KMOT
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KMOT, channel 10, is a NBC affiliate located in Minot, North Dakota. The station serves the northern half of the Western North Dakota television market. It is owned by Hoak Media Corporation of Dallas, Texas.
Along with KFYR-TV in Bismarck, KMOT is one of two full-fledged stations in the NBC North Dakota network, which covers most of central and western North Dakota, along with parts of South Dakota and Montana.
While KMOT identifies as a station in its own right, it is generally considered to be a semi-satellite of KFYR. It rebroadcasts almost all of KFYR-TV's syndicated programming, but produces its own newscasts and airs its own commercials.
KMOT operates a semi-satellite, KUMV-TV in Williston, which serves the northwestern portion of the state. KUMV also identifies as a station in its own right, but largely simulcasts KMOT. However, it places inserts into KMOT's newscasts and airs its own commercials. KUMV's programming is repeated on low-powered translator K13PL in Glendive, Montana.
The over-the-air signals of KMOT and KUMV reach portions of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, but it is not available on any cable systems there.
History
KUMV signed on February 6 1957. The Upper Missouri Valley Television Corporation won the initial license in 1955, but soon afterward the Federal Communications Commission collapsed all of central and western North Dakota into one giant television market. Accordingly, the station was sold to the Meyer family of Bismarck, owners of KFYR-TV, just before it signed on. It has been a semi-satellite of KFYR since then.
KMOT signed on January 23, 1958[1] as the third station in the Meyer group.
Until KBMY/KMCY signed on in 1986, the Meyer stations carried a secondary affiliation with ABC.
The Meyers sold off their broadcast holdings in 1997, with the television stations going to Sunrise Television Corporation. Sunrise sold them to The Wicks Group of Companies of New York City in 2002.
Hoak Media Corporation bought KFYR-TV, KMOT, KUMV, and KQCD in July 2006, as well as KVLY-TV and KXJB-TV (LMA with Catamount Broadcasting) of Fargo and KSFY of Sioux Falls, SD and its satellite stations. On November 17, 2006, the sale was approved by the FCC.
On January 19, 2009, KMOT began operation as a digital-only station on its existing channel frequency. KUMV began broadcasting digital-only on February 16, 2009.[1]
News
KMOT produces its own newscasts from Monday through Friday weekdays at 6 pm and 10 pm, and rebroadcasts KFYR-TV's other newscasts.
KUMV airs its own newscasts from Monday through Friday at 6 pm and 10 pm. The first 10 minutes (which includes regional news and weather) originate at KFYR in Bismarck. KUMV has its own news and sports anchor who fill the remaining 20 minutes. It simulcasts KFYR's other newscasts.
From 2002 to 2007, KMOT was forced to cut its newscasts to 20 minutes while simulcasting the first 10 minutes of KFYR-TV's 6 pm and 10 pm newscasts, much as KUMV does now. In January 2007, KMOT began broadcasting a full half-hour of news at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m once again. It also added a weatherman and photographer/reporter to the staff.
The stations occasionally share stories with co-owned KVLY. The five stations simulcast key North Dakota sport events under the NBC North Dakota brand name and share certain equipment, such as remote broadcasting vehicles.
References
- ^ Answers to DTV Questions, KFYR-TV, January 19, 2009]