KXMC-TV
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| KXMC: Minot, North Dakota KXMD: Williston, North Dakota |
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| Branding | KX Television (main) CBS 13 (KXMC) or CBS 11 (KXMD) KX News |
| Slogan | Your Eye on Dakota |
| Channels | Analog: KXMC: 13 (VHF) KXMD: 11 (VHF) |
| Translators | K07EZ Beulah (repeats KXMC-TV) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Reiten Television, Inc. |
| First air date | KXMC: April 3, 1953 KXMD: October 25, 1969 |
| Call letters’ meaning | KX Television |
| Former callsigns | KXMC: KCJB-TV (1953-1958) KXMD: none |
| Former affiliations | Secondary: ABC secondary (1953-1986) |
| Transmitter Power | KXMC: 316 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) KXMD: 100 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | KXMC: 344 m (analog) 249.4 m (digital) KXMD: 291 m (analog) 257 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | KXMC: 55685 KXMD: 55683 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | KXMC: (analog) (digital) KXMD: (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.kxnet.com |
KXMC-TV, channel 13, is the CBS affiliate for Minot, North Dakota. The station serves the northern half of the Western North Dakota television market. It is owned by Reiten Television of Minot.
KXMC is the flagship station of KX Television, a network of four CBS affiliates that reach most of central and western North Dakota, along with parts of South Dakota and Montana.
The station operates a semi-satellite, KXMD-TV, channel 11 in Williston. KXMD identifies itself as a station in its own right, but simulcasts KXMC most of the day. However, KXMD airs separate commercials and places local inserts into KXMC's newscasts. Additionally, KXMC's programming is repeated on low-powered translator K07EZ in Beulah.
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[edit] History
KXMC was the first television station in North Dakota, going on the air as KCJB-TV in April 1953. Minot businessman Chester Reiten and Fargo businessman John Boler bought the station in 1958. The duo already owned KXMB-TV in Bismarck.
Over the years, Reiten and Boler signed on KDIX-TV in Dickinson (now KXMA-TV) and KXMC in Williston. Boler sold his interest in the stations to Reiten in 1971. Tim Reiten, Chester's son, still owns the stations today.
KXMD signed on in November of 1969. Previously Williston viewers had to pick up CBS programming on cable from KOOK-TV in Billings, Montana (now KTVQ).
From the late 1970s until the mid 1980s, KXMD was carried by cable systems across neighboring Saskatchewan, even operating a sales office in Saskatoon. These arrangements ended when the Canadian cable companies were granted permission to replace the North Dakota signals with network affiliates from Detroit.
KXJB-TV in Fargo was co-owned with the KX stations (though programmed separately) until Boler sold his interest in 1971. The stations still occasionally share stories.
The KX stations formerly had a secondary affiliation with ABC before full-time ABC affiliate KMCY signed on in 1986.
In 2006, the stations began a web portal-like website called KX Net, with each station's website displaying a localized front page. The stations continue to be branded as "KX Television" and as "KX News" on the air, but also use the "KX Net" monkier on the air also.
[edit] Programming and News
KXMC produces local newscasts daily at 12pm, 6pm and 10pm. KXMD places local inserts into KXMC's broadcasts. KXMC produces a morning show at 6am and co-produces a 5pm newscast with KXMB, both of which are broadcast on all four stations.
KXMC is the only station in Minot that broadcasts a full schedule of news. KMOT only produces two newscasts during the week, while KMCY airs only a morning show produced from Bismarck.
The North Dakota State Fair parade in Minot is aired live every July.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- KX Net
- KXMC website
- KXMD website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KXMC
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KXMD
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KXMC-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KXMD-TV
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