KVLY-TV

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KVLY-TV
KVLY HD logo
Fargo/Grand Forks, North Dakota
Branding KVLY TV 11 (general)
Valley News Live (newscasts)
Slogan TV 11, More Colorful (general)
People you Know, News You Trust (newscasts)
Channels Digital: 44 (UHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels 11.1 NBC
11.2 This TV
Affiliations NBC (since 1983)
Owner Hoak Media Corporation
(Hoak Media of Dakota License, LLC)
First air date October 11, 1959
Call letters' meaning Red River VaLleY
Sister station(s) KXJB-TV
Former callsigns KXGO-TV (1959-1963)
KEND-TV (1963-1964)
KTHI-TV (1964-1995)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1959-2009)
Former affiliations ABC (1959-1983)
Transmitter power 356 kW
Height 576 m
Facility ID 61961
Transmitter coordinates 47°20′32″N 97°17′20″W / 47.34222°N 97.28889°W / 47.34222; -97.28889
Website www.valleynewslive.com

KVLY-TV, is an NBC affiliated television station in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, serving Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC channel 44, which redirects to former NTSC channel 11 via PSIP. In addition to its main studio in Fargo, it operates a satellite studio in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The station shares its Fargo studio with CBS affiliate KXJB-TV, which it operates under a local marketing agreement. KVLY is offered on cable channel 11 in most areas of the market.

The station is most notable for using the third tallest above-ground structure in the world for broadcasting its signal. The KVLY-TV mast rises 2,063 feet (628.8 m) high. KVLY is owned by Hoak Media Corporation of Dallas, Texas.

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[edit] Digital television

In January 2010, KVLY-TV began broadcasting the This TV network on subchannel 11.2.

KXJB and KVLY have broadcast in only digital format since February 16, 2009.[1]

Channel Aspect Format Programming
11.1 16:9 1080i main KVLY-TV programming / NBC
11.2 4:3 480i This TV

[edit] History

The station signed on in 1959 as KXGO-TV (for FarGO), an ABC affiliate. From 1962 to 1963 it used the call letters KEND-TV. In 1963, channel 11 moved to its current tower near Blanchard, North Dakota, and became known as KTHI-TV (which stands for Tower-HI).

KTHI-TV used this logo until the mid-1970s when it gradually replaced it with the "hi11" logo shown below.
KTHI-TV began using this logo in the early 1970s. "hi11" is shown in a contrasting color from "Kt" to emphasize that the station at the time had the world's tallest broadcast tower.

In 1983 KTHI became an NBC affiliate, swapping affiliations with longtime NBC affiliate WDAY-TV. The current call sign, adopted in 1995, represents the station's slogan, "The Valley's Choice for Local News," as it serves the communities along the Red River of the North and its tributaries.

From 1968 until the mid 1980s, KTHI-TV (as it was then still known) was carried by cable systems across Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. When KTHI switched affiliation to NBC, it was replaced by ABC affiliate WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks, until Canadian cable companies were granted permission to replace most of the North Dakota stations with network affiliates from Detroit, Michigan.

In September 2005, ten years after changing its call sign from KTHI, KVLY became the first major network affiliate in Fargo to broadcast in high-definition. In May 2006, KVLY made its logo bolder to reflect the change to HDTV. KVLY is the second most watched television station in the Red River Valley behind WDAY-TV/WDAZ-TV, which are owned by Forum Communications Company.

Meyer Broadcasting of Bismarck, North Dakota, owner of KFYR-TV in Bismarck and its network of satellites in western North Dakota, bought the station in 1995. It sold its television stations to Sunrise Television in 1997. In 2002, Sunrise sold its North Dakota stations to the Wicks Group of New York City. Hoak bought all of Wicks' television stations, including KVLY, in January 2007.

In April 2007, KVLY-TV and KXJB-TV began simulcasting weekend newscasts, and in November 2007, the stations began simulcasting news during weekdays along with rebranding as Valley News Live. KXJB uses its "4" bug, while KVLY uses the "11" bug during newscasts.

[edit] Newscasts

KVLY and the other NBC stations in North Dakota broadcast the North Dakota state high school football, hockey, and basketball tournaments annually.

The KVLY-TV mast seen close up
A bobblehead of former meteorologist "Too Tall Tom" Szymanski, now of KXMB-TV.

[edit] News/station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • Action News (1970s)
  • TV-11 Newswatch (1970s-1980s)
  • News 11 (1980s-1995)
  • KVLY News 11 (1995–2007)
  • Valley News Live (2007–present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • "The Valley's New Choice for News" (1995–1997)
  • "The Valley's Choice for Local News" (1997–2010)
  • "People You Know, News You Trust" (2011–present)
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[edit] News team

Main article: Valley News Live

[edit] Former on-air staff

In the 1972-73 TV season, KTHI-TV's anchor team consisted of anchor Dick Wilson, sportscaster Pat Telle, and weathercaster Peggy Brunelle. KTHI's 10 p.m. news was only 20 minutes long.
  • Steve Anderson - weather anchor (1978–1979; now a professor at James Madison University)
  • Dennis Bounds - anchor (1976-1978; now evening anchor at KING-TV in Seattle)
  • Peggy Brunelle - weather reporter
  • Kerry Davis - news reporter
  • Stacey Deffenbaugh - morning news anchor (now at WZVN-TV in Fort Myers, FL[2]
  • Gordon Dexheimer - news anchor/talk show host
  • Jerilyn Donovan - anchor (1979-1981)
  • Tom Erickson - sports anchor
  • Tracy Frank - news reporter (now Fargo Forum reporter)
  • Matt Granite - reporter/producer (now syndicated consumer savings reporter)
  • Doug Hamilton - anchor
  • Dan Hammer - sports anchor (returned in January 2011 as sports director)
  • Amy Hockert - news anchor (now radio reporter with bring me the news.com in Minneapolis)
  • Robert Ivers - news anchor/talk show host
  • Charley Johnson - news anchor/news director/general manager (now at WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks)
  • Nick Johnson (sports reporter/sports anchor)
  • Bob Kartheiser - reporter/talk show host
  • Pat Kelly - news reporter
  • Jim Lounsbury - anchor/reporter (late 1970s-early 1980s)
  • Andrea Larson (now at KVRR-TV in Fargo, ND)
  • Sarah McCurdy - news reporter
  • Mary Ellen Miller - reporter (1978-1979)
  • Scott Peters - sports director
  • Cherlene Richards - reporter
  • Donn Robertson - weekend anchor
  • Larry Richards - reporter
  • Norm Robinson - news reporter
  • Ed Schultz - sports anchor (1982; now Fargo-based syndicated radio host)
  • Bob Scott - news anchor
  • Steve Sedahl - news reporter/weekend anchor (1980-1982)
  • Terry Shannon (neé Cunningham) - talk host/weather anchor/reporter (now working as a real estate broker for Buy Florida Properties, Inc.)
  • Brian Shawn (weekend sports anchor)
  • Mary Kay Simon - reporter/talk show host
  • Tom Szymanski - chief meteorologist (1992-2007; now at KXMB in Bismarck)
  • Pat Telle - sports anchor
  • Rob Thorson - weather anchor (1979-1991)
  • Dick Wilson - news anchor

[edit] Translators

KVLY is also available on the following translators (low-powered rebroadcasters):

Some of the translators are actually in the western part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN broadcast television market.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Congress delays digital TV conversion, The Forum, Fargo ND, February 5, 2009
  2. ^ [1]

[edit] External links
Fargo

KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAY (6.1 ABC, 6.2 CW, 6.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KFME (13.1 PBS, 13.2 World, 13.3 MN, 13.4 Lifelong) • KVRR (15.1 Fox) • KVNJ-LP 33 (MNTV) • K35KD 35 (TBN)
Grand Forks

KGFE (2.3 MN) • KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KBRR (10.1 Fox) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KCGE (16.1 PBS, 16.2 World, 16.3 MN, 16.4 Lifelong) • K17HG 17 (3ABN) • KCPM (27.1 MNTV)
Outlying Areas

Pembina/Lake Region: WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KNRR (12.1 Fox) • KMDE (25.1 PBS, 25.2 World, 25.3 MN, 25.4 Lifelong)
James River Valley: KJRR (7.1 Fox) • KJRE (19.1 PBS, 19.2 World, 19.3 MN, 19.4 Lifelong)
Fergus Falls: K49FA 49 (PBS)
Roseau/Lake of the Woods: K50AM-D / K53BL-D / W59AX-D (4.1 CBS) • K48CQ / K57AR-D / K61AR-D (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • K42CU-D (9.1-2 PBS, 9.3 Kids, 9.4 Create, 9.5 Plus, 9.6 MN) • K46BV (10.1 Fox) • K52AM-D / K55BH-D / K63AS-D (11.1 NBC, 11.2 this TV)
Defunct
KNOX-TV (10 ABC, Grand Forks) • KCND-TV (12 ABC/NBC - Pembina) • KXJC-LP (35 CBS, Grand Forks) • K49FF (49 TBN, Grand Forks)
Cable channels

Bek Sports Network • FSSN • KCSI-TV 10 / CSI Weather (Jamestown)
by Affiliation
Broadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of North Dakota
ABC Affiliates
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CW Affiliates
Fox Affiliates
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Other
Public Television Affiliates
Fargo-Grand Forks market: KGFE (2.1 / 2.2 PPTV/PBS, 2.3 MN Channel, 2.4 Lifelong - Grand Forks) - KFME (13.1 / 13.2 PPTV/PBS, 13.3 MN Channel, 13.4 Lifelong - Fargo) - KCGE (16.1 / 16.2 PPTV/PBS, 16.3 MN Channel, 16.4 Lifelong - Crookston / Grand Forks) - KJRE (19.1 / 19.2 PPTV/PBS, 19.3 MN Channel, 19.4 Lifelong - Ellendale) - KMDE (25.1 / 25.2 PPTV/PBS, 25.3 MN Channel, 25.4 Lifelong - Devils Lake)
Bismarck-Minot market: KBME (3.1 / 3.2 PPTV/PBS, 3.3 MN Channel, 3.4 Lifelong - Bismarck) - KWSE (4.1 / 4.2 PPTV/PBS, 4.3 MN Channel, 4.4 Lifelong - Williston) - KSRE (6.1 / 6.2 PPTV/PBS, 6.3 MN Channel, 6.4 Lifelong - Minot) - KDSE (9.1 / 9.2 (PPTV/PBS, 9.3 MN Channel, 9.4 Lifelong - Dickinson)
Religious Stations
By Region
Bismarck

KBME (3.1 PBS, 3.2 World, 3.3 MN, 3.4 Lifelong) • KFYR (5.1 NBC) • KXMB (12.1 CBS, 12.3 Radar/NOAA) • KBMY (17.1 ABC) • KNDX (26.1 Fox) • K43JQ-D (43.1 EICB TV) • K46DY 46 (TBN)
Minot

KSRE (6.1 PBS, 6.2 World, 6.3 MN, 6.4 Lifelong) • KMOT (10.1 NBC) • KXMC (13.1 CBS, 13.3 Radar/NOAA) • KMCY (14.1 ABC) • K21GQ 21 (Church) • KXND (24.1 Fox) • K42IM-D / K47KA 47 (42.1 EICB TV)
Dickinson

KXMA (2.1 CBS, 2.2 ABC, 2.3 Radar/NOAA) • KQCD (7.1 NBC) • KDSE (9.1 PBS, 9.2 World, 9.3 MN, 9.4 Lifelong) • K38HA (26.1 Fox) • K28EP 28 (silent)
Williston

KWSE (4.1 PBS, 4.2 World, 4.3 MN, 4.4 Lifelong) • KUMV (8.1 NBC) • KXMD (11.1 CBS, 11.2 ABC, 11.3 Radar/NOAA) • K38HS (24.1 Fox) • K40DE 40 (TBN)
Cable channels

Bek Sports Network • KWMK 14 (CW) • FSSN • KMSU 19
Fargo

KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAY (6.1 ABC, 6.2 CW, 6.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KFME (13.1 PBS, 13.2 World, 13.3 MN, 13.4 Lifelong) • KVRR (15.1 Fox) • KVNJ-LP 33 (MNTV) • K35KD 35 (TBN)
Grand Forks

KGFE (2.3 MN) • KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KBRR (10.1 Fox) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KCGE (16.1 PBS, 16.2 World, 16.3 MN, 16.4 Lifelong) • K17HG 17 (3ABN) • KCPM (27.1 MNTV)
Outlying Areas

Pembina/Lake Region: WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KNRR (12.1 Fox) • KMDE (25.1 PBS, 25.2 World, 25.3 MN, 25.4 Lifelong)
James River Valley: KJRR (7.1 Fox) • KJRE (19.1 PBS, 19.2 World, 19.3 MN, 19.4 Lifelong)
Fergus Falls: K49FA 49 (PBS)
Roseau/Lake of the Woods: K50AM-D / K53BL-D / W59AX-D (4.1 CBS) • K48CQ / K57AR-D / K61AR-D (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • K42CU-D (9.1-2 PBS, 9.3 Kids, 9.4 Create, 9.5 Plus, 9.6 MN) • K46BV (10.1 Fox) • K52AM-D / K55BH-D / K63AS-D (11.1 NBC, 11.2 this TV)
Defunct
KNOX-TV (10 ABC, Grand Forks) • KCND-TV (12 ABC/NBC - Pembina) • KXJC-LP (35 CBS, Grand Forks) • K49FF (49 TBN, Grand Forks)
Cable channels

Bek Sports Network • FSSN • KCSI-TV 10 / CSI Weather (Jamestown)
See also
ABC network affiliates
CBS network affiliates
CW network affiliate
Fox network affiliates
K11TW · KFQX1
MyNetworkTV network affiliate
NBC network affiliates
KALB-TV · KFYR-TV/KQCD-TV / KMOT/KUMV · KHAS-TV · KNOP-TV · KVLY-TV
ThisTV network affiliates
KHAS-DT2 · KVLY-DT2 · WMBB-DT2
1KAQY, KFQX and KXJB-TV are owned by Parker Broadcasting and operated by Hoak under a local marketing agreement.
2Hoak owns KAUZ-TV's license but management capabilities belong to the Drewry Communications Group, the owner of KSWO-TV in the same market.
Website: Hoak Media
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