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45-874: WFTC (channel 9.2) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota , United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet KMSP-TV (channel 9). Both stations share studios on Viking Drive in Eden Prairie , while WFTC's transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota . WFTC rebroadcasts its signal on full-power satellite station KFTC (channel 26) in Bemidji (with transmitter near Lake Bemidji State Park) and several low-power repeaters across Minnesota, including

90-577: A barter in some cases. KTTW KTTW (channel 7) is a religious television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , United States, owned and operated by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) with transmitter in Rowena, South Dakota . It is rebroadcast on KTTM in Huron , whose transmitter is located near Alpena, South Dakota . KTTM covers areas of south-central and southeastern South Dakota that receive

135-731: A companion digital channel prior to the digital transition) flash-cut to digital on its former analog channel assignment of UHF channel 26. In addition to the main transmitter in Shoreview and full-power KFTC-DT1 in Bemidji, KMSP/WFTC's signal is relayed to outlying parts of Minnesota through a network of translators . The following translators rebroadcast WFTC: The following translators rebroadcast KMSP-TV: The following translators rebroadcast KFTC: Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,

180-482: A marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KTTW. Established as a Fox affiliate on channel 17 in 1987, KTTW was the fourth commercial station to be built in Sioux Falls and the first Fox affiliate in the state. KTTM went on the air in 1991. Its owner, Independent Communications, Inc., sold the programming and Fox affiliation, as well as its five dependent translators, to Gray Television in 2020, resulting in

225-415: 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

270-495: A new network called MyNetworkTV , with WFTC and the other Fox-owned UPN stations (plus included in this deal is a Fox-owned independent station in Dallas-Fort Worth ) as the nuclei. On June 2, 2006, WFTC officially changed its branding to "My29", following its impending switch to the newly launched Fox-owned network. Although MyNetworkTV announced its launch date to be September 5, UPN continued to broadcast on stations across

315-506: A new network that would carry programs from both networks, The CW. Despite affiliating with most of CBS Corporation's UPN stations and Tribune Broadcasting 's WB stations, Fox's UPN affiliates were not included in the new network. Although The CW did not sign its Twin Cities' affiliate until May 2006 (when KMWB-TV, which changed its calls to WUCW by the network's launch in September, was announced as

360-433: A nonprofit entity in the near future". On February 10, 2021, it was announced that Marion, Illinois –based Tri-State Christian Television would acquire the license assets of KTTW/KTTM for $ 850,000. The transaction was completed on December 21; the stations switched to TCT programming the next day. KTTW and KTTM both broadcast TCT and additional national multicast channels: Both stations shut down their analog signals for

405-426: A package of regular season games and the conference championship series; these games are simulcast with Big Ten Plus . Clear Channel started a news department for the station shortly before selling the station to Fox. As a Fox affiliate, WFTC launched an hour-long prime time newscast at 9 p.m. on April 23, 2001, where it faced competition from KMSP's established hour-long news program. After Fox assumed control of

450-624: A result, the virtual channels of WFTC changed to 9. On February 5, 2009, WFTC's Bemidji-based satellite station KFTC began broadcasting its signal in digital only. WFTC shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 21 to former UHF analog channel 29 for post-transition operations, while KFTC (which did not receive

495-425: 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

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540-496: 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,

585-470: 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

630-792: 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

675-594: The 1994 season , channel 29 succeeded WCCO-TV as the unofficial home station of the team. It would hold this role until the end of the 2001 season (since 2002 , most games are broadcast on KMSP-TV). In fall 2023, WFTC became the official media outlet for the University of St. Thomas Tommies athletics teams. The station broadcasts select home competitions for the football, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's hockey teams. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association also reached an agreement with WFTC to carry

720-542: The Mankato market (via K23MF-D in nearby St. James through the local municipal -operated Cooperative TV (CTV) network of translators), as that area does not have a MyNetworkTV affiliate of its own. The station signed on air in October 1982 as WFBT (for "Family Bible Television"). Channel 29 originally maintained a schedule offering reruns of classic family-oriented series and Christian -based religious programming . The station

765-539: The Minnesota Timberwolves , carrying a select number of games along with KSTP-TV (channel 5) as well as NBC affiliate KARE (channel 11). The team's relationship with the station would end after the 1993–94 season , when the team's over-the-air broadcasts moved to KLGT-TV (channel 23, now CW affiliate WUCW ). With the Fox network gaining rights to NFL games ( NFC games, and with it, Minnesota Vikings games) in

810-405: 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

855-534: 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

900-627: 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

945-461: The country until September 15, 2006. While some UPN affiliates that switched to MyNetworkTV aired the final two weeks of UPN's programming outside its regular prime time slot, the Fox-owned stations (including WFTC) dropped the network entirely on August 31, 2006. On September 9, 2006, WFTC began carrying the 4Kids TV lineup for the first time since 2002, when the station was a Fox affiliate airing what

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990-884: The eastern side of the Mississippi River . The station later relocated its operations to a new studio located on Broadway Street Northeast in Minneapolis. Until 1998, it served as the de facto Fox affiliate for almost all of Minnesota; the state's other two markets, Duluth and Rochester , did not have Fox affiliates of their own until KXLT-TV in Rochester joined the network in 1998, and KQDS-TV debuted in Duluth one year later. Most areas in western Minnesota received Fox programming from Fargo, North Dakota 's KVRR or Sioux Falls, South Dakota 's KTTW . As part of its liquidation of its broadcasting interests, Nationwide Communications sold

1035-573: The establishment of Fox Sioux Falls, a subchannel of KDLT-TV . It then sold the KTTW and KTTM facilities and licenses to Radiant Life Ministries, a sister company of TCT. After applying on June 1, 1984, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Family Broadcasting Company, Inc., of Fairfield, Iowa , a construction permit to build a new commercial television station on channel 17 in Sioux Falls in November of that year. Work began in earnest in 1986, and

1080-420: 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

1125-400: 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

1170-419: 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

1215-618: The market's second mainstream independent station (and first on the UHF dial), airing syndicated programs such as The Beverly Hillbillies , Batman and Star Trek . It also acquired broadcast rights to the NHL 's Minnesota North Stars , as well as University of Minnesota college football games. In 1985, BHHC sold the station to Nationwide Communications , the broadcasting subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio –based Nationwide Insurance . In 1988, KMSP-TV ended its affiliation with Fox , disappointed with

1260-470: The network's local affiliate-through an affiliation deal by its parent, Sinclair Broadcast Group ), WFTC joined other Fox-owned UPN stations in scrubbing all UPN branding the following day, becoming branded as simply "WFTC 29". It also stopped promoting UPN programming outside of network hours. On February 22, less than a month after the announcement of The CW, Fox announced that it would (in conjunction with its syndication division Twentieth Television ) launch

1305-430: The network's weak programming offerings that were bogging down the station's otherwise successful general entertainment lineup. Fox then shifted its affiliation to KITN, which adopted the moniker "Fox 29". The station again changed its call sign to WFTC on October 1, 1994 (for "We're Fox Twin Cities"), with the additional change using the "W" first-letter identifier over the "K", allowed for by its transmitter location on

1350-476: 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

1395-432: The station began broadcasting on May 29, 1987. Family Broadcasting soon reorganized as Independent Communications, Inc. Upon sign-on, channel 17 affiliated with Fox , which had launched its prime time schedule only a month earlier. However, Fox did not consider itself a network at the time, but a "satellite-delivered national program service" that only carried programming on weekends. Thus, for all intents and purposes, KTTW

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1440-686: The station had turned the corner from what Elmen would recall as "a couple years of H-E-double-L" financially. The station moved to offices on West 11th Street in 1995, which it would occupy for 25 years. In 1997, Poppen resigned, citing differences with the majority stakeholders. After the digital television transition , in 2009, KTTW changed its branding from its former analog channel 17 to its digital physical channel of 7. On November 2, 2020, KTTW's non-license assets were purchased by Gray Television , owner of ABC affiliate KSFY-TV (channel 13) and NBC affiliate KDLT-TV (channel 46); Fox programming moved to KDLT on digital subchannel 46.2. Cozi TV , which

1485-526: The station in high definition. The Minneapolis–St. Paul market is unique in that all three television duopolies in the market, which besides KMSP/WFTC, include Twin Cities PBS stations KTCA/KTCI and Hubbard Broadcasting 's KSTP and KSTC , have merged their various signals onto the same VHF channel slots for easier viewer reference (with all but KMSP-TV transmitting on UHF). KMSP and WFTC unified all of their over-the-air channels as virtual subchannels of KMSP. As

1530-699: The station to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia ) in 1993 (it was the last remaining television station under Nationwide's ownership, the company having sold its other three stations, all of which were affiliated with ABC , to Young Broadcasting the year before). In 2001, Clear Channel traded the station to Fox Television Stations for KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV ) in San Antonio and KTVX in Salt Lake City . Both stations were acquired by Fox through its purchase of Chris-Craft Industries ' broadcast properties, which included then- UPN affiliate KMSP-TV. WFTC became

1575-482: The station to give viewers a chance to see programming that had previously only been seen on cable, particularly children's programming. By then, the station had significantly upgraded its programming, airing both Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as Minnesota Twins baseball and Minnesota Timberwolves basketball. On August 31, 1991, KTTM signed on, expanding coverage to cities including Huron and Mitchell . By this time,

1620-415: The station, the station's news department was integrated with that of KMSP, and its late newscast was moved to 10 p.m. and shortened to 30 minutes. Though this move protected new sister station KMSP, WFTC now faced stiff competition from late evening newscasts on KARE , KSTP-TV and WCCO-TV. Channel 29's 10 p.m. newscast was eventually canceled due to low ratings, airing its final edition on June 30, 2006;

1665-405: The third station in the area to be owned-and-operated by a major network, but since KMSP had higher ratings and a stronger signal than WFTC, Fox switched the affiliations of the two stations on September 8, 2002: Fox programming returned to KMSP, while WFTC affiliated with UPN. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Time Warner announced that UPN and The WB would shut down and be replaced by

1710-481: The timeslot was then replaced by syndicated programming. The 10 p.m. news program was then moved to KMSP as part of an expanded late news block. Some members of WFTC's on-air staff were retained by KMSP's news department. In February 2022, WFTC began simulcasting programming from Fox Weather . This programming airs from 10 to 11 a.m. on weekdays, and from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays. The signal of KMSP-TV contains six subchannels, while WFTC's signal contains four. Through

1755-748: The use of virtual channels , WFTC's subchannels are associated with channel 9. In November 2009, KMSP began broadcasting a standard definition simulcast of WFTC on its second subchannel (virtual channel 29.2), with WFTC's adding a standard definition simulcast of KMSP on its second subchannel (virtual channel 9.2) in turn. This ensures the reception of both stations, even in cases where the digital channels that KMSP and WFTC operate are not actually receivable. On June 19, 2014, KMSP-TV announced plans that, effective June 24, 2014, they would broadcast their 9.1 virtual channel via RF channel 29 (with RF channel 9 mapping to 9.9) to take advantage of its broader coverage area and allow viewers with UHF-only antennas to receive

1800-399: 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

1845-399: Was also carried on KTTW, moved to subchannel 46.4. KTTW and KTTM's main channels began carrying This TV . Independent also sold five translators of KTTW, at Aberdeen , Brookings , Pierre , Watertown , and Worthington, Minnesota , to Gray for $ 1. According to a local business publication, Independent Communications was exiting television altogether and intended to sell or donate KTTW "to

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1890-543: Was programmed as an independent, as was the case with most early Fox affiliates. It filled the weekday schedule with cartoons, home shopping shows, and fare from the Hit Video USA service and American Christian Television System . Chuck Poppen was the general manager, with rental company owner Jim Elmen as the major financial backer of the venture; the Elmens would own 89 percent of KTTW. Elmen recalled in 1991 that he bought into

1935-685: Was started by a group led by Danny Koker, a gospel musician and father of Danny Koker II, star of History 's Counting Cars . It first operated from studio facilities located on Aspen Lane North in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota . On May 6, 1984, the station was sold to the Beverly Hills Hotel Corporation, headed by prominent arbitrageur Ivan Boesky , who changed its call letters to KITN-TV (which although it actually stood for "Independent Twenty-Nine", colloquially meant " Kitten " as in, "The KITN That Roars!"). At that time, it transitioned into

1980-674: 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

2025-473: Was then Fox Kids . The station continues to air the Weekend Marketplace infomercial block on Saturday mornings while sister station KMSP aired Xploration Station which started in the fall of 2014. On August 11, 2017, WFTC rebranded as "Fox 9+", as a brand extension of KMSP-TV, and debuted a half-hour 7 p.m. newscast. Upon the team's founding in 1989, the station acquired the broadcast rights to

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