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| logo = KRBK-OzarksFox logo 2022.pngwebp

| branding = Ozarks Fox ''(general)''<br>''Ozarks Fox News'' ''(newscasts)''49

| virtual = 49 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])

| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.

| location = [[Osage Beach, Missouri|Osage Beach]]/–[[Springfield, Missouri]]

| airdate = {{start date and age|2009|8|1|p=y|br=y}}

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|37|13|9.4|N|92|56|57.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}

'''KRBK''', [[virtual (channel]] 49) ([[ultrais high frequency|UHF]]a [[digitaltelevision terrestrial television|digitalstation]] channellicensed 22), is ato [[FoxOsage BroadcastingBeach, Company|FoxMissouri]]-[[network, affiliate|affiliated]]United [[televisionStates, station]]serving servingthe [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], Unitedarea Statesas thatan is [[cityaffiliate of license|licensed]] tothe [[OsageFox Beach,Broadcasting MissouriCompany|Osage BeachFox]] network. The stationIt is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], as part of a [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with Springfield-licensedalongside [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KOZL-TV]] (channel 27); Nexstar also operatesprovides Springfield-licensedcertain services to [[CBS]] affiliate [[KOLR]] (channel 10) under a [[sharedlocal servicesmarketing agreement]] agreement (SSALMA) with owner [[Mission Broadcasting]]. The three stations share studios on East Division Street in Springfield;, while KRBK's transmitter is located on Switchgrass Road, north of [[Fordland, Missouri|Fordland]].

The station first signed on the air on August 1, 2009; prior to signing on KRBK, Koplar Communications served as the founding owner of [[KPLR-TV]] in [[St. Louis]] – which—which it sold to [[ACME Communications]] in 1997 (it is now a sister station to KRBK) – and—and formerly owned [[KMAX-TV]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] – which—which once bore the KRBK-TV call letters and which Koplar sold to [[Pappas Telecasting]] in 1994 (it is now owned by [[CBS TelevisionNews and Stations]]). It immediately became the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Ozarks. At the time KRBK signed on, MyNetworkTV programming had not been available in the [[media market|market]] for several months, after [[Harrison, Arkansas]]-based–based [[KWBM]] (channel 31) switched to [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]] upon being sold to the network as part of [[Equity Media Holdings]]'s auction of its television stations. The station originally branded as "KRBK-HD".

KRBK's transmitter was originally plotted to be located halfway between Springfield and [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] in northern [[Laclede County, Missouri|Laclede County]], giving it [[broadcast range|rimshot]] (Grade B) signals within Springfield and Jefferson City. This is possible because Osage Beach spills into both [[Camden County, Missouri|Camden]] and [[Miller County, Missouri|Miller]] counties, and is thus split between the two markets. Most of the city is in Camden County, part of the Springfield market. However, a small sliver in the north is in Miller County, part of the [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]–Jefferson City market. The transmitter was later moved to [[Eldridge, Missouri|Eldridge]], in northeastern [[PolkLaclede County, Missouri|Polk County]], firmly in the Springfield market.

On September 8, 2014, MyNetworkTV programming moved from KRBK to KOZL. On that same date, KRBK rebranded as "Fox 5," in reference to its primary channel position in the [[media market|market]] on [[Mediacom]]'s Springfield-area system and on other local [[cable television|cable]] and satellite providers within the Springfield market; the rollout of the branding also included a logo based on that of the Fox owned-and-operated stations as well as the network's [[San Diego]] affiliate [[KSWB-TV]] (which also brands as "Fox 5," but uses its former UHF analog allocation of channel 69 as its virtual channel).

On August 2, 2018, as part of a press release formally announcing its $2.25-million purchase of [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WHDF]]/[[Florence, Alabama|Florence]]–[[Huntsville, Alabama]] from [[Lockwood Broadcast Group]], Nexstar announced its intent to acquire KRBK from Koplar Communications for $16.45 million; the move will mark the second time that Koplar has exited from television station ownership. Nexstar concurrently assumed the station's operations through a [[local marketing agreement|time brokerage agreement]] that took effect the day prior.<ref name="ktts-krbksaletonexstar">{{cite news|title=Nexstar Buys FOX 5 KRBK In Springfield|url=https://www.ktts.com/news/local-news/nexstar-buys-fox-5-krbk-in-springfield|author=Jason Rima|website=[[KTTS-FM]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Nexstar Broadcasting Enters Into Definitive Agreements to Acquire Two Stations in Accretive Transactions for $19.45 Million|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar_to_acquire_krbk_whdf/|website=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Local TV stations connected after purchase|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/now/2018/08/02/local-tv-stations-connected-after-purchase/889385002/|author=Stephen Herzog|newspaper=[[Springfield News-Leader]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar’sNexstar's Goes For Three In Ozark’sOzark's Queen City|url=https://www.rbr.com/nexstars-goes-for-three-in-ozarks-queen-city/|author=Adam Jacobson|website=Radio-Television Business Report|publisher=Streamline-RBR, Inc.|date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Announces Acquisition of Two Stations for $19.45 Million|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/nexstar-announces-acquisition-of-two-stations-for-19-45-million/206624|author=Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel|website=[[Adweek|TVSpy]]|publisher=Beringer Capital|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $16.5M|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/220230/station-trading-roundup-1-deal-16-5m/|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=August 7, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> The transaction resulted in the formation of a virtual [[duopoly (broadcasting)#Triopolies and quadropolies|triopoly]] with Nexstar-owned KOZL-TV—putting KRBK under common ownership with the station from which it assumed the Fox affiliation seven years earlier—and [[CBS]] affiliate [[KOLR]] (channel 10), which Nexstar manages through a masterlocal servicesmarketing agreement with [[Mission Broadcasting]].<ref name="ktts-krbksaletonexstar"/>

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! scope="row" | Programming<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KRBK|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KRBK#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

| 49.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan="4"|[[16:9]] || KRBK-DT || Main KRBK programming / [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]

! scope="col" | 49.2 |
| rowspan="3" |[[480i]] || KRBK-D2 || [[Antenna TV]]

| 49.3 || KRBK-D3 || [[DABLDabl]]

! scope="col" | 49.4 |
| KRBK-D4 || [[Ion Television]]

In April 2013, KRBK improved its signal coverage in this vast and mostly mountainous market through the implementation of a [[distributed transmission system|distributed]] [[single-frequency network]], consisting of five specially engineered [[slot antenna]]s positioned throughout the Ozarks. All of the repeaters broadcast [[High-definition television|high definition]] [[digital television|digital]] signals on UHF channel 49.<ref name=tvt-krbk>{{cite web|title=KRBK Taps Jampro for Single Frequency Network|url=http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/krbk-taps-jampro-for-single-frequency-network/219157|publisher=TV Technology|access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref> Due to the single-frequency system, the station was unavailable over-the-air in [[Salem, Missouri|Salem]] (located in the northeast part of the market), and was only available on [[cable television]] in that town.

Since the main KRBK signal missed Springfield itself, Koplar leased two subchannels of Harrison, Arkansas-licensed KWBM (channel 31) from its owner, Daystar, in order to provide a full-power signal of their Fox and MeTV channels to the southern portion of the market. This arrangement ended in 2020 with the launch of the Daystar Español channel on KWBM-DT2.

|| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]] || {{convert|191.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 170.9&nbsp;kW || {{coord|37|13|24.63|N|93|14|29.83|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} || the [[KOLR]] [[Studio/transmitter link|studio-transmitter link]] tower behind the KOLR/[[KOZL-TV]] studios<br> on Springfield's northeast side, near [[Downtown Airport (Missouri)|Downtown Airport]]

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