KBSI
Fox television affiliate in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
KBSI (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for Southeastern Missouri, the Purchase area of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northwest Tennessee. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Paducah, Kentucky–licensed WDKA (channel 49), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. KBSI and WDKA share studios on Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau; KBSI's transmitter is located in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County north of the city.
History
The station signed on the air on September 10, 1983, as an independent station and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 23. The station was originally owned by Cape Girardeau Family Television, Ltd., in turn 51 percent owned by Media Central of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Prior to the station's launch, two independent stations were broadcast in southern Illinois, and a prior attempt had been made at an independent in Paducah, but this was the first independent station to cover all of the market, which was the reason Media Central had been attracted to the area.
Media Central filed for bankruptcy in 1987, and attempted to sell its properties to another television station owner. On September 7, 1987, KBSI joined the Fox network despite declining to carry the network the previous year, partly because of the Media Central bankruptcy. Media Central continued to own the station until a bankruptcy judge approved its acquisition by Engles Communications, owned by David Engles, a former Warner Bros. and NBC radio executive. Under Engles, KBSI aired the first season of NYPD Blue when ABC affiliate WSIL-TV refused to air the show.
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