KIMT-DT2

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KIMT-DT2
Mason City, Iowa-
Rochester/Austin, Minnesota
City of license Mason City
Branding My 3.2 (general)
KIMT News 3
Slogan Iowa, Minnesota, together.
Channels Digital: KIMT-DT 42.2 (UHF)
Virtual: 3.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Owner LIN Media, LLC
(LIN License Company, LLC)
Founded September 5, 2006
Call letters' meaning see KIMT
Transmitter power 800 kW (digital)
Height 463 m (digital)
Facility ID 66402 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates 43°28′32″N 92°42′30″W / 43.47556°N 92.70833°W / 43.47556; -92.70833 (digital)

KIMT-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Driftless Area of North Central Iowa and Southeastern Minnesota. The station is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate KIMT, owned by LIN Media. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 42.2 (virtual channel 3.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Meyer, Iowa (between Stacyville and McIntire) south of the Minnesota state line. Known on-air as My 3.2, this can also be seen on Mediacom digital channel 103, CLTel digital channel 360, and Charter digital channel 391.

KIMT-DT2's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota. Syndicated programming on the station includes How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl, Everybody Hates Chris, and Star Trek: The Next Generation among others. Each day early in the morning, KIMT-DT2 simulcasts "KIMT 24/7 Weather Now" which can be seen full-time on KIMT-DT3. The simulcast extends for a longer period on weekends.

Newscasts

Weekday morning news open.

In 2009, KIMT added three newscasts to this MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel. This included a half-hour extension to its weekday morning show at 7 (known as My Morning News on My 3.2), a repeat of the thirty minute weekday noon broadcast at 12:30 (called KIMT News 3 Midday on My 3.2), and prime time newscast weeknights at 9 (known as My Primetime News at 9). Eventually, the half-hour weeknight show was reduced to a five minute cut-in featuring an updated weather forecast. In 2012, KIMT brought back the half-hour weeknight show on My 3.2 for Sundays only, when football often delayed the 10:00pm newscast.

Unlike most CBS affiliates, KIMT does not air a full two-hour weekday morning show on its main channel. Therefore, My Morning News on My 3.2 can be considered this additional half-hour. Although the main channel airs local newscasts in 16x9 enhanced definition widescreen with some parts in full high definition, the shows seen on KIMT-DT2 can only be seen in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition due to its basic aspect ratio and video resolution format.

Anchors

  • Tyler Mickelson - weekday morning anchor
  • SaVannah Reading - interim weekday morning co-anchor
  • Amy Fleming - weeknights at 4 and 5, 10pm Covering your Health, News Content Coordinator
  • Matt Bradley - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10, Sundays at 10
  • Sarah Danik - weeknights at 6 and 10
  • Natalie Tendall - Saturdays at 6 and 10
  • Raquel Hellman - weeknights at 4

Storm Team 3 Meteorologists

  • Adam Frederick - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (AMS Seal of Approval)
  • Tyler Roney - Meteorologist weekdays at 4 and weekends
  • Kay Schaefer - Meteorologist weekdays mornings and at noon

Sports

  • A.J. Ellingson - Sports Director seen weeknights at 6 and 10 and weekends
  • Ryan Shaver - Sports Reporter seen weekends

Reporters

  • Jaime Copley - News Director (also occasional fill-in news anchor and reporter)
  • Josh Schwartzkopf - Assignment Director
  • Beth Tuttle
  • Jon Theuer - photojournalist
  • SaVannah Reading
  • Raquel Hellman
  • Shane Delaney
  • Natalie Tendall
  • Annie Szatkowski

Producers

  • Adam Sallet - 6PM producer
  • Kayla Niner - 5PM producer
  • Matt Bradley
  • Annie Szatkowski - "Golden Apple" segment producer

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