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
Transmitter coordinates	44°5′32″N 103°14′53″W
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.

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.

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

• NewsCenter 1 (2000-present)
• NewsCenter 1 Today (2000-present)

Station slogans

• It's All About the World at Home! (2000-present)

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External links

• NewsCenter1 Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KNBN
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KKRA-LP
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K40GS
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNBN-TV