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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Although granted a <a href="/facts/Construction_permit/2EWb4p05">construction permit</a> in 2012 by the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC), the station was <a href="/facts/Dark_(broadcasting)/okWm9hdy">silent</a> until 2016. Originally licensed to <a href="/facts/Paragould%2c_Arkansas/7Jf0faQX">Paragould, Arkansas</a> (in the <a href="/facts/Jonesboro%2c_Arkansas/dTlJjzUf">Jonesboro</a> <a href="/facts/Media_market/PtR9gTTw">market</a>), it held the <a href="/facts/Call_signs_in_North_America/vpneVQW5">call sign</a> K26MF-D from 2012 until January 2016, when the call sign was changed to the current KPMF-LD. </p><p>While the first three subchannels remain dark, KPMF signed on virtual channel 26.4 in May 2016 as an affiliate of <a href="/facts/The_Country_Network/1dvNSUKV">The Country Network</a> (formerly Zuus Country). </p><p>In late June 2016, the station's first three subchannels went on the air as affiliates of Katz Broadcasting-operated <a href="/facts/Ion_Mystery/WDbVoLko">Escape</a> and <a href="/facts/Laff_(TV_network)/es3T0hNF">Laff</a> on the first two subchannels. Also, <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Television/vHRQNkqM">Sony Pictures Television</a>'s <a href="/facts/GetTV/G3MgtjDn">GetTV</a> movie network and <a href="/facts/FremantleMedia/MsmA82Bt">FremantleMedia</a>-owned <a href="/facts/Buzzr/AC8Aw5Jf">Buzzr</a> came on the air on channels 26.3 and 26.4, respectively. Buzzr replaced The Country Network. Channels 26.5 and 26.6 also went on the air as <a href="/facts/Sonlife_Broadcasting_Network/rafIoelh">Sonlife Broadcasting Network</a> and <a href="/facts/QVC/ot0HEUvB">QVC</a> affiliates. </p><p>Escape and Laff were replaced by different networks in October 2016. GetTV was moved up to KPMF-LD2, and <a href="/facts/Comet_(TV_network)/7SLu2Hst">Comet</a>, which is a joint venture between the <a href="/facts/MGM/sQdE9Kg2">MGM</a> studio and <a href="/facts/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group/RcCcm9JM">Sinclair Broadcast Group</a> was launched onto the LD3 subchannel, with Buzzr remaining on the LD4 subchannel. The main subchannel became a <a href="/facts/MyNetworkTV/aznXoFme">MyNetworkTV</a> affiliate, with programming from the Doctor Television Channel being broadcast outside of MyNetworkTV's programming schedule. If the station launched on a transmitter within the home market of its city of license, KPMF would have been the Jonesboro market's first MyNetworkTV affiliate. For a time, Memphis also had access to a second MyNetworkTV affiliate, <a href="/facts/WLMT/TzPtvYzn">WLMT</a>, a full-power <a href="/facts/The_CW/zPFQN74d">CW</a> affiliate that ran MyNetworkTV programming on its second subchannel along with most of the <a href="/facts/MeTV/A87PxJDI">MeTV</a> programming schedule; however, MyNetworkTV programming on that sub-channel was eventually dropped, leaving KPMF as the sole MyNetworkTV affiliate in Memphis until 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Jonesboro eventually gained its own MyNetworkTV affiliate on September 3, 2018 when the LD3 subchannel of low-power dual <a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox</a>/<a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> affiliate <a href="/facts/KJNB-LD/fl643JKx">KJNB-LD/KJNE-LD</a> picked up the programming service to supplement its own<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> MeTV programming.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>In January 2017, KPMF's DrTV affiliation on the main subchannel was replaced with AMGTV and, by 2018, <a href="/facts/Quest_(American_TV_network)/gBY2arFF">Quest</a>. However, MyNetworkTV remained on the main channel on weeknights until 2021, when both affiliations were replaced with <a href="/facts/BeIN_Sports_Xtra/5oVEd1Xa">beIN Sports Xtra</a> on the main subchannel, resulting in MyNetworkTV moving back to WLMT as a secondary affiliation on its main subchannel, while WATN-TV launched a sixth digital subchannel with Quest. In 2018, the station moved from a transmitter site across the <a href="/facts/Mississippi_River/RduarPzj">Mississippi River</a> on a cell tower on Washington Street in downtown <a href="/facts/Marion%2c_Arkansas/BLYVUDQr">Marion, Arkansas</a>, to the <a href="/facts/Tegna_Inc./XLXfLqnm">Tegna</a> tower in Brunswick. </p><p>At an unknown time, Comet was replaced by <a href="/facts/Infomercial/ECcAVwv7">infomercials</a> (which also aired on a new seventh subchannel). </p> <h2 id="subchannels">Subchannels</h2> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/facts/Multiplex_(TV)/W0eu6fGM">multiplexed</a>: </p> Subchannels of KPMF-LD<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Digital_subchannel/RVvn1WrJ">Channel</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Display_resolution/8LQTWvl3">Res.</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Aspect_ratio_(image)/I3vbqVl3">Aspect</a></th><th>Short name</th><th>Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.1</th><td rowspan="7"><a href="/facts/480i/NTPQFv9B">480i</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/16%3a9/rS5YUsQd">16:9</a></td><td rowspan="7">KPMF-LD</td><td><a href="/facts/NBC_American_Crimes/BgJrqfuc">NBC American Crimes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.2</th><td><a href="/facts/TeleXitos/c8amma5Q">TeleXitos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.3</th><td><a href="/facts/4%3a3/6CXcyd2v">4:3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ShopHQ/tUG57M36">ShopHQ</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.4</th><td>16:9</td><td><a href="/facts/Buzzr/AC8Aw5Jf">Buzzr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.5</th><td>4:3</td><td><a href="/facts/Sonlife/rafIoelh">Sonlife</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.6</th><td rowspan="2">16:9</td><td><a href="/facts/Dan_Abrams/s9VBFrGv">Law & Crime</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">26.7</th><td><a href="/facts/Outlaw_(TV_network)/o4ksgp2X">Outlaw</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"RabbitEars.Info". rabbitears.info. <a href="https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLMT" target="_blank">https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLMT</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>http://wlmt.titantv.com/apg/ttv.aspx[permanent dead link] <a href="http://wlmt.titantv.com/apg/ttv.aspx" target="_blank">http://wlmt.titantv.com/apg/ttv.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Where to Watch MeTV In Jonesboro". © 2018 MeTV National Limited Partnership. Retrieved September 4, 2018. <a href="https://www.metv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/734" target="_blank">https://www.metv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/734</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"KJNB-LD JONESBORO, AR". www.rabbitears.info. <a href="https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=187271" target="_blank">https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=187271</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"KJNE-LD JONESBORO, AR". www.rabbitears.info. <a href="https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=60836" target="_blank">https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=60836</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"MyNetworkTV Affiliate List". Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151103040416/http://www.mynetworktv.com/stations/all" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151103040416/http://www.mynetworktv.com/stations/all</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info. <a href="https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KPMF-LD" target="_blank">https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KPMF-LD</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>