“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first telecast from KFEQ-TV in St. Joseph.”

Those were the words of announcer Wally Johnson at 2:30 p.m. on September 27, 1953.

Throughout the next 70 years, KFEQ-TV would continue to expand and grow as many new and exciting changes occurred. The 1960s would see the addition of network color and an ABC affiliation. In 1969, the station was sold and the call letters were changed to KQTV, as it is known today.

Today, KQTV reaches more than 100,000 households in 32 counties throughout northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and the southeast tip of Nebraska.

With a broadcast radius of 50 miles and more than one million page views each month, KQ2.com in addition to our News and Weather mobile apps offer a variety of ways to access local news, weather, sports, school closings, coupons, community events, and much more.