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KSFY-TV
Channels
Branding
  • KSFY(general)
  • Dakota News Now (newscasts)
  • MeTV Sioux Falls(on DT3)
Programming
Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KDLT, KDLV
History
First air date
July 31, 1960(63 years ago)(1960-07-31)
Former call signs
KSOO-TV (1960–1974)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:13 (VHF, 1960–2009)
  • Digital:29 (UHF,until 2009)
  • NBC(1960–1983)
  • ABC (secondary 1960–1969)
Call signmeaning
Sioux Falls, disambiguation of last call letter for former owner Forum's flagship stationWDAY
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID48658
ERP22.7kW
HAAT610 m (2,001 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°31′7″N96°32′5.7″W/ 43.51861°N 96.534917°W/43.51861; -96.534917
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.dakotanewsnow

KSFY-TV(channel 13) is atelevision stationinSioux Falls, South Dakota,United States, affiliated withABC.It is owned byGray Televisionalongside dualNBCandFoxaffiliateKDLT-TV(channel 46). The two stations share studios in Courthouse Square on 1st Avenue South in Sioux Falls;[2]KSFY-TV's transmitter is located nearRowena, South Dakota.

History[edit]

The station debuted on July 31, 1960, as KSOO-TV, the second station in Sioux Falls. It was owned by the South Dakota Broadcasting Company along withKSOOradio and was anNBCaffiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. From 1960 to 1969, it operated as the flagship of a regional network with separately-owned KORN-TV inMitchell(channel 5, nowKDLT-TVon channel 46). KSOO-TV served the eastern portion of the market, while KORN-TV served the western portion. In 1969, theFederal Communications Commission(FCC) forced the breakup of this network, and KSOO-TV became the sole NBC affiliate. In 1970, it bought KXAB-TV inAberdeento boost its coverage in northeastern South Dakota. As part of the sale, KXAB's calls changed to KCOO-TV.

South Dakota Broadcasting was liquidated in 1973; the television stations had not shown a profit since 1968.[3]The television stations were bought byForum Publishing CompanyofFargo, North Dakotain 1974 and switched their call letters respectively to the current KSFY and KABY. KPRY-TV inPierrewas added a year later in 1976. In September 1983, KSFY swapped affiliations with channel 5, then recently renamed KDLT and became an ABC affiliate. ABC was the top-rated network at the time and wanted to be on a stronger station. Additionally, KSFY had three full-power transmitters to KDLT's one, and Forum's flagship stationsWDAYandWDAZin the eastern part of North Dakota were also converting to ABC affiliations at the same time.

Forum sold the KSFY stations toAFLACin 1985. In 1996, AFLAC sold its broadcasting division to Retirement Systems of Alabama, who merged it with Ellis Communications to formRaycom Media.In 2004, Raycom sold the KSFY stations to The Wicks Group of Companies.

Hoak Mediabought KSFY and its satellite stations in July 2006, as well asKVLY-TVandKXJB-TV(LMAwith Catamount Broadcasting) of Fargo andKFYR-TVofBismarck, North Dakotaand its satellite stations. The sale was approved by the FCC on November 17, 2006. On November 20, 2013, Hoak announced the sale of most of its stations, including KSFY and its satellites toGray Television.[4]The sale was completed on June 13, 2014.[5]

On May 1, 2018; Gray announced it had agreed to buy KDLT from ownerRed River Broadcastingfor $32.5 million. The combined operation would be based at KSFY's studios; in its announcement of the KDLT purchase, Gray noted that the KSFY studio has enough space to house a second station's news and sales department.[6]Gray needed to obtain a waiver in order to complete the deal, since the FCC normally does not allow one person to own two of the four highest-rated stations in a market. However, in its filing requesting such a waiver, Gray argued that KDLT would be in a stronger position to compete in the market if its resources were combined with those of KSFY. Gray contended that a KSFY/KDLT duopoly would fulfill "a dire need for an effective competitor" in the Sioux Falls market, whereKELO-TVhas been the far-and-away leader for as long as records have been kept.[7]The sale was approved by the FCC on September 24, 2019,[8]and was completed the following day.[9][10]Soon afterward, on January 13, 2020, KDLT moved its studios from South Westport Avenue to KSFY's studios on Courthouse Square.

In 2020, Gray acquired the non-license assets of area Fox affiliateKTTWand placed Fox programming on KDLT's second subchannel. This resulted in all of the network affiliations in eastern South Dakota being controlled by just two companies, Gray and KELO-TV ownerNexstar Media Group.

News operation[edit]

KSFY logo, used from 2008 to 2011.
News logo used until Fox affiliation withKDLT-TVstarted in 2020.

Currently, KSFY broadcasts a total of19+1⁄2hours of local newscasts each week with3+1⁄2hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays. KSFY has been nominated for numerous MidwestEmmy Awards.

On August 1, 2011, KSFY became the first television station in the Sioux Falls market and in the state of South Dakota to begin producing its local newscasts in high definition from their studio only and not from the field; the station unveiled a new HD-ready set, droppedAction Newsfrom its newscast and station branding, and renamed its newscasts asKSFY News(which the station used from 2004 to 2008).

With the purchase of KDLT, KSFY and KDLT merged their news operations on January 13, 2020, rebranding asDakota News Now.[11]

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KSFY-TV[12]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
13.1 720p 16:9 KSFY-TV ABC
13.2 Outlaw Outlaw
13.3 480i MeTV MeTV
13.4 T-Crime True Crime Network
13.5 StartTV Start TV
13.6 MeToons MeTV Toons

On September 10, 2012, KSFY-TV added programming from The CW on a new second digital subchannel.[13]It is part of The CW Plus,[14]and replacedKWSDas Sioux Falls' CW affiliate. As of September 2015, MeTV moved to 13.3, which also moved from KWSD.

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

KSFY-TV shut down its analog signal overVHFchannel 13 on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were totransition from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transitionUHFchannel 29 to VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations.[15]

Translators[edit]

Satellite stations[edit]

KSFY is rebroadcast on asatellite stationin central South Dakota:

Station City of license Channels
TV(RF) 		First air date Call letters' meaning ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Public license information
KPRY-TV Pierre 4
19 (UHF) 		January 30, 1976(48 years ago)(1976-01-30) Pierre 311kW 347 m (1,138 ft) 48660 44°3′7.2″N100°5′4.2″W/ 44.052000°N 100.084500°W/44.052000; -100.084500(KPRY-TV) Public file
LMS

KSFY was previously rebroadcast on a satellite station in northeastern South Dakota:

Station City of license
(other cities served) 		Channels
TV(RF) 		First air date Last air date Call letters' meaning ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
KABY-TV1 Aberdeen
(Watertown) 		9
9 (VHF) 		November 27, 1958(65 years ago)(1958-11-27) January 12, 2017(7 years ago)(2017-01-12)
(License canceled on April 6, 2018[16]) 		Aberdeen 19.4 kW 427 m (1,401 ft) 48659 45°6′22.9″N97°53′58″W/ 45.106361°N 97.89944°W/45.106361; -97.89944(KABY-TV)

Notes:

  • 1KABY-TV used the callsign KXAB-TV from its 1958 sign-on to 1970 and then KCOO-TV from 1970 to 1975. The station went silent on January 5, 2016, when its tower was taken down after failing an inspection, and again on January 12, 2017, after briefly broadcasting from a low-power facility.[17]KABY's license was returned to theFCCfor cancellation on April 6, 2018;[16]itscall signwas transferred to a Gray-ownedlow-powerstation in Sioux Falls.

Translators[edit]

KSFY is rebroadcast on the followingtranslator stations:

Until 2013, programming from KSFY was also rebroadcast on translatorK07QLin Mitchell.

Out-of-market cable coverage[edit]

Some cable systems like CSI Cable inJamestown, North Dakotadiscontinued carrying the service after January 1, 2009, due to duplication of networks already carried.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KSFY-TV".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^KSFY's new building construction begins.ArchivedApril 22, 2016, at theWayback Machine,ksfy.
  3. ^"TV License OK'd For Fargo Company".Bismarck Tribune.Associated Press. November 27, 1973. p. 11.RetrievedJuly 5,2020.
  4. ^"Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M".TVNewsCheck.November 20, 2013.RetrievedNovember 20,2013.
  5. ^Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing.,rbr, Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  6. ^"Press release announcing Gray's purchase of KDLT"(PDF).
  7. ^Request for FCC waiver
  8. ^"Memorandum Opinion and Order",Federal Communications Commission,September 24, 2019, Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. ^"Gray Television completes purchase of KDLT-TV".KSFY.Gray Television.September 25, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 25,2019.
  10. ^"Owner of KSFY-TV finalizes purchase of KDLT-TV",Argus Leader,September 25, 2019, Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  11. ^Anderson, Patrick."KSFY, KDLT to become Dakota News Now".Argus Leader.RetrievedJanuary 13,2020.
  12. ^"RabbitEars TV Query for KSFY".rabbitears.info.
  13. ^KSFY Sioux Falls Adding CW On Subchannel,TVNewsCheck,June 4, 2012.
  14. ^"RabbitEars.Info".
  15. ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 29, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2012.
  16. ^ab"Licensing and Management System".enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov.
  17. ^"Broadcasting News-January 2017".northpine.

External links[edit]

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