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5 On Your Side is a community-minded and trusted local news and media source that has proudly served the St. Louis region since 1947. We have built our legacy on a promise to provide our audiences with the most meaningful and engaging information that will inform and impact their daily lives. As our industry has transformed, we have progressed along with it, yet one thing has remained constant from the start: the well-being of our community and its people is our first priority. We are completely committed to knowing our region inside and out, so we may find the ways to help, guide, advocate for, and serve it. We are driven to sustain what is great about St. Louis while also ensuring its promising future.

On December 21, 1953, KOMU 8 broadcast its signal for the first time. The station is a full-powered NBC affiliate operating as an independent commercial property. As such, KOMU 8 is the only major network affiliate in the United States that acts as a university-owned commercial television station utilizing its newsroom as a working lab for students. Recognized throughout the broadcast industry as the premiere training ground for television journalists, KOMU 8's newsroom creates a real-life lab experience for students attending The University of Missouri prestigious School of Journalism. Students have always been a part of the KOMU 8 experience. The station went on the air as an experiment of sorts, the brainchild of journalism professor Edward C. Lambert. Students served as interns in the early years, but in 1970, that all changed. Students began to fill the roles of reporters, writers, producers, and photographers for all the station's newscasts. Those students have gone on to work at the network level, in every state, and around the world. The station is located on Highway 63 just south of Columbia. Our antenna rises 774 feet above the ground sending out a digital signal of 13,600 watts. More than 150 thousand families live in KOMU 8's coverage area. KOMU 8 generates all its revenue from advertising with no state funding, and reinvests all surplus cash in continuous development of its educational mission. While KOMU 8 strives to bring the best education to its students, the news station also works to bring Mid-Missouri the best news coverage and has received numerous awards for its on air news coverage.

KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha's News & Weather Leader. Located in the historic 7 Burlington Station KETV is the #1 source for local news on-air, on social media and digital in the Omaha DMA. Lead by a veteran team of anchors, KETV provides in depth, trusted coverage of local news. KETV is the only station in the market with live Dual-Pol Super Doppler for weather coverage. Providing viewers a 3-mintue advantage during severe weather. A market leader committed to serving our community, KETV is know for it's yearly 7 Can Help Kids Back to School Backpack Program which has helped more that 220,000 local children since 1998. Our monthly Giving Wednesday's highlight the needs of local non-profit agencies. Helping them raise funds to better serve our community.