KNBA-TV is a NBC owned-and-operated television station located in and licensed to Benton, Arkansas and broadcasts from the NBC5 StudioPlex. It telecasts on channel 5 and is owned by NBCUniversal which also owns 50% precent of sister station KNBZ-TV. Originally the station was known as KNNX-TV until 1986 and KGAB-TV until 1994, and it was also owned by KCE Television Communications until 1983, and the Gannett Company until 1994 of which NBC purchased the station and becomes a NBC O&O.