Ozarks Public Television (OPT) is the region’s PBS affiliate, and includes full-power stations in Springfield (KOZK) and Joplin (KOZJ). OPT was created by the community – born out of a grassroots effort to provide a home in the Ozarks for television programming that informs, entertains, and inspires. KSMU, the region’s NPR affiliate, signed on the air in 1974 with the same mission we pursue today – to encourage audiences to explore ideas and to deepen our shared understanding of what it means to be an engaged citizen of our community.