's other full-power stations.
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From 2010 to 2012, KRBK aired wraparound segments throughout its broadcast day featuring the "KRBK Street Team, " who provided entertainment, sports and event-related stories.
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Full-scale newscasts on the station began in September 2013, with the launch of a full in-house news department; that month, KRBK debuted Fox KRBK News at 9:00, an abbreviated prime time newscast that began as a 10-minute broadcast leading into the tape-delayed MyNetworkTV prime time lineup.
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On January 1,2014, KRBK launched a second digital subchannel carrying MeTV.
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Since the main KRBK signal missed Springfield itself, Koplar leased two subchannels of KWBM from its owner, Daystar, in order to provide a full-power signal of their Fox and MeTV channels to the southern portion of the market.
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