KDLT-TV

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KDLT-TV / KDLV-TV
KDLT: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
KDLV: Mitchell, South Dakota
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 (1960-1969, and again 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 (1969-1982)
Transmitter power KDLT: 1000 kW
KDLV: 1000 kW
Height KDLT: 608 m
KDLV: 315 m
Facility ID KDLT: 55379
KDLV: 55375
Transmitter coordinates KDLT:
43°30′18″N 96°33′22″W / 43.50500°N 96.55611°W / 43.50500; -96.55611
KDLV:
43°45′33″N 98°24′44″W / 43.75917°N 98.41222°W / 43.75917; -98.41222 (KDLV-TV)
Website www.kdlt.com

KDLT-TV 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-TV in Mitchell, South Dakota (digital channel 26, virtual channel 5). KDLT's 2,000 feet (610 m) transmitter tower is located near Rowena.

Digital programming

Digital channels

Digital channels

KDLT KDLV Video Aspect Programming
46.1 5.1 1080i 16:9 Main KDLT/KDLV-TV Programming / NBC
46.2 5.2 480i [4:3][1] Cozi TV[2][3]

On February 1, 2009, KDLT ceased analog transmissions, and began broadcasting only in digital. KDLV flash-cut to digital on the same day.

History

In 1960, KDLT started broadcasting from Mitchell, South Dakota as KORN-TV on channel 5, an NBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. The station's original call letters were intended to honor the famous Mitchell Corn Palace. Only a month later, KSOO-TV (now KSFY-TV) signed on. From then until 1969, KSOO-TV and KORN-TV operated as a regional network, although separately owned. KSOO-TV served the eastern portion of the market, while KORN-TV served the western portion. But in April 1969 the Federal Communications Commission ruled against this combination, suggesting that they operate as competitors in the Sioux Falls-Mitchell market. At that point Channel 5 affiliated with ABC and moved its tower closer to Sioux Falls, although KCAU-TV in Sioux City was well-received in Sioux Falls as Siouxland ABC.

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 1985. In 1982, KDLT and KSFY switched affiliations, with KSFY getting ABC and KDLT once again 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 a station with better coverage. The next year NBC and ABC ratings flip-flopped leaving KDLT once again affiliated with the more popular network. Heritage Broadcasting became Heritage Media in 1987 when it acquired Rollins Telecasting. The station eventually moved its main studio to Sioux Falls in the mid to late 1980s.

Heritage Media sold KDLT to its current owner, Red River Broadcasting, in 1994. 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. 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.

News operation

Currently, KDLT broadcasts a total of 19½ hours of local newscasts each week, with 3½ hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

  • Metro News (1960-1970)
  • Sioux First News (1970s-1980s)
  • KDLT News (1980s-1990s & 1999–present)
  • News 5 (1990s-1999)

Station slogans

  • "We Know What Matters"
  • "Working for You"
  • "It's About Award Winning Journalism" (2004–present)
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News team[4]

Anchors

  • Tom Hanson - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Paul Heinert - weeknights at 5 p.m.; also news director
  • Jill Johnson - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
  • Phil McIlrath - weekday mornings KDLT Today (5:30-7 a.m.)
  • Meagan Millage - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Laura Monteverdi - weekday mornings KDLT Today (5:30 - 7 a.m.); also reporter

Weather team

  • Brandon Spinner - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Stephanie Barichello - meteorologist; weekday mornings KDLT Today (5:30-7 a.m.)
  • Brian Kirk - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.

Sports team

  • Mark Ovenden - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Zach Borg - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.; also sports reporter

Reporters

  • Max Jensen - general assignment reporter; also chief photographer
  • Breanna Fuss - general assignment reporter
  • Betsy Jibben - general assignment reporter
  • Jeff Rusack - general assignment reporter

Translators

The programming of KDLT is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

Transmitter antenna replacement

The station's television transmitter antenna replacement was featured on the National Geographic Channel television show World's Toughest Fixes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Digital Antenna: Sioux Falls, SD 57101". SiliconDust.com. Silicondust USA, Inc. - HDHomeRun. Retrieved 19 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "KDLT News". KDLT.com. Red River Broadcast Co., LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ "TitanTV Programming Guide - KDLV and KDLT". TitanTV.com. Broadcast Intrractive Media, L.L.C. Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ Meet the KDLT News Team
  5. ↑ http://www.realtelevision.net/2008/10/17/worlds-toughest-fixes-2000-foot-tower/

External links

Sioux Falls
Aberdeen/Watertown
Pierre
Other areas
Cable channels
Defunct stations
See also
Western SD TV
Sioux City TV
Twin Cities TV
Western ND TV
Red River Valley TV
Broadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of South Dakota
ABC Affiliates
CBS Affiliates
CW Affiliates
Fox Affiliates
Independent/Religious Stations
MyNetworkTV/RTV Affiliates
NBC Affiliates
SDPB/PBS Affiliates
Sioux Falls market:
Rapid City market:
RTN Affiliates
See also
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
ION
MyNetworkTV
NBC
PBS
Other stations in South Dakota
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