its channel line-up. Initially, KOAM and sister station KFJX refused to allow DirecTV to carry their stations. In February 2012, KOAM and KFJX began airing on DirecTV. On May 10, 2017, Morgan Murphy Media announced that it would acquire Saga Communications' television clusters in Joplin, Missouri, including KOAM-TV, and Victoria, Texas, including KAVU-TV. The sale was completed on September 1. It was announced on March 24, 2022 that both KOAM-TV and KFJX-TV were approved to increase their power. The KOAM power will be increased from 14.8 kilowatts to 98.8 kilowatts and the power for KFJX will be increased from 5.6 kilowatts to 45.1 kilowatts. The project will also add vertical polarization. They will both temporarily broadcast at a lower power while construction is being completed. On June 20, 2022, KOAM and KFJX started broadcasting at a lower height of 760 feet and a lower power output in preparation to have their new transmitters installed by the end of June or early July. On July 9, 2022, KOAM and KFJX started broadcasting on their brand new transmitters with a higher power output than before. Programming In addition to the CBS network schedule, syndicated programming on KOAM includes Wheel of Fortune, Dr. Phil, The Game, Judge Mathis, and Judge Judy. Wheel of Fortunes sister show, Jeopardy!, airs on KODE (at 3:30 p.m.) and KSNF (at 5 p.m.), making Joplin–Pittsburg one of only a few markets where the programs are carried on separate stations (normally, both shows air on the same channel back-to-back). News operation KOAM presently broadcasts 21½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with four hours each weekday, one hour on Saturdays and a half-hour on Sundays). Notable former on-air staff Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News anchor from 2004 to 2015) Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In September 2019, KOAM added MeTV to the DT3 subchannel as the Joplin–Pittsburg market did not have a MeTV affiliate. References External links Official website Morgan Murphy Media stations Television stations in Kansas OAM-TV CBS network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Kansas Pittsburg, Kansas