A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
67-505: KBMY (channel 17) is a television station in Bismarck, North Dakota , United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV . Owned by Forum Communications Company , the station maintains a news bureau and advertising sales office on North 15th Street in Bismarck, and its transmitter is located near St. Anthony, North Dakota . Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KBMY
134-527: A Peabody Award (channel 7 has since won three more Peabody Awards for the investigative report "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy " in 2003, reported by John Ferrugia and produced by Kurt Silver and current news director Jeff Harris, 2008's "Failing the Children: Deadly Mistakes", reported by Ferrugia and produced by Tom Burke and Arthur Kane, and 2012's "Investigating
201-537: A barter in some cases. KMGH-TV KMGH-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Denver, Colorado , United States, affiliated with ABC . It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sterling -licensed independent station KCDO-TV , channel 3 (and its Denver-based translator KSBS-CD , channel 10). The two stations share studios on Delgany Street in Denver's River North Art District; KMGH-TV's transmitter
268-454: A 4 p.m newscast, The Now , which features a mixture of local and national news segments. In 2021, the station's local lifestyle show was tricked into promoting a fake sexual wellness product, "invented" by a team working for late-night political commentary show Last Week Tonight , called the "Venus Veil", which was actually just a blanket; the show's team paid KMGH $ 2,800 to feature the fake product and an interview with its "creator" as
335-417: A children's program on the station as "Sheriff Scotty". In 1956, KLZ-TV presented the first remote television broadcast from a courtroom after general manager Hugh Terry won a court battle to allow cameras into the courtroom. In 1957, the station's weekly public affairs series Panorama Seven (which was written and hosted by Gene Amole), became the first locally produced program in the Denver market to earn
402-460: A complex ownership deal that was announced in November 1994, CBS traded WCAU to NBC in exchange for two of that network's O&Os (then longtime affiliates)—Denver's KCNC-TV (channel 4) (which had been an O&O since the station's then-owner General Electric purchased NBC in 1986) and Salt Lake City 's KUTV (channel 2) (which the network had acquired less than one month earlier). CBS then formed
469-579: A joint venture with Westinghouse that assumed ownership of KYW-TV, KCNC and KUTV, with Westinghouse serving as majority owner. Group W/CBS and NBC also swapped the transmitter facilities—and by association, channel frequencies—of their respective stations in Miami, WCIX (now WFOR-TV ) and WTVJ . At the same time, McGraw-Hill had struck an affiliation agreement with ABC, due partly to the fact that its stations in San Diego and Indianapolis had already been aligned with
536-512: A local newscast in March 1989 due to concerns about costs; a new reporter was to have moved from California before the shutdown. The nationally syndicated USA Today: The Television Show took over the newscast's former timeslot in KBMY/KMCY's schedule. For the next quarter-century, the stations were among the few Big Three affiliates in the nation with no long form newscasts. From the mid-1990s to 2014,
603-472: A local newscast in the 6 p.m. timeslot on weeknights for eight years, opting to fill the hour with episodes of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (the station's previous 6 p.m. news program was canceled after the May 26, 2006, broadcast). In addition, the station produces the sports highlight program Sports Xtra , which airs Saturdays during the final 15 minutes of the 10 p.m. newscast. As mentioned above,
670-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in
737-586: A network affiliate on the UHF band to be viable. In the early 2000s, KBMY signed on two low-powered translators to serve the smaller cities in the market, K44HR in Williston and K42FY in Dickinson. Prior to K44HR's inception, cable systems in Williston, Dickinson and the western half of the market piped in Denver's ABC affiliate—KUSA prior to 1995 and KMGH-TV after 1995. The Dickinson station directly repeated KBMY, while
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#1733084939693804-616: A news bureau in Washington, D.C. , as well as the first Denver station to receive reports from its own radio and television correspondents in Europe and Asia. Channel 7 televised the first kidney transplant in the mid-1960s. It led the 10 p.m. news ratings from the early 1960s until 1977, when it was displaced from the #1 slot by KBTV, which benefited from ABC's ratings increases in prime time as well as an improved news product that took advantage of live electronic news gathering technology. KMGH-TV
871-437: A now-repealed FCC rule in place then that forbade TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership from sharing the same callsigns. The 1990s did not begin well for KMGH; the station saw significant overall financial losses in 1990 and 1991, as well as a decrease in viewership for its local newscasts. A new management team introduced in 1991 turned things around at KMGH; net profit soared 105.5% in 1992 as
938-672: A renovated former auto dealership on the east side of the block at East 6th Avenue and Sherman Street. Channel 7 moved to an eight-sided, five-story building called "The Communications Center", on the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Street in 1969. Time-Life sold the station on channel 7 to McGraw-Hill in late October 1970, in a group deal that also involved the company's other radio and television combinations in Indianapolis , San Diego , and Grand Rapids ; and KERO-TV (channel 23) in Bakersfield, California . In order to comply with
1005-743: A result. Although KMGH had been one of CBS' stronger affiliates, the station would end up disaffiliating from the network due to a series of events that were set in motion as a result of CBS' partnership with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in July 1994 (and the network's eventual merger with that company in August 1995). As part of the deal, the network moved its programming from its owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia , WCAU-TV (channel 10), to Westinghouse's KYW-TV (channel 3). In
1072-592: A semi-satellite of KBMY extending the ABC/MyNetworkTV signal into the northern half of the Bismarck–Minot market ; this station's news bureau and advertising sales office are located on 2nd St SE in Minot, and its transmitter is located near South Prairie. KMCY simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through KBMY but airs separate local commercial inserts and legal identifications. KBMY signed on for
1139-459: A single operator. Ten studio cameras, channels of audio, all art graphics and electronic titling along with tape operations are programmed and played back live by one person instead of seven people. KMGH-TV is the only Denver television station to have won two Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards : the first for the 2003 report, "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy" and
1206-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations
1273-533: A viewing area that is currently being serviced by MyNetworkTV affiliate KRDK-TV from Valley City –Fargo). Starting on August 29, 2016, WDAY Xtra and the Justice Network aired WDAY Xtra News during weekdays at 9 p.m. It is offered on Midco cable channel 594. KBMY and KMCY began carrying this subchannel in 2013. When KBMY/KMCY signed on in 1985, the stations originated and aired a local newscast at 10 p.m. with on-location ENG and studio news coverage for
1340-457: A way to illustrate how stations such as KMGH promote sponsored content . The segment aired on the station's lifestyle program, which is not a newscast, and was disclosed as paid for by the 'client'. The station's signal is multiplexed : KMGH-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on April 16, 2009. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 17 to VHF channel 7. Sister station KZCO-LD signed on
1407-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,
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#17330849396931474-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around
1541-752: Is considered a semi-satellite of sister station and company flagship WDAY-TV (channel 6) in Fargo , which operates semi-satellite WDAZ-TV (channel 8) in Grand Forks . Internal operations are housed at WDAY-TV's studios on South 8th Street in Fargo. KBMY clears all network programming as provided through its parent WDAY-TV and simulcasts WDAY-TV's newscasts, but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate commercial inserts and legal station identifications . KMCY (channel 14) in Minot operates as
1608-786: Is located atop Lookout Mountain , near Golden . KMGH-TV operates digital translator KZFC-LD (channel 26) in Windsor , and its main channel is relayed on a digital subchannel of KSBS-CD, allowing homes with issues receiving KMGH's VHF signal or only a UHF antenna to receive KMGH-TV in some form; KCDO-TV also carries a 7.1 subchannel to extend KMGH-TV's over-the-air reach throughout northeast Colorado and western Nebraska. The station's second and third subchannels, which carry Scripps-owned diginets Ion Mystery and Laff , are relayed on translators KZCO-LD (channel 30) in Denver and KZCS-LD (channel 18) in Colorado Springs . Channel 7 first signed on
1675-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually
1742-865: The NHL on ABC and on KJCT News 8 beginning in 2021; this included the team's victory in the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals (The network's previous contract, which ran from 1999 to 2004, also included the Avalanche's 2001 Stanley Cup Finals victory). As a CBS affiliate, the station aired the Denver Broncos' appearances on KMGH-TV, in Super Bowls XII , XXI and XXIV . KMGH-TV presently broadcasts 35 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on weekdays, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). Unlike most stations affiliated with ABC or its competitors, KMGH did not broadcast
1809-631: The Federal Communications Commission 's new restrictions on concentration of media ownership that went into effect shortly afterward, McGraw-Hill was required to sell the KLZ radio stations as well as their sister radio properties in Indianapolis, San Diego, and Grand Rapids to other companies. Time-Life would later purchase WOTV (channel 8, now WOOD-TV ) in Grand Rapids in the final deal. By
1876-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station
1943-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has
2010-404: The 10 p.m. news starting on December 5, 2016. The stations do not produce much local content, mostly serving as "pass-throughs" for automated programming from ABC and WDAY/WDAZ. KBMY and KMCY sign off on Monday mornings at 4:30 a.m., returning to the air just minutes later. The stations' signals are multiplexed : KBMY shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 17, on June 12, 2009,
2077-425: The 1960s was helmed by news anchor Carl Akers, weatherman Warren Chandler and sports anchor Starr Yelland. All three did live commercials during the program. John Rayburn joined the station as co-anchor of the 10 p.m. newscast in 1964, before departing for KBTV in 1967. In 1966, Akers took a short-lived retirement only to return to Denver television a year later at KBTV as that station's anchor and news director; he
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2144-665: The 1970s onward, some cable subscribers in western North Dakota received the full ABC schedule from KULR-TV (now NBC ) from Billings , KFBB-TV from Great Falls , KOTA-TV from Rapid City or KUSA in Denver . The eastern half of the market was served by Fargo's KTHI-TV (now KVLY-TV ) until it swapped affiliations with WDAY/WDAZ in 1983. From 1983 onward, cable systems in Bismarck piped in WDAY-TV, while cable systems in Minot piped in WDAZ. On paper, western North Dakota had been large enough to support three full network affiliates since at least
2211-410: The 6 p.m. newscast was restored on September 8, 2014, due to the move of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune to KDVR; it features an 'express' format with more stories and weather coverage. While KLZ-TV always had a strong line-up of local and syndicated programs during the station's early years, it was obviously helped by CBS's longtime dominance nationally. The station was the first in Denver to operate
2278-537: The Bismarck and Minot areas. With fewer reporters than KX Television and Meyer Television, as well as a smaller footprint (only two transmitters to four apiece for their competitors), KBMY concentrated on in-depth reporting. However, despite Forum's resources and legacy in North Dakota (sister stations WDAY/WDAZ are among the strongest ABC affiliates in the nation), KBMY/KMCY made almost no headway against Meyer Television and KX Television. Forum shelved this first attempt at
2345-600: The Escape network (now Ion Mystery ), which moved over from KTFD-TV . In July 2024, KMGH left its longtime home at The Communications Center on Speer Boulevard for a state-of-the-art facility located near Coors Field . KMGH-TV clears the entire ABC network schedule; however, it is one of the few ABC stations that air the Saturday and Sunday editions of ABC World News Tonight a half-hour to one hour earlier than most affiliates due to its hour-long 5 p.m. newscast, and also airs
2412-509: The Fire" ) Starting in 1968 and running through 1983, KLZ-TV aired one of the most popular children's programs in the Denver market, the Noell and Andy Show , which aired weekdays at 8 a.m. The program's coloring contest drew hundreds of entries each week. In 2012, KMGH acquired the broadcast rights to Denver Broncos head coach John Fox 's weekly analysis show, The John Fox Show ; the station aired
2479-590: The JSA with Reiten, KBMY/KMCY were picked up on the digital subchannels of KX Television satellites KXMA-TV in Dickinson and KXMD-TV in Williston starting in May 2009, and the translators serving Dickinson and Williston were shut down. The JSA was terminated following the acquisition of the KX stations by Nexstar Broadcasting Group on February 2, 2016. At the same time, the ABC subchannels of KXMA and KXMD were replaced with The CW Plus . Due to
2546-552: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in
2613-422: The Williston station repeated KMCY. From the 1990s until 2007, KBMY and KMCY were known collectively as "ABC West". That year, the stations changed their monikers in favor of the station identities for their area. From 2002 until 2008, KBMY/KMCY was operated by Prime Cities Broadcasting, owner of western North Dakota's Fox affiliate, KNDX /KXND, in a local marketing agreement . The LMA allowed KBMY/KMCY to share
2680-666: The air on November 1, 1953, as KLZ-TV. It was founded by the Oklahoma City -based Oklahoma Publishing Company (operated by Edward K. Gaylord ), which also owned KLZ radio ( 560 AM and 106.7 FM, now KWBL ). KLZ-TV immediately took the CBS affiliation from KBTV (channel 9, now KUSA ), owing to KLZ radio's longtime affiliation with the CBS Radio Network . In 1954, Gaylord sold the KLZ television and radio stations to Time-Life . The station's original studio facilities were housed in
2747-405: The closest thing to a newscast on the stations was Good Morning West Dakota, a 30-minute morning show produced by Bismarck radio station KBMR . Even then, there were no local cut-ins during Good Morning America . Starting in 2014, WDAY-TV began reorienting its newscasts to a statewide focus, and gradually began simulcasting them on KBMY/KMCY. The Sunday 5:30 p.m. ( Central Time ) newscast
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2814-427: The facilities, staff, and some equipment of KNDX/KXND. The LMA with KNDX/KXND ended in 2008, with Forum opting to partner with Reiten Television in KBMY/KMCY's local operations via a joint sales agreement. While some local advertising staffers were based at KXMB-TV in Bismarck and KXMC-TV in Minot, most operations have been consolidated at WDAY-TV's studios in Fargo. Under this arrangement, KBMY and KMCY's programming
2881-547: The first time on March 31, 1985, and KMCY signed on for the first time in June 1985; bringing the full ABC schedule to central and western North Dakota and eastern Montana for the first time ever. Before 1985, this area had been one of the last in the United States without full network service. ABC was limited to off-hours clearances on KX Television ( KXMC / KXMD / KXMB / KXMA ) and Meyer Television ( KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV ). From
2948-1144: The high penetration of cable and satellite in this market, however, few viewers in the western part of the market lost access to ABC programming. WDAY X is a digital subchannel carried on WDAY 6.3, WDAZ 8.3, KBMY 17.3, and KMCY 14.3, airing as a primary affiliate of MyNetworkTV on KBMY and KMCY and as an independent station on WDAY-TV and WDAZ-TV. This subchannel airs syndicated programming, North Dakota and Minnesota high school sports, North Dakota high school state tournaments, Minnesota State University Moorhead athletics, and select North Dakota State University athletic events. It airs Doppler weather radar and "Storm Tracker" weather loop with easy listening music during overnights. WDAY X (as WDAY Xtra) became available in HD in 2014, and in 2016, MyNetworkTV programming began airing (in prime time), although on KBMY and KMCY only (in Bismarck and Minot respectively) but not on WDAY-TV in Fargo or WDAZ-TV in Devils Lake –Grand Forks (the most likely reason being that both of those stations broadcast to
3015-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of
3082-521: The late 1960s. However, this region is one of the largest geographic markets in the nation, spilling across large slices of North Dakota, Montana , and South Dakota . It is so vast that KX Television and Meyer Television both needed four full-power stations to adequately cover it. On paper, the FCC collapsed central and western North Dakota into one giant market in 1957. However, due to Dickinson being on Mountain Time ,
3149-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at
3216-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on
3283-508: The market was not fully realized until 1980, when Meyer upgraded its low-powered translator in Dickinson to full-powered KQCD, prompting Dickinson's original station, KDIX-TV (now KXMA) to become a separately-owned satellite of KX Television. Additionally, the only available commercial allocations were on the UHF band; UHF stations have never covered large areas very well. By the early 1980s, cable television—a must for acceptable television in much of this vast market—had gained enough penetration for
3350-581: The network (Bakersfield sister station KERO-TV was also involved in the deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC; however, that station had to wait for its affiliation contract with CBS to expire in March 1996, before it could finally switch to ABC). In keeping with all of this, each of the three major broadcast networks relocated their programming to different stations in the Denver market on September 10, 1995; ABC moved its programming to KMGH from KUSA, with KMGH's outgoing CBS affiliation going to KCNC and NBC moving from KCNC to KUSA. The final CBS program to air on KMGH-TV
3417-467: The network's presentation of Saving Private Ryan , KMGH, along with the other McGraw-Hill stations, aired the film in 2004. KMGH currently airs any Denver Nuggets basketball games selected for broadcast through the NBA on ABC , which included the team's first NBA championship win in their inaugural NBA Finals appearance in 2023 . The station also broadcasts select Colorado Avalanche hockey games through
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#17330849396933484-541: The official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station " flash-cut " its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 17. KMCY shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 14, on February 10, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 14. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,
3551-500: The program to a half-hour ( The Dr. Oz Show moved into the newscast's former timeslot); the program ended after the September 7, 2012, broadcast, in order to accommodate the syndicated talk show Katie . On June 28, 2013, KMGH entered into a partnership with The Denver Post to collaborate on investigative reports and weather coverage as well as providing additional Spanish-language news content. On July 14, 2014, KMGH-TV launched
3618-524: The program until the team's 2013 season , losing the rights to KDVR (which renamed the program as Fox on Fox ) on August 7, 2014. The station has also been the recording location for sportswriter Woody Paige 's appearances on ESPN 's Around the Horn since his 2016 departure from The Denver Post , and the station is credited as such in Paige's chroma key background. Unlike many ABC affiliates which preempted
3685-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be
3752-552: The sale on November 29, 2011, and the deal was officially completed on December 30, 2011, resulting in McGraw-Hill's exit from broadcasting after 39 years. The deal marked a re-entry into the Denver market for Scripps; prior to its acquisition of KMGH, the company had owned the Rocky Mountain News from 1926 until the afternoon newspaper ceased publishing in 2009. On May 7, 2019, KMGH dropped Azteca América and replaced it with
3819-567: The second for the 2010 investigative documentary "33 Minutes to 34 Right". On August 18, 2008, KMGH became the second television station in the Denver market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . In 2011, KMGH was named "Station of the Year" by the Associated Press Television-Radio Association. On May 26, 2011, KMGH moved its hour-long 4 p.m. newscast Seven News Now to 3 p.m. and reduced
3886-475: The time the sale was finalized in June 1972, the purchase price for the entire group was just over $ 57 million. WFBM-TV (channel 6, now WRTV ) in Indianapolis, KERO-TV in Bakersfield, and KOGO-TV (channel 10, now KGTV ) in San Diego were retained by McGraw-Hill, along with KLZ-TV, which subsequently changed its call letters to KMGH-TV on the 1st (with the calls reflecting the new ownership), in order to comply with
3953-490: The weekend editions of Good Morning America and This Week one hour earlier (aligning those programs with their recommended airtimes of both programs in the Central Time Zone ). During the 1950s, channel 7's staff included newscaster (later sports anchor and Dialing for Dollars host) Starr Yelland , who came to the station from KOA-TV (channel 4, now KCNC-TV); weatherman Warren Chandler, and Ed Scott, who hosted
4020-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines
4087-421: Was a repeat of Walker, Texas Ranger , which began at 9 p.m. the previous day. On June 14, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced that it would exit from the broadcasting industry and put its entire television station group up for sale; on October 3 of that year, the company announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell the eight-station broadcasting division to the E. W. Scripps Company . The FCC approved
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#17330849396934154-447: Was actually the first television station in the market to use ENG equipment in 1975, with its "Insta Cam", which was never promoted on-air. In 1970, Channel 7's newscasts had a 40% ratings share. KOA-TV and KBTV battled for second place, each pulling in about a 24 share for their newscasts. By the end of the decade, KBTV had a 54% ratings share at 10 p.m., more than all of the other stations combined. The 10 p.m. news team during
4221-530: Was replaced at channel 7 by KOA-TV anchor Bob Palmer. The team of Palmer, Chandler and Yelland continued until 1975, when Terry Phillips was added as a news co-anchor; Phillips was replaced by John Lindsey in 1976. Palmer returned to KOA-TV in 1982. From December 1994 to August 1997, the station operated a weather radar system known as "Doppler Max7", that was heavily promoted during the failed tabloid-formatted "Real Life, Real News" era; this period (from 1996 to 1997) emphasized hard news and investigative reports, but
4288-674: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content
4355-510: Was the first rolled out to Bismarck, in February 2014. First News broadcasts during weekday mornings from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. (Central Time) debuted in April 2014, and the stations began airing WDAY's 5 p.m. (Central Time) weekday newscast in August 2014. Local cut-ins during Good Morning America are broadcast from WDAY-TV's studios. WDAY's 6 p.m. newscast debuted on September 14, 2015, with
4422-484: Was transported from WDAY-TV's studios to Bismarck via leased microwave relay bandwidth furnished by Prairie Public Broadcasting 's statewide digital terrestrial microwave network (the only permanent full-time video link from Fargo to Bismarck for television broadcasting). The signal was then sent to KXMB from Prairie Public via fiber-optic line , where it then is exported via a studio to transmitter link (STL) from KXMB's studios to KBMY and KMCY's transmitters. As part of
4489-405: Was unable to beat KUSA and KCNC, the former of which had overtaken KMGH for first and the latter for second in most timeslots in the ratings by this point. On July 15, 2002, KMGH-TV became the first major market television station in the world to broadcast fully automated newscasts. A computer system, known as ParkerVision, combines the work of several technical personnel in a program requiring just
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