KARZ-TV

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KARZ-TV is a MyNetworkTV affiliate on channel 42 in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group and works closely with NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4). Nexstar also provides services to Fox affiliate KLRT-TV (channel 16) and CW station KASN (channel 38) through a local marketing agreement with Mission Broadcasting. KARZ-TV shares studios with KARK in downtown Little Rock, and its transmitter sits on Shinall Mountain.

History in brief:
- The station began on December 1, 1997 as KVUT, airing infomercials and some religious programming.
- It changed its call letters to KYPX in 1998 and joined Pax TV as a charter affiliate.
- In 2001, Equity Broadcasting moved The WB network to channel 42 and the station became KWBF, while the KYPX call letters moved to channel 49.
- In 2006, KWBF switched to MyNetworkTV, branding as “My 42.”
- Irving, Texas–based Nexstar bought KWBF in 2009, renamed it KARZ-TV and began branding it “Z 42.” The station’s operations were moved into KARK’s studios.
- KARZ produced some local newscasts in the 2000s, but by 2013 most news production was moved to KLRT as Nexstar integrated operations with its other Little Rock stations.
- Technical notes: KARZ’s digital signal originally broadcast on channel 44, while its analog signal was on channel 42. It shut down analog broadcasting in 2009 and later moved its digital signal to channel 28 after the FCC repack.
- On June 30, 2021, KARZ began ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV broadcasts as the market’s lighthouse station, sharing 3.0 service with other Nexstar/Mission stations and using channel 28 for the 3.0 signal. Virtual channel 42.x continues to carry the main feed and subchannels.