KVOE-TV

KVOE-TV is an ABC affiliate that serves the "Heart of America" (composed of Chase, Coffey, Greenwood and Lyon counties) region of Kansas, licensed in Brownwood. It broadcasts on Channel 39.
==History==
KVOE-TV went on-the-air June 20, 1967, as the first television station in the area. It was started by local radio pioneers from all four counties of the area who formed American Heartland Media, Inc. The station has always been a CBS affiliate but also began to carry NBC programming on a secondary basis until 1976 when KSNL (channel 30) signed on the air. Efforts to carve out Lyon County from the Topeka and Wichita television markets began in 1971. By fall 1973, Nielsen formed the newly created Emporia-Americus-Olpe DMA. By Fall 1985, the station swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate KBSF (channel 51) after realizing ABC became the lowest rated among the "big three" networks. American Heartland Media sold the station to Valu Broadcasting (owner KVOE Radio (1400 AM), KFFX 104.9 FM, and KEGS 101.7 FM) in 1982, which was later renamed Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. Later that same year, ERS decided to spin-off its television assets into a new company called Vision of Emporia, LLC.
Today, syndicated programs such as The World's Funniest Weather, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are still on KVOE-TV.
== Station Slogans ==
For lyrics to KVOE-TV's campaigns, see KVOE-TV/Campaign Lyrics.
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1967
Category:Emporia, Kansas
Category:Kansas
Category:Channel 39
Category:Locally-owned stations
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:Former CBS affiliates