

KSNF's tower was destroyed (falling on the studio and nearby homes) and the studio was heavily damaged. On May 8, 2009, severe thunderstorms affected the Joplin area.
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At the time, only NBC programming was provided in high definition, while local news and syndicated programs were still in standard definition, pending the upgrade of KSN's production systems and equipment to accommodate high definition content for non-network programming. In June 2008, KSNF began broadcasting NBC high definition programming to digital cable and satellite customers in the Joplin market. Although some departments did in fact move to KSNF, by 2009 the process was not yet completed, leaving the Joplin market as the only one of the several Nexstar-owned duopolies to have failed to completely merge. In 2002, it was announced KSNF and ABC affiliate KODE would merge, with building expansion planned at the KSN studios. Its digital signal on channel 46 signed on in 2003. On January 12, 1998, Irving-based Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired KSNF, KFDX-TV, and KBTV-TV from U.S. Broadcast Group after USA Network filed a copyright infringement complaint against the broadcasting company). On August 23, 1995, Price sold KSNF and fellow NBC affiliates KJAC-TV in Beaumont, Texas, and KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Wakefield, Rhode Island-based upstart USA Broadcast Group for $42 million, retaining ABC affiliate WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as its sole television property (USA soon renamed itself to U.S. The "KSN" brand had become solidified in the market and continued to be used even though KSNF was no longer a part of the Kansas State Network nor made any references to it, although the KSN stations and KSNF were reunited under the same ownership in 2017 when Nexstar acquired the Kansas State Network stations. It stopped simulcasting KSNW completely after George Lilly ( SJL Communications) acquired the KSN stations and, in a cost-cutting effort, cut the microwave links to KSNT and KSNF. KSN then sold KSNF to Price Communications in 1986, but the station continued the partial simulcast with KSNW.

The station did limited simulcasting with Wichita NBC affiliate KSNW. On August 23, 1982, the station changed its call letters to KSNF, and almost two weeks later on September 5, swapped affiliations with KOAM-TV (channel 7) to become an NBC affiliate. The station changed its call letters to KTVJ ("Television for Joplin") in 1975. Mid-America Broadcasting sold the station to the owners of the Kansas State Network in 1975. It was originally owned by Marvin Caldwell & Associates. KUHI was the first station in the Joplin–Pittsburg market to broadcast on the UHF band. During ST, the timezone abbreviation is CST and the offset to UTC will be -6:00 hours.The station first signed on as KUHI-TV (for "Ultra High Frequency") on January 4, 1968, as a CBS affiliate. Joplin will exit DST (returning to standard time) on Sunday, 5 November 2023, at 02:00 AM local time, when clocks will be turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, 5 November 2023, 01:00 AM local standard time. During DST, the timezone abbreviation is CDT and the offset to Universal Time (UTC, GMT or Zulu) is -5:00 hours. The "America/Chicago" timezone uses a Standard Time (ST) / Daylight Saving Time (DST) alternation scheme, and it currently is in DST (since Sunday, 12 March 2023, 03:00 AM local time). Joplin is in the "America/Chicago" timezone. Weather Station: Joplin, Joplin Regional Airport (latitude 37-09-22N, longitude 094-30-02W) Local Time: Temperature variation graph for the last seven days Places with a similar climate: Coffeyville (KS), Winfield / Arkansas City (KS), Parsons (KS), Wichita, Sedgwick County (KS), Bentonville (AR), Springdale Municipal (AR), Rogers (AR), Siloam Springs (AR), Chanute (KS), Wichita (KS), Fayetteville/Springdale (AR), West Plains (MO), Mountain Home, Baxter County (AR), Poplar Bluff (MO), Harrison, Boone County (AR), Cape Girardeau (MO), Paducah (KY), Wichita (KS), Marion, Williamson County (IL), Fayetteville (AR), Carbondale / Murphysboro (IL), Metropolis (IL), Flippin, Marion County (AR), Clarksville (TN), Bowling Green-Warren County (KY).
