KFSM-TV

KFSM-TV
	Fort Smith–Fayetteville, Arkansas; United States;
City	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF); Virtual: 5;
Branding	Channel 5; 5 News
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: CBS; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc.; (sale to Nexstar Media Group pending); ; (Cape Publications, Inc.);
History
First air date	July 9, 1953
Former call signs	KFSA-TV (1953–1958, 1959–1973); KNAC-TV (1958–1959);
Former channel numbers	Analog: 22 (UHF, 1953–1958), 5 (VHF, 1958–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (1953–1980); DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956); CBS (secondary, 1953-1971); ABC (secondary, 1953–1978); MyNetworkTV (5.2, 2009−2019);
Call sign meaning	Fort Smith, disambiguation of previous license's KFSA calls ("A" for Arkansas; FSM is also the airport designation for the Fort Smith Regional Airport)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	66469
ERP	608 kW; 15 kW (DRT);
HAAT	273.4 m (897 ft); 42.5 m (139 ft) (DRT);
Transmitter coordinates	35°49′49.3″N 94°9′24.3″W / 35.830361°N 94.156750°W; 35°23′7.3″N 94°24′57.7″W / 35.385361°N 94.416028°W (DRT);
Translator(s)	24 (UHF) Van Buren
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	5newsonline.com

KFSM-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, serving the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station has studios on South 48th Street in Johnson (with a Springdale mailing address), and its transmitter is located northwest of Winslow, Arkansas.