Kosa-tv

KOSA-TV

KOSA Channel 7 in the Odessa/Midland television market is the CBS affiliate for the Permian Basin area of West Texas. KOSA and its transmitter are both located in Odessa with the station being housed inside the Music City Mall. A secondary studio and bureau are located in downtown Midland. ICA Broadcasting I Ltd locally owns KOSA. The station also owns and operate a MyNetworkTV affiliate, MyTV 16, under the fictitious call letters, NOSA. NOSA offers a wide selection of sports to watch. They are the Midessa home of Texas Rangers baseball games on TXA 21, the Midessa home of the Dallas Mavericks NBA games on TXA 21, and the Midessa home of men's basketball on the Big 12 Network. They also carry the NFL on CBS Pregame show Sunday mornings and any CBS Sports coverage from 11 AM- 12 PM while KOSA fulfills their obligation to air the First Baptist Church of Odessa meeting. It is available on cable channel 16 and 7-2 on the digital signal. KOSA signed on the air January 1, 1956, and has been a CBS affiliate since its debut. KOSA was also the first station to bring HDTV and a digital signal to the Midland/Odessa Market. In June 2006, KOSA began to produce a nightly 9pm newscast for MyTV 16.