KELO-TV

KELO-TV
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	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Branding	KELOLAND Television; MyUTV (DT2); KELOLAND Weathernow (DT3)
Slogan	Your Home (for news)
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF);
Subchannels	DT1 CBS 720p; DT2 (except KCLO) MNTV/Sportsman480i; DT3 (KCLO DT2) Weather
Translators	See table
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Young Broadcasting, Inc.; (Young Broadcasting of Sioux Falls, Inc.)
First air date	May 19, 1953
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 11 (1953-2009); Digital: 32
Former affiliations	Primary:; NBC (1954-1960); Secondary:; CBS (1954-1960); ABC (1954-1962); DuMont (1954-1955); DT2:; UPN (2004-2006)
Transmitter Power	30 kW
Height	610 m
Facility ID	41983
Transmitter Coordinates	43°31′7″N 96°32′5″W / 43.51861°N 96.53472°W
Website	www.keloland.com; www.utv4u.com

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KELO is the CBS affiliate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, broadcasting on digital channel 11. Its call letters are pronounced "kelo", rhyming with "hello". It broadcasts from a 605-meter tower located near Rowena, South Dakota. It operates a large retransmission network collectively known as "Keloland Television", incorporating three additional full-power stations and also serving the Rapid City market as a result.

[edit] Station history

KELO signed on air on May 19, 1953 as South Dakota's first television station. It was owned by Midcontinent Media, a theater and broadcasting conglomerate, along with KELO radio (AM 1320 and92.5 FM). It was a primary NBC affiliate, but it also carried programs from ABC, CBS and DuMont.

After KSOO-TV (now KSFY-TV) signed on in 1960, KELO switched its primary affiliation to CBS and has remained with that network ever since. Midcontinent sold KELO-TV to Young Broadcasting in 1995.

KELO was home to Captain 11, a popular children's show in the area, from 1955 until 1996. Captain 11 was Dave Dedrick, who was a radio personality before KELO went on air. In 1973, KELO erected a 2000-foot broadcasting tower. During the winter, a plane hit one of the guy wires, and the tower toppled. Because the old tower was still in place, the engineering staff was able to put programming on the air within two days of the collapse, which was no small feat, since equipment had to be transported from the new site to the old site. Because the station was off the air, this gave the competition an edge on viewers and put KELO TV in the unusual position of catch up.

Since the mid-1980s, its logo has consisted of "Kelo" written in cursive font, over a line, with "KELOLAND TELEVISION" underneath. It is one of the few stations whose logo's last three call letters are in lower-case (KBYU-TV channel 11 in Provo, Utah also has used a similar logo.)

KELO TV has won 10 Emmy Awards. KELO's news has used The CBS Enforcer Music Collection as its news music package since 1997.

[edit] Timeline

May 19, 1953: KELO signed on as the first television station in South Dakota.
January 15, 1955: KELO goes live.
September 27, 1955: KDLO signs on the air, covering northeastern South Dakota.
July 15, 1957: KPLO signs on the air, covering the Pierre area
September 23, 1968: Became South Dakota's first all-color TV station.
November 25, 1986: First broadcast in stereo.
July 11, 1988 KELO adds a satellite uplink truck to its coverage for remote airing.
November 28, 1988: KCLO signs on the air covering the Rapid City area.
January 21, 1991 KELO's first closed-caption newscast.
May 31, 1996: Acquired by Young Broadcasting.
September 8, 1997: KELO builds two live radar units in South Dakota
1999: KELO-TV awarded a Emmy for PSA for the Tradition of Caring
March 6, 2003: Began broadcast on South Dakota's first full-powered digital signal
May 19, 2003: KELO celebrates 50th anniversary
January 2008: KELO-TV upgrades weather system to "KELOLAND Live Doppler HD"
October 2008: KELO-TV wins regional Emmy for coverage of "Dominic's Wish," Lou Raguse and Kevin Kjergaard
June 12 2009: Keloland TV goes digital only at 9:30 CT (8:30 MT)

(with contributions from photographer Rod Evans).

[edit] Coverage area / rebroadcasters

KELO serves the largest viewing area of any station in the United States. It calls this vast area —which consists all of South Dakota as well as large parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa—"KELOLAND", and covers it with a network of rebroadcasters:

Station	City of license	Channels (Digital)	First air date	ERP (Digital)	HAAT (Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
KDLO-TV	Florence	3 (VHF)	September 24, 1955	3.7 kW	240.6 m	41975	44°57′53.2″N 97°34′51.1″W / 44.964778°N 97.580861°W / 44.964778; -97.580861 (KDLO-TV)
KPLO-TV	Reliance	13 (VHF)	July 15, 1957	40 kW	317.8 m	41964	43°57′56.7″N 99°36′12″W / 43.96575°N 99.60333°W / 43.96575; -99.60333 (KPLO-TV)
KCLO-TV¹	Rapid City	16 (UHF)	November 28, 1988	150 kW	154 m	41969	44°4′13.3″N 103°15′2.6″W / 44.070361°N 103.250722°W / 44.070361; -103.250722 (KCLO-TV)

Notes:

1. KCLO-TV does not offer MyUTV on digital.

The programming of KELO-TV is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

K24DT (Channel 24) Aberdeen
K28DP (Channel 28) Custer
K57BX (Channel 57) Lake Andes

A unique feature of KELO's coverage area is that it includes two time zones -- Central and Mountain. This means that viewers of Rapid City's KCLO watch CBS's prime-time schedule from 6PM to 9PM (instead of 7PM to 10PM), with The Late Show with David Letterman at 9:35PM MT.

KCLO, because it is in a separate market, also gets certain shows fed to it specifically. KELO cannot air myUTV or other products aired by Rapid City stations on KCLO. All 4 KELO stations do get separate advertising as needed.

KDLO's broadcasts were originally scheduled to be digital-only, effective on February 17, 2009, while KELO, KPLO and KCLO's broadcasts would become digital-only, effective June 12, 2009. However, because the FCC rejected KELO TV's petition for early termination of analog broadcasts on KDLO-TV, they did not make the switch until June 12. On June 12, 2009 at 9:30 KDLO made the switch from analog to digital.

[edit] MyUTV

KELO DT2 former UPN logo.

MyUTV is carried on digital subchannels of KELO, KDLO, and KPLO (digital channels 13.2/3.2/6.2). It is currently affiliated withMyNetworkTV. It was formerly a UPN affiliate branded simply as "UTV". UTV is generally carried on cable channel 10.

MyUTV is not seen in the Rapid City market on KCLO. The UPN affiliate there was KCPL-LP52, and the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Rapid City is KKRA-LP 24; as a result, UTV still can not be carried on KCLO by FCC market rules.

The CW in South Dakota is represented by stations unrelated to KELO -- KWSD 36 in Sioux Falls and KWBH-LP 27 in Rapid City.

[edit] Weather coverage timeline

November 24, 1992: SkyCam system is installed for weather use.
In 1997, KELO installed two live doppler weather radars in Huron and Beresford. KELO became the first TV station in the country to operate two doppler radars. In 2001, KELO installed a third radar in Wall. KELO is the only station in its markets to operate such a system.
KELO also has a network of automatic observation sites (known as WeatherNet on air) which are updated every three seconds.
In 2007, KELO upgraded their Huron radar to use dual polarization technology and quadrupled its power to 1 million watts. They also upgraded their computer systems at their Beresford and Wall radars.
- The name of the doppler network changed in 2007 to KELOLAND Live Doppler HD.

[edit] News personalities

KLTM is an acronym for Keloland This Morning.

[edit] Anchors

Courtney Zieller, KLTM & Reporter
Jon Wilson, KLTM, Midday
Katie Janssen, Midday & 5PM
Angela Kennecke, 6PM & 10PM
Don Jorgensen, 5PM, 6PM, & 10PM
Perry Groten, Weekend Morning Anchor & Reporter
Erica Johnson, Weekend Morning Anchor & Reporter
Cherlene Richards, Weekend Evening Anchor & Reporter

[edit] Meteorologists

Dr. Jay Trobec Ph.D., 5PM, 6PM, 10PM - Chief Meteorologist
Brian Karstens, KLTM
Scot Mundt, Midday, 5PM
Tony Barlow, Weekends

[edit] Sports

Jay Elsen, Sports Director
David McCoy, Weekend Sports Anchor / Reporter
David Brown, Sports/News Reporter

[edit] Reporters

Ben Dunsmoor, NightBeat
Kelli Grant, HealthBeat
Shawn Neisteadt, Evenings
Eric Schaffhauser, Aberdeen
Brian Kushida, Mornings
Karla Ramaekers, Rapid City

[edit] Past

Dave Dedrick, former weather (and also former TV personality 'Captain 11')
Shawn Cable, former meteorologist (now with KSFY-TV, Sioux Falls)
Kristie VerMulm, former weather
Jim Burt, former sports (1953-1987)
Leo Hartig, former anchor
Steve Hemmingsen, former anchor
Doug Lund, former anchor
Ron Olsen, reporter 1973 (now with KTLA-TV, Los Angeles)
Vernon Brown, Reporter

[edit] Producers

Trista Dunsmoor, Midday
Anna Peters, 5PM
Andrea Leesch, 6PM
Tyson Plastow, 10PM
Kealey Bultena, Weekends

[edit] Retransmission consent

CSI cable in Jamestown, North Dakota, is removing KELO effective 31 December 2009 due to duplication of KXJB and stalled retransmission consent negotiations.

[edit] KELO TV Tower

The station transmits from the KELO TV Tower, a 605 meter (1905 ft) high guyed radio mast at Rowena, South Dakota, at43°31′7″N 96°32′5.7″W / 43.51861°N 96.534917°W / 43.51861; -96.534917. The tower was built in 1975 to replace a 609.6-meter-tall KELO TV Tower that collapsed in 1968 after a North Central airliner clipped a guy wire. The plane was able to land safely with no injuries, but the tower was destroyed. KELO was back on the air three days later using the old 305 metre tall tower near Shindler. In 1975 KELO TV tower collapsed again during a fierce winter storm. KELO was on the same day back on the air again, after some switching operations to the backup tower at Shindler were done.

[edit] References

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KELO-TV

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Branding	KELOLAND Television MyUTV (DT2) KELOLAND Weathernow (DT3)
Slogan	Your Home (for news)
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF)
Subchannels	DT1 CBS 720p DT2 (except KCLO) MNTV/Sportsman 480i DT3 (KCLO DT2) Weather
Translators	See table
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Young Broadcasting, Inc. (Young Broadcasting of Sioux Falls, Inc.)
First air date	May 19, 1953
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (1953-2009) Digital: 32
Former affiliations	Primary: NBC (1954-1960) Secondary: CBS (1954-1960) ABC (1954-1962) DuMont (1954-1955) DT2: UPN (2004-2006)
Transmitter Power	30 kW
Height	610 m
Facility ID	41983
Transmitter Coordinates	43°31′7″N 96°32′5″W / 43.51861°N 96.53472°W / 43.51861; -96.53472
Website	www.keloland.com www.utv4u.com