KMOV-TV
Tom Ostertag is a skilled broadcast engineer with extensive experience in the audio/video field. Currently employed at KMOV-TV since November 2015, Tom has applied technical expertise to maintain and troubleshoot broadcast systems. Previous roles include serving as an audio/video engineer for the Saint Charles County Government and Family Arena from May 2014 to October 2015 and working as both an IT systems administrator and video engineer at Cooperating School Districts from February 2008 to May 2014, where responsibilities encompassed the technical management of audio/video broadcast systems for educational cable television stations. Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications with a television emphasis from Lindenwood University, earned between 2009 and 2013.
KMOV-TV
KMOV Channel 4 began broadcasting in St. Louis as KWK-TV on July 8, 1954. Four years later, CBS Inc. purchased the station and changed its call letters to KMOX-TV. On May 16, 1986, Viacom International, Inc., bought KWK-TV from CBS. Because CBS retained the KMOX call letters for the AM radio station it still owned locally, a change in the Channel 4 call letters was necessary. KMOX-TV became KMOV-TV. Belo Corp. acquired the station on June 1, 1997. On June 13, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire Belo. On December 23, 2013, shortly after the Gannett/Belo deal was approved and completed, Meredith Corporation announced that it would purchase KMOV. In December 2021, Gray Television, Inc. purchased KMOV. KMOV-TV produces and airs News 4 This Morning 4:00 - 7a; News 4 at Noon, News 4 at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 and News 4 Weekends. Our morning lifestyle show, Great Day St. Louis airs from 9:00 - 10:00 on Channel 4. KMOV Digital has made significant strides across all multimedia platforms in this market. Content and advertising for various KMOV news, weather, and sports apps make up a large part of KMOV's revenue. KMOV - TV has won hundreds of regional Emmy awards, dozens of local and national Edward R. Murrow awards and other elite awards over the many years in broadcast news. In 2014, Channel 4 celebrated 60 years on the air with a 90-minute special looking back on significant events and personalities through the years.