KCMNL

KCMNL, virtual and UHF digital channel 50, is a New Line Network owned-and-operated television station located in Ashland, Missouri and serving both the Columbia and Jefferson City metropolitan areas. The station is owned by Liberman Broadcasting. The station operates out of studios at the New Line Central Missouri Broadcast Center in Downtown Ashland, and its transmitter is located in Holts Summit.

History
KCMNL went on the air for the first time on December 31, 1975, twenty years after the first showing of "One Froggy Evening".

In the Spring of 1979, Taft Television and Radio Company of Cincinnati (later Great American Broadcasting) acquired the station, making it the company's first New Line affiliate. KCNML later became sold to Liberman Broadcasting in 1993.

During the late 1970s into the early 1980s, KCMNL was known as "New Line 50 Washington", and its newscasts were known as Central Missouri's New Line 50 News. In 1980, KCMNL's 5 p.m. newscast was anchored by Charles Jacques, and by Douglas Witherspoon at 10 p.m. During the mid-1980s, the station was known as "KCMNL 50", then as "New Line Columbia-Jefferson City" and then finally back to "New Line 50" following a 1997 logo update.

Website history

 * kcmnl.newlinehomepage.net (1994-1997)
 * kcmnl.com (1997-2000)
 * newline50cenmo.com (2000-2006)
 * news.newlinenetwork.com/comojeff (2006-present)

News operation
KCMNL currently broadcasts 29½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours and 30 minutes on weekdays and an hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

News theme history

 * 1990-October 31, 1998: News Series 2000 (Gari Media Group)
 * November 1, 1998-present: Magnum (V.1, V.2, V.3) (615 Music)

Notable current on–air staff

 * Marvin Peters - meteorologist; weeknights

Notable former on–air staff

 * Klaus Henderson - former New Line News 50 at 4/4:30/5/5:30/9/10 anchor

Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate, the station's digital signal moved from UHF channel 51 (which was later removed from broadcasting in 2011) to the former analog UHF channel 50.