KCOW

KCOW, (Virtual channel 59 and Digital channel 21) is an NBC-affiliated Television station that was first launched on April 23, 1975. The station is owned by Nexstar. KCOW's facilities are located in Texas.

On cable, KCOW is channel 8 on Xfinity, 11 on Verison and 22 on Cox.

Early Years
KCOW was first on the air on April 23, 1975 as an independent affiliate. During it's run, the station was on the air from 6 AM to 1 AM. The station mostly aired New and Sitcoms until 1987 when it gained a Saturday Morning block entitled "The Wonderful World of Geo G." This is because Geo G. became the station's owner in 1986. In 1990, the station became an NBC affiliate and got a syndicated weekday block based off of Gingo.

In 1993, the station begun to air DiC programming on it's Sunday morning lineup. With The Wonderful World of Geo G airing on Saturday morning in place of TNBC (Though TNBC aired on Monday evening instead). During the 1 AM to 6 AM slots, the station aired Paid programming and religious programming on Saturday afternoon.

The Mid-90's, Gingo sensation and Nexstar
In 1995, the station announced that the Gingo block will increase from 3 hours on weekdays to 8 hours. Airing from 10 AM to 6 AM. as opposed to 3 PM to 6 PM. However, in 2001, the with Geo G. selling the station to Nexstar, the station announced that the Gingo block would remain as a Sunday morning block. Gaining extra news hours from 6 to 1 PM on weekdays and the TNBC block returned to it's Saturday Morning block. In 2007, the Gingo block was completely terminated.

In 2009, a slight rebrand occurred to the station. With it gaining a new syndicated Sunday morning block owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment as well as more news hours during the weekend. The station also signed a deal with Bear Bones to air some of their shows during weekday afternoons. In 2011, the Bear Bones block was terminated and as replaced by Daytime TV. In addition to that, it switched to HD in 2009 as well. As of 2020, it's WildBrain-owned block airs on all 7 days of the week.

Digital Television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog to Digital
The station annouced that on October 8, 2009 it would be ending it's analog run in favor of a digital channel. To celebrate, the network aired Digimon all day. However, due to he UHF levels of 52 to 69 ending, the Digital channel number was changed to 21.

Syndicated programming
Currently, the KCOW has been syndicating various shows. Inducing the WildBrain spark block, The Bad Life of Daniel, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, My Hero Academia and The Peoples Court.

Newscasts
The station airs 58 hours of news. From 6 AM to 1 PM and from 10 PM to 1 AM on weekdays and Weekends at 7 AM and 10 to 1 AM.

Locally created programming
In 1986, the station produced it's first original program: "The Wonderful World of Geo G." Following the success, the station also produced various health-oriented shows. Another popular show from the station first aired in 2010 as "SportsM@x" A sports talk show. The station has also been known for airing edited variants of Gabriel Garza as well as VeggieTales.