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Revision as of 05:25, 14 August 2007

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"KTHI-TV" redirects here. For radio station in Caldwell, Idaho, see KTHI.

KVLY channel 11 (44 digital/HD) is the NBC television affiliate based in Fargo, North Dakota that serves much of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. 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.

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

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). 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 the late 1970s until the mid 1980s, KVLY-TV was carried by cable systems across neighboring Manitoba and Ontario. These arrangements ended when the Canadian cable companies were granted permission to replace most of the North Dakota stations with network affiliates from Detroit, Michigan.

In September 2005, 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 currently the most watched television station in the Red River Valley.

Meyer Broadcasting of Bismarck, North Dakota; owner of the NBC North Dakota network 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.

News

Longtime personalities at the station include Charley Johnson, who is now General Manager in addition to being the evening news anchor, and world's tallest meteorologist[1] Tom Szymanski "Too Tall Tom", who is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall and has won a regional Emmy. KVLY and the other NBC stations in North Dakota broadcast the North Dakota state high school football, hockey, and basketball tournaments annually.

In May 2007, KVLY and KXJB began airing a joint weekend newscast, using the news set of KVLY as well as KVLY anchors Lisa Budeau and Donn Robertson, meteorologist Lisa Green, and sports reporter Brian Shawn. Uniquely, the entire news set was updated for these broadcasts by placing both the NBC peacock and CBS eye logos next to one another on the front of the desk and set. The programs are identical on both stations, however the KXJB broadcast uses its "4" bug at the bottom right corner of the screen while the KVLY broadcast shows the "11" bug.

The KVLY-TV mast seen close up
File:Too tall tom.jpg
A bobblehead of chief meteorologist "Too Tall Tom" Szymanski

News team

Anchors

  • Charley Johnson (Weekday Co-Anchor of 6PM Newscasts / General Manager)
  • Robin Huebner (Weekday Co-Anchor of 6PM & 10PM Newscasts / Assistant News Director)
  • Daron Selvig (Weekday Anchor of 5PM & 10PM Newscasts)
  • Andrea Larson (Weekday Co-Anchor of The Valley Today)
  • Donn Robertson (Weekend Anchor/Reporter for KVLY and KXJB)
  • Lisa Budeau (Weekend Anchor/Reporter for KVLY and KXJB)

Meteorologists

  • Tom Szymanski (Chief Meteorologist - evenings)
  • Mick Kjar (Meteorolgist - Weekday mornings and midday for KVLY and KXJB / Weekday Co-Anchor of The Valley Today)
  • Lisa Green (Meteorolgist - Weekends / Reporter for KVLY and KXJB)

Sports

  • Scott Peters (Weekdays)
  • Brian Shawn (Weekends for KVLY and KXJB)

Other

  • Norm Bell (Photojournalist)
  • Neil Carlson (Reporter)
  • Nick Carlson (Videographer)
  • Mike Cary (Reporter / Photographer)
  • Dave Erickson (Photojournalist)
  • Dave Grant (Chief Photographer)
  • Julie Holgate (Assignment Manager)
  • Wade Iverson (Photojournalist)
  • Sarah McCurdy (Education Reporter)
  • Frode Tilden (Photographer)
  • Emily Welker (Reporter)
  • Cherlene Richards (Reporter)


Past Personalities

  • Steve Anderson, weather anchor (1978-1979)
  • Tom Erickson, sports anchor
  • Dan Hammer, sport director (1983-2002, now at The Fan 1280AM, Fargo [2])
  • Amy Hockert, news anchor (now at KARE 11, Minneapolis [3])
  • Bob Kartheiser, reporter, talk show host
  • Mary Ellen Miller, reporter (1978-1979)
  • Larry Richards, reporter
  • Bob Scott, news anchor
  • Mary Kay Simon, reporter, talk show host

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.

Trivia

The KTHI calls are now being used today for a radio station in Caldwell, Idaho.

See also

  1. ^ "DirecTV Local channel Page (Fargo-Grand Forks DMA Only)". Retrieved 2007-08-13.
  2. ^ "DirecTV channels on DirecTV 7S at 119° West". Retrieved 2007-08-13.
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