KNBN

KNBN
Rapid City, South Dakota
Branding NewsCenter1
Slogan It's All About the World at Home!
Channels Digital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 21 (PSIP)
Subchannels 21.1 NBC (HDTV)
21.2 KWBH-LP (The CW)
21.3 RTN/MNT
Translators KKRA-LP 24 Rapid City
KWBH-LP 27(simulcasts CW on 21.2)
K40GS Rapid City/Black Hills
Affiliations NBC
Owner Rapid Broadcasting Company
First air date 2000
Sister station(s) KWBH-LP
Former channel number(s) Analog:
21 (UHF, 2000-2009)
Transmitter power 500 kW
Height 211 m
Facility ID 81464
Website www.newscenter1.tv

KNBN, channel 21, is the NBC affiliate in Rapid City, South Dakota. It is owned by Rapid Broadcasting, and is also the sister station to KWBH-LP. KNBN's transmitter is located in Rapid City.

KNBN can also be seen on translators KKRA-LP on UHF channel 24 and K40GS on UHF channel 40; both stations are licensed in Rapid City, though K40GS mainly serves Lead and the Black Hills region.

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History

The station signed on the air on May 14, 2000. Despite transmitting its signal on UHF channel 21, KNBN identifies as NewsCenter1 on air. KNBN is carried on local cable systems on channel 10. Before KNBN signed on, NBC was provided via cable from KUSA in Denver- before that, KEVN served as the primary NBC station in the area.

Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, KNBN turned off its analog signal and turned on its digital signal on the same channel (called a "flash-cut").

KNBN flash-cut to digital on February 1, 2009 to televise the 2009 Super Bowl in high-definition.[1]

The CW affiliate KWBH-LP is carried on a digital subchannel of KNBN (channel 21.2 PSIP). MyNetworkTV and RTN are carried on a third subchannel (channel 21.3 PSIP); this was also aired on KKRA-LP before it switched to a simulcast of KNBN's main NBC programming in 2009.

News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

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References

  1. ^ FCC 387 DTV transition status report 2008/05/08

External links

Rapid City

KOTA (3.1 ABC, 3.2 Me-TV) • KEVN (7.1 Fox) • KBHE (9.1 PBS, 9.2 PBS World, 9.3 Create) • KCLO (15.1 CBS) • KNBN (21.1 NBC, KWBH/CW 21.2, Ion/MNTV 21.3) • KKRA-LP 24 (NBC) • KWBH-LP 27 (CW) • K33CO 33 (silent) • KCPL-LP 52 (Ind)
Black Hills

KIVV (5.1 Fox) • KHSD (11.1 ABC, 11.2 Me-TV)
Outlying Areas

KDUH / KSGW (4/12.1 ABC, 4/12.2 Me-TV) • KZSD / KPSD (8/13.1 PBS, 8/13.2 PBS World, 8/13.3 Create) • KSWY-LP 29 (NBC)
Defunct

KJCW (7.1 NBC/JCTV)
See also Eastern SD TV, Billings TV, Central WY TV, Western ND TV
Broadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of South Dakota
ABC Affiliates
KOTA 3 / KHSD 11 (Rapid City / Lead) - KSFY 13 / KPRY 4 / KABY 9 (Sioux Falls / Pierre / Aberdeen)
CBS Affiliates
KELO 11 / KDLO 3 / KPLO 6 / KCLO 15 (Sioux Falls / Florence / Reliance / Rapid City)
CW Affiliates
KNBN-DT 21.2 / KWBH-LP 27 (Rapid City) - KWSD 36 (Sioux Falls)
Fox Affiliates
KEVN 7 / KIVV 5 (Rapid City / Lead) - KTTW 7 / KTTM 12 (Sioux Falls / Huron)
Independent/Religious Stations
KCPO-LP 26 / KCPL-LP 52 (Independent, Sioux Falls / Rapid City)  - K56GF 56 (TBN)(Sioux Falls)
MyNetworkTV/RTN Affiliates
KELO-DT 11.2 / KDLO-DT 3.2 / KPLO-DT 6.2 (MNTV, Sioux Falls / Florence / Reliance) - KNBN-DT 21.3 / KKRA-LP 24 (MNTV/RTN, Rapid City)
NBC Affiliates
KNBN-DT 21.1 (Rapid City) - KDLT-DT 46.1 / KDLV-DT 5.1 (Sioux Falls / Mitchell) - K07FG 7 (Lemmon) (Translator of KFYR)
SDPB/PBS Affiliates

Sioux Falls market: KUSD 2 (Vermillion) - KESD 8 (Brookings) - KTSD 10 (Pierre) - KQSD 11 (Lowry) - KDSD 16 (Aberdeen) - KCSD 23 (Sioux Falls)

Rapid City market: KZSD 8 (Martin) - KBHE 9 (Rapid City) - KPSD 13 (Eagle Butte)
RTN Affiliates
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in South Dakota