| KDLT: Sioux Falls, South Dakota KDLV: Mitchell, South Dakota |
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| Branding | KDLT (general) KDLT News (news) |
| Slogan | We Know What Matters |
| Channels | Digital: KDLT: 47 (UHF) Virtual: 46 (PSIP) Digital: KDLV: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 5 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC (1960 and since 1982) |
| Owner | Red River Broadcasting (Red River Broadcast Company, LLC) |
| First air date | KDLT: June 12, 1960 KDLV: September 8, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | KDLT: K-DakotaLand Television (former owners) KDLV: K-DakotaLand V (roman numeral 5) |
| Former callsigns | KDLT: KORN-TV (1960-1972) KXON-TV (1972-1982) KDLV: none |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: KDLT: 5 (VHF, 1960-1998) 46 (UHF, 1998-2009) KDLV: 5 (VHF, 1998-2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1960-1982) |
| Transmitter power | KDLT: 1000 kW KDLV: 1000 kW |
| Height | KDLT: 608 m KDLV: 315 m |
| Facility ID | KDLT: 55379 KDLV: 55375 |
| Transmitter coordinates | KDLT: KDLV: |
| Website | www.kdlt.com |
KDLT is the NBC-affiliated television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serving Eastern South Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 47, which remaps to analog channel 46 via PSIP. It also operates a full-powered satellite station: KDLV in Mitchell, South Dakota (digital channel 26, virtual channel 5). KDLT's 2,000 feet (610 m) transmitter tower is located near Rowena.
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Digital channels
| KDLT | KDLV | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 46.1 | 5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | main KDLT programming / NBC (HD) |
| 46.2 | 5.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Universal Sports |
On February 1, 2009, KDLT ceased analog transmissions, and began broadcasting only in digital. KDLV flash-cut to digital on the same day.
In 1960, KDLT started broadcasting from Mitchell, South Dakota as KORN-TV on channel 5, an NBC affiliate. Just months later, however, it switched to ABC. The station's original call letters were intended to honor the famous Mitchell Corn Palace.
In 1972, the station changed its calls to KXON-TV. In 1982, KXON changed its call letters to KDLT when it was purchased by Dakotaland Broadcasting. Dakotaland Broadcasting eventually sold KDLT to Heritage Broadcasting in the mid-1980s. In 1982, KDLT and KSFY-TV switched affiliations, with KSFY getting ABC and KDLT getting NBC. At the time of the switch KSFY had three full-power transmitters to KDLT's one and ABC was the #1 network with NBC in third, making it logical for the more popular network to align with the more dominant station. The next year NBC and ABC ratings flip-flopped leaving KDLT once again affiliated with the more popular network. The station eventually moved its main studio to Sioux Falls in the mid to late 1980s.
On September 8, 1998 KDLT moved its city of license to Sioux Falls and began broadcasting on channel 46 from a new tower in Rowena, where most of the other Sioux Falls stations have their towers. This was largely because the channel 5 tower was too far away from Sioux Falls to adequately cover it with a digital signal. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules required a station's digital signal to cover at least 80 percent of its analog footprint. Channel 5 in Mitchell survives as a full-power satellite, KDLV. Due to the way the changeover was structured legally, the FCC considers KDLV to be the same station as the old KDLT.
Currently, KDLT broadcasts a total of 14½ hours of local newscasts each week, with 2½ hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays.
Anchors
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
The programming of KDLT is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
The station's television transmitter antenna replacement was featured on the National Geographic Channel television show World's Toughest Fixes.[2]
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