Northland's NewsCenter
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| KBJR & KDLH Superior/Duluth KRII: Chisholm, Minnesota |
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| Branding | Northland's NewsCenter |
| Slogan | "We Give You MORE" |
| Channels | Analog: 3(CBS),6(NBC) |
| Affiliations | NBC CBS MyNetworkTV The CW NBC Weather Plus |
| Owner | Granite Broadcasting Malara Broadcasting |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Former affiliations | KBJR: CBS (1954-55), ABC (secondary, 1954-66) KBJR-DT2: UPN (2001-06) KDLH: NBC (1954-55), ABC (secondary, 1954-66) |
| Website | northlandsnewscenter.com |
The Northland's NewsCenter, began in 2005 but not completed until early 2006, is a collective name for news for the Duluth, Minnesota area's NBC, CBS, My Network TV and The CW stations all operated or owned by Granite Broadcasting. It was originated from KBJR-TV's (News 6) newscasts (now called NBC 6) but now provides content for all of the channels listed above. After KDLH (Duluth's CBS affiliate) was sold to Malara Broadcasting in early 2005, Granite took over operations at KDLH through a local marketing agreement (LMA). KDLH (CBS 3)'s newscasts are now very similar to KBJR's newscasts and generally have the same anchors and reporting staff. Slow changes to KBJR were made and now a multi-channel format is in place called Northland's NewsCenter. Now all of the newscasts on these channels have the same look, except one anchor from the original KDLH that still currently appears only on KDLH. To make clearer which channel each newscast is on, The NewsCenter logo is rotated with the respective station's logo.
In May 2007, KDLH's newscast was rebranded with a red theme to differentiate themselves from KBJR. and again in August, 2007, all Newscasts under NNC were given new graphics and music packages. KBJR's main color scheme is blue/gold/red and KDLH's is Red/Yellow/Black.
Granite and Malara run a very similar operation with their Fort Wayne, Indiana stations under the moniker Indiana's NewsCenter.
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[edit] Northland CW (KWBD)
Northland CW (formerly called "Northland's WB") is the Duluth-Superior area's affiliate for The CW (formerly The WB) which broadcasts on KDLH's digital subchannel 3-2 and on cable (channel 2). Most of the programming comes from The CW Plus, a group of cable-only CW affiliates with imaginary call signs (e.g. "KWBD") in markets smaller than #100 that share programming. KWBD took The CW affiliation in September 2006.
[edit] KDLH (CBS 3)
KDLH is owned by Malara Broadcasting, but is operated by Granite Broadcasting (owns KBJR and KRII) through a local marketing agreement (LMA). When the LMA went in to effect in early 2005, all on-air talent except one news anchor, one meteorologist, and one sportscaster were fired. Now only the Anchor (Pat Kelly) remains with CBS 3.
[edit] KBJR (NBC 6)
KBJR-TV was the first station under the ownership of Granite Broadcasting Corporation. The original websites www.news6.tv and www.kbjr.com now redirect to www.northlandsnewscenter.com.
[edit] My9 (MyNetworkTV)
My9 (formerly called "Northland UPN", "UPN 9", and "Northland's 9") is the Duluth-Superior area's affiliate for MyNetworkTV (formerly UPN) which broadcasts on KBJR's digital subchannel 6-2, on cable (channel 9), and formerly on low-power station WAST-LP (channel 25) in Ashland, Wisconsin (True North TV). When KBJR and KDLH were rival stations, this channel was owned and operated by KBJR. The station became known as "Northland 9" in February 2006 just after the announcement of UPN and The CW merging as The CW. In September 2006, Northland 9 became an affiliate of My Network TV and became known as My9.
[edit] KRII (Range 11)
KRII, Range 11, is a satellite station of KBJR based in Chisholm, Minnesota. Range 11 primarily rebroadcasts KBJR of Duluth, but inserts local newscasts and commercials customized for the Iron Range region in Minnesota.
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