KTTC
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HAAT | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°34′15″N 92°25′38″W / 43.57083°N 92.42722°W |
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Website | kttc |
KTTC (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Rochester, Minnesota, United States, serving Southeast Minnesota and Northern Iowa as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television, which provides certain services to Fox affiliate KXLT-TV (channel 47) and Telemundo affiliate KXSH-LD (channel 35) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The stations share studios in Rochester on Bandel Road Northwest along US 52, and also maintain an advertising sales office on Lakeview Drive in Clear Lake, Iowa, that serves Mason City.[3] KTTC's transmitter is located south of Ostrander, Minnesota, near the Fillmore–Mower county line.
History
The station launched on July 14, 1953, under the
In 1976, due to
In 2001, Quincy bought Shockley Communications (then owner of KXLT). However, Quincy could not buy KXLT due to FCC rules governing duopolies. The FCC does not allow two of the four highest-rated stations to be owned by one company. Additionally, Rochester–Austin–Mason City has only six full-power stations, not enough to legally permit a duopoly in any case. Nevertheless, Quincy took over KXLT's operations under a shared services agreement. In 2002, KTTC relocated from its longtime studios on First Avenue Southwest in Downtown Rochester to its current location on Bandel Road in North Rochester, the then-current offices for KXLT. Shockley would later sell the Fox station to SagamoreHill Broadcasting in 2005 which continued the operational agreement with Quincy.[9]
In November 2011, the former KTTC studio on First Avenue SW was demolished to clear the way for the University of Minnesota Rochester's future campus.[10] The City of Rochester sold that property and the Fourth Street Boxing Gym and a small halal market were included in the deal. They were also demolished.
On February 1, 2021,
News operation
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In addition to its main studios, KTTC operates an Austin bureau, within the Riverland Community College campus, on 8th Avenue Northwest.
As of September 2022, KTTC presently broadcasts 28 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours each weekday and 1+1⁄2 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).[13]
Through a news share agreement in place since 2001, KTTC produces a half-hour prime time newscast on KXLT seen Sunday through Thursday nights. Known as Fox 47 News at Nine, the program originates from a secondary set at the Bandel Road Northwest studios. It features a unique graphics package and news music theme that is different from KTTC. KXLT uses most of this NBC outlet's on-air personnel but maintains separate news anchors who can report for KTTC. At some point in 2009, KIMT added the market's second prime time local news show at 9 to its MyNetworkTV-affiliated second digital subchannel. This newscast could be seen for a half hour competing with KXLT's broadcast. Eventually, the effort would be reduced to a five-minute weather cut-in featuring an updated forecast.
On June 12, 2009, KIMT became the market's first television station to upgrade local newscast production to
On July 28, 2014, KXLT debuted a weekday morning show known as Fox in the Morning (that is produced by KTTC). Airing for thirty minutes at 8 a.m., the program was formatted like a magazine with lifestyle, cooking, and style segments although there are local weather updates featured in the show. Eventually, this broadcast may be extended into the 7 o'clock hour to offer a true local alternative to the national
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KTTCNBC | NBC |
10.2 | 720p | KTTCCW | The CW Plus | |
10.3 | 480i | HandI | Heroes & Icons | |
10.4 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
10.5 | Crime | True Crime Network | ||
10.6 | Outlaw | Outlaw
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KTTC offered Minnesota's first full-power digital signal in 2000.[citation needed]
Former translators
In the
KTTC's other two analog translators, in Winona (K62EV channel 62) and Blue Earth (K70DR channel 70), both left the air on December 29, 2011, due to the end of broadcasting on channels above 51 (K70DR in particular was one of the few remaining stations still operating on channel 70, which was phased out starting in 1983).[19]
References
- ^ "TV Guide: Northwest Edition".
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTTC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KXLT - TV FOX 47". clearlakeiowa.com.
- ^ "TV Guide: Northwest Edition".
- ^ "KTTC-TV has ended its analog signal. Call 800-288-1656 or 888-CALL-FCC with questions or click here for more information - KTTC Rochester, Austin, Mason City News, Weather and Sports". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ TV's digital conversion begins in Rochester[permanent dead link], Post-Bulletin, February 17, 2009
- ^ "KTTC-TV has ended its analog signal. Call 800-288-1656 or 888-CALL-FCC with questions or click here for more information". kttc.com. February 4, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ Congress postpones DTV transition, but KTTC-TV, KXLT will end analog broadcasting Feb. 17 Archived February 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, KTTC-TV, February 4, 2009
- ^ "Shockley Communications Corporation - Television". sccweb.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000.
- ^ "News, weather, sports | Rochester Minnesota".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (February 1, 2021). "Gray Television Acquires Quincy Media For $925 Million In Cash". Deadline. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- Globe Newswire. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Watch Live". www.kttc.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "New Fox show seeks morning viewers". PostBulletin.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
- RabbitEars.info.
- ^ "LaCrosse / Wausau, WI - HDTV - Page 47 - AVS - Home Theater Discussions And Reviews". avsforum.com.
- ^ "LaCrosse / Wausau, WI - HDTV - Page 47 - AVS - Home Theater Discussions And Reviews". avsforum.com.
- ^ "WEAU 13 News is offering new channels starting August 2; rescan required". weau.com.
- ^ "Re: K62EV, Winona, Minnesota…K70DR, Blue Earth, Minnesota…". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- KTTC History. Archived February 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- G. David Gentling. Archived February 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
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