| Mankato, Minnesota | |
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| Branding | News 12 Fox Mankato (on DT2) |
| Slogan | The One To Watch |
| Channels | Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 Fox |
| Translators | 19 (UHF) K19CA 38 (UHF) K38MY-D 49 (UHF) K49HE |
| Affiliations | Jewelery Television (secondary on DT2) |
| Owner | United Communications Corporation |
| First air date | October 5, 1960 |
| Call letters' meaning | KEY City (city slogan for Mankato) |
| Former callsigns | KEYC (1960-1979) |
| Former channel number(s) | 12 (VHF analog, 1960-2009) 38 (UHF digital, 2002-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1960-1961) UPN (secondary, 1995-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 52.7 kW |
| Height | 317 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 68853 |
| Website | keyc.com |
KEYC-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Mankato, Minnesota & Redwood Falls, Minnesota. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter in Lewisville. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 782. Owned by the United Communications Corporation, KEYC has studios on Lookout Drive in North Mankato. Syndicated programming on the station includes Wheel Of Fortune, Friends, Dr. Phil, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show among others.
KEYC can be seen over-the-air through two analog and one digital UHF repeaters all licensed to St. James: K19CA channel 19, K38MY-D channel 38, and K49HE channel 49. All three signals broadcast from a shared transmitter east of Godahl. The Mankato market is within reach of some television stations based in the Twin Cities. CBS owned-and-operated station WCCO-TV has an over-the-air signal that reaches just short of Mankato proper. However, the station is offered locally on Charter channel 4.
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On KEYC-DT2 and Charter channel 19 is the area's Fox affiliate. Syndicated programming on this station includes The Andy Griffith Show, Judge Judy, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Doctors along with others. It also offer some paid programming from Jewelery Television. Although Fox owned-and-operated station KMSP-TV has an over-the-air signal that does not reach Mankato proper, it is offered locally on Charter channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 789. Due to the cable presence of KMSP, KEYC-DT2 can invoke the Federal Communications Commission's network non-duplication rule resulting in Charter blacking out programming from the former during network shows. KMSP's newscasts and some of its syndicated programs can be seen, however.
| Channel | Name | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 12.1 | KEYC-HD | 1080i | 16:9 | main KEYC programming/CBS (HD) |
| 12.2 | KEYC-DT2 | 480i | 4:3 | "Fox Mankato" (SD) |
The station signed-on as KEYC on October 5, 1960 just in time to broadcast the first game of the World Series that night from NBC. It was owned by Lee Enterprises which also started nearby KGLO (now KIMT) in Mason City, Iowa. Less than a year later, KEYC switched its affiliation to CBS which has been maintained to this day. During UPN existence, the station carried some of that network's programming through a secondary arrangement. Lee Enterprises, intending to purchase KOIN in Portland, Oregon, was forced to sell KEYC to United Communications Corporation in 1977 due to ownership limits imposed by the FCC.
It would add the -TV suffix to its call sign on December 31, 1979. On July 1, 2007, the station signed-on a new second digital subchannel and brought Fox programming to the market for the first time. [1] KEYC's broadcasts became digital-only effective June 12, 2009. Its original digital signal on UHF channel 38 and KEYC signed-on a new signal on VHF channel 12. [2] It is the sole commercial station in the area that it serves which is ranked as the 11th smallest out of 210 in the United States. However, KEYC are not without significant competition because outlets from the Twin Cities, the 15th largest market, cover major news events in the region.
This station, though, maintains a highly local focus such as through its production of the long-running music series Bandwagon. It airs the entire CBS schedule but does not carry CBS News Up to the Minute. The station signs-off at around 1 each morning with cable viewers in Mankato and some surrounding areas receiving the program from WCCO. KEYC is one of very few broadcast stations to still sign-off nightly as opposed to on weekends, once a week, or not at all (KEYC-DT2 does the same thing). Two programs that have aired almost throughout the station's history include Bandwagon and a local religious program, I Believe In Miracles, which first aired on February 19, 1961. Various other local programs have aired over the years as well as a variety of specials such as on holiday music or major community issues.
Unlike most CBS affiliates, the station does not air a weekday morning show. There are local weather cut-ins during The Early Show from 7 until 9. Also during the national broadcast at either :25 or :55 past the hour are short interview segments called "Regional Spotlight" focusing on community organizations. KEYC offers local newscasts weekdays at noon for a half-hour, Monday through Saturday nights at 6, and every night at 10. With the 2007 launch of Fox on KEYC-DT2 came a new thirty minute prime time show known as Fox Mankato News at 9. This program features music and graphics modified from use on Fox owned-and-operated stations and licensed to this station from News Corporation Digital Media.
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