KEVN-TV

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KEVN-TV
Rapid City, South Dakota
Branding	Black Hills FOX Black Hills FOX News
Slogan	Real People. Real News.
Channels	7 (VHF) analog, 18 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox (since 1995)
Owner	Mission Broadcasting
Founded	July 4, 1958
Call letters meaning	K SEVeN
Former callsigns	KRSD (1958-1976)
Former affiliations	CBS (1958-79), ABC(1958-84, secondary until 1979), NBC(1984-95)
Website	www.blackhillsfox.com

KEVN-TV, FOX 7, is a Fox affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota. It also operates a satellite in Lead, South Dakota, KIVV-TV Channel 5, which can also be seen over the air in Rapid City. Both stations are owned by Mission Broadcasting. KEVN's transmitter is located in Rapid City.

KEVN's current slogan is Real People. Real News.

[edit] History

KEVN signed on the air on July 4, 1958 as KRSD, a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. KEVN's satellite station KIVV signed on in the early 1970s. It changed its calls to KEVN in 1976.

In 1979, KELO-TV in Sioux Falls signed on a Rapid City satellite, KCLO-TV (this was a low power repeater, now a full power station). KEVN then became a sole ABC affiliate; it had shared ABC with NBC affiliate KOTA-TV up to that time. It swapped affiliations with KOTA in 1984 and became an NBC affiliate. However, in 1995 KEVN dropped NBC to join Fox. This would leave the Black Hills with no NBC affiliate until KNBN-TV came in 2000. During that period, Rapid City viewers could watch NBC programs on KNBN's low power signal.

Long known as "KEVN FOX7," KEVN dropped its channel number from its identity in early 2007 and became "Black Hills FOX."

KEVN along with KIVV are 2 of a handful of stations to still sign off each night, at 2:00am each and every night.

[edit] External links

• FOX 7's Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KEVN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KIVV