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KMNF-LD
Channels
Branding
  • KEYC; KEYC CW (on LD2)
  • KEYC News Now(newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KEYC-TV
History
First air date
  • March 2012;12 years ago(2012-03)(as a KEYC-TV translator inSt. James, Minnesota;license moved to Mankato in 2019)
  • December 1, 2019;4 years ago(2019-12-01)(as a separate station)
Former call signs
  • K38MY-D (2011–2019)
  • K13AAR-D (CP/STA,2018–2019)
  • K07AAH-D (CP, 2019)
Former channel number(s)
  • Digital:38 (UHF,2012–2018), 7 (VHF, 2018–2024)
  • Virtual:12 (2012–2017)
  • CBSandFox(as translator of KEYC-TV, 2012–2017)
  • Dark(2017–2019)
  • Circle(DT3, 2022–2023)
Call signmeaning
Mankato,New Ulm,andFairmont[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID183814
ClassLD
ERP3kW
HAAT292.7 m (960 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°56′12.3″N94°24′39″W/ 43.936750°N 94.41083°W/43.936750; -94.41083
Translator(s)K33MW-D Mankato
Links
Public license information
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KMNF-LD(channel 7) is alow-power television stationinMankato, Minnesota,United States, affiliated withNBCandThe CW Plus.It is owned byGray Televisionalongside dualCBSandFoxaffiliateKEYC-TV(channel 12). The two stations share studios on Lookout Drive inNorth Mankato;KMNF-LD's transmitter is located nearLewisville, Minnesota.[4]

History

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The KMNF-LD license originated as K38MY-D inSt. James, Minnesota,atranslatorfor KEYC-TV (then owned byUnited Communications) onUHFchannel 38[5]that signed on in March 2012.[6]K38MY-D went off the air on December 21, 2017, after the expiration of its tower lease agreement with BENCO/CTV; KEYC had operated UHF translators from Cooperative TV'sGodahltower since 1993.[7]

On September 14, 2018, K38MY-D was granted aconstruction permitto move to channel 13 from KEYC-TV's tower as K13AAR-D;[8]the channel change was required following theFederal Communications Commission(FCC)'sspectrum incentive auctionand the subsequent repacking of the television band.[9]To maintain its license, the station operated underspecial temporary authorityat reduced power from this facility[9]from November 29[10]to December 6, 2018.[11]

K13AAR-D was included in Gray Television's 2019 purchase of United Communications' television stations.[12]

On May 23, 2019, the station was granted a construction permit to move to channel 7 as K07AAH-D;[13]on June 3, 2019, the call letters were changed to KMNF-LD, a close match for thoseoriginally proposedfor sister station KEYC-TV in 1958.[14]

On June 24, 2019, Gray announced that KMNF-LD would launch as early as September as an NBC affiliate, with The CW on its second subchannel.[4][15]KEYC-TV itself had launched in 1960 as an NBC affiliate, switching to CBS in 1961.[4]For the next 58 years after that, NBC programming was not available over-the-air in the Mankato market. Since 1981, Minneapolis affiliateKAREand Rochester affiliateKTTChad served as the default NBC affiliates for southwestern Minnesota via cable. KMNF-LD's sign-on leaves ABC and PBS as the only networks to not have over-the-air affiliates in Mankato; ABC programming is carried on cable viaKSTP-TVandKAAL,and PBS programming carried viaKTCA-TV;with KSTP and KTCA being carried on CTV translators K30FN-D (KSTP) and K26CS-D (KTCA) in St. James.[16][17][18][19]

Testing on KMNF-LD began on October 28, 2019.[20]The station officiallysigned onDecember 1, 2019.[21]

On January 17, 2023, KMNF-LD began broadcasting translator K33MW-D from the KEYC-TV studio tower.[22]

Newscasts

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Further information:KEYC-TV § Newscasts

KMNF-LD began simulcasting some KEYC newscasts on December 2, 2019.KEYC News Now This Morningairs weekdays from 5:30 to 7 a.m. on both KEYC-TV and KMNF-LD. The stations also simulcast the 10 p.m. news on weeknights, with each station airing separate commercials during each simulcast.

On February 21, 2022, KMNF-LD began simulcasting KEYC's 6 p.m. newscast.

On September 3, 2023, KMNF-LD beganairinga 5 p.m newscast on Sunday evenings.

Subchannels

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The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KMNF-LD[23]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
7.1 1080i 16:9 KMNFLD1 NBC
7.2 720p KMNFLD2 The CW Plus
7.3 KMNFLD3 The365

References

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  1. ^"Displacement Application of Licensed Digital Low Power Television Station"(PDF).fcc.gov.RetrievedDecember 16,2023.
  2. ^Arola, Brian (June 24, 2019)."KEYC adding NBC programming in late 2019".Mankato Free Press.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  3. ^"Facility Technical Data for KMNF-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^abcKeegan, Mitch (June 24, 2019)."KEYC-TV adding 2 more network affiliates this fall".KEYC-TV.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  5. ^Ellis, Jon (June 24, 2019)."Gray TV To Add NBC, CW Affiliations in Mankato".RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  6. ^"Application for a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booston Station License".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.March 26, 2012.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  7. ^Keegan, Mitch (December 21, 2017)."Translator Changes May Impact Some Over-the-Air Viewers of KEYC News 12".KEYC.Archived fromthe originalon June 25, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  8. ^"Displacement for LPTV Translator Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.May 5, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  9. ^ab"LPTV Translator Engineering STA Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.November 13, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  10. ^"Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Translator Station Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.November 29, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  11. ^"Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Translator Station Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.December 11, 2018.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  12. ^Ellis, Jon (June 24, 2019)."Gray TV Buys Mankato Station, First in Minnesota".RetrievedFebruary 8,2019.
  13. ^"Displacement for LPTV Translator Application".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.April 22, 2019.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  14. ^"Call Sign History (KMNF-LD)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJune 25,2019.
  15. ^"CW PLUS Market Clearance (as of September 1, 2019)"(PDF).© 2019 The CW Television Network.RetrievedJuly 30,2018.
  16. ^"RabbitEars.Info".rabbitears.info.
  17. ^"RabbitEars.Info".rabbitears.info.
  18. ^The Webpage of Cooperative TV (CTV)
  19. ^CTV Channel Listing via the Cooperative TV (CTV) Website
  20. ^Keegan, Mitch."Testing underway on new NBC, CW affiliates".KEYC News 12.RetrievedOctober 30,2019.
  21. ^Keegan, Mitch."Programming to start soon for NBC, CW".KEYC News 12.RetrievedNovember 15,2019.
  22. ^Keegan, Mitch (January 13, 2023)."New translator added for KMNF in North Mankato".KEYC News Now.Gray Television.RetrievedJanuary 17,2023.
  23. ^"RabbitEars TV Query for KMNF".RabbitEars.info.RetrievedJune 17,2024.
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