KIMT-DT2
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KIMT-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV
-affiliated television station
for the Driftless Area of North Central Iowa
and Southeastern Minnesota
. The station is a second digital subchannel
of CBS
affiliate KIMT
owned by New Vision Television
. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 42.2 (virtual channel
3.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Meyer, Iowa
(between Stacyville
and McIntire
) south of the Minnesota
state line. Known on-air as My 3.2, this can also be seen on Mediacom
digital channel 103 and Charter
digital channel 391.
KIMT-DT2's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa
and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota
. Syndicated
programming on the station includes How I Met Your Mother
, My Name Is Earl
, Everybody Hates Chris
, and Star Trek: The Next Generation
among others. Each day early in the morning, KIMT-DT2 simulcasts "KIMT 24/7 Weather Now" which can be seen full-time on KIMT-DT3. The simulcast extends for a longer period on weekends.
Unlike most CBS affiliates, KIMT does not air a full two-hour weekday morning show on its main channel. Therefore, My Morning News on My 3.2 can be considered this additional half-hour. Although the main channel airs local newscasts in 16x9 enhanced definition widescreen
with some parts in full high definition, the shows seen on KIMT-DT2 can only be seen in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition due to its aspect ratio
and video resolution format.
News team
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Driftless Area of North Central Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
and Southeastern Minnesota
Southeast Minnesota
Southeast Minnesota is the corner of Minnesota south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area extending east, and part of the multi-state area known as the Driftless Area. Rochester is the largest city in the area; other major cities include Winona, Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, Austin, and Red...
. The station is a second digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
of CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KIMT
KIMT
KIMT is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Driftless Area of North Central Iowa and Southeastern Minnesota. Licensed to Mason City, Iowa, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 42 from a transmitter near Meyer, Iowa south of the Minnesota state line...
owned by New Vision Television
New Vision Television
New Vision Television is a broadcast company based in Los Angeles, California. The company owns or manages 18 television stations in medium sized markets.-New Vision I:...
. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 42.2 (virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
3.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Meyer, Iowa
Mitchell County, Iowa
-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 10,776 in the county, with a population density of . There were 4,850 housing units, of which 4,395 were occupied.-2000 census:According to the U.S...
(between Stacyville
Stacyville, Iowa
Stacyville is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stacyville is located at ....
and McIntire
McIntire, Iowa
McIntire is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 173 at the 2000 census.-Geography:McIntire is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
) south of the Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
state line. Known on-air as My 3.2, this can also be seen on Mediacom
Mediacom
Mediacom is a cable television and communications provider in the United States. Founded in July 1995, it serves primarily smaller markets in the Midwest and Southern United States. Formerly a publicly traded firm, it went private in a $600.0 million transaction in March 2011 and is, as of 2011,...
digital channel 103 and Charter
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
digital channel 391.
KIMT-DT2's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa
Mason City, Iowa
Mason City is the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 28,079 in the 2010 census, a decline from 29,172 in the 2000 census. The Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Cerro Gordo and Worth counties....
and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea is a city in and the county seat of Freeborn County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 18,016 at the 2010 census....
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on the station includes How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
, Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
, and Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
among others. Each day early in the morning, KIMT-DT2 simulcasts "KIMT 24/7 Weather Now" which can be seen full-time on KIMT-DT3. The simulcast extends for a longer period on weekends.
Newscasts
In 2009, KIMT added three newscasts to this MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel. This included a half-hour extension to its weekday morning show at 7 (known as My Morning News on My 3.2), a repeat of the thirty minute weekday noon broadcast at 12:30 (called KIMT News 3 Midday on My 3.2), and prime time newscast weeknights at 9 (known as My Primetime News at 9). Eventually, the half-hour weeknight show was reduced to a five minute cut-in featuring an updated weather forecast.Unlike most CBS affiliates, KIMT does not air a full two-hour weekday morning show on its main channel. Therefore, My Morning News on My 3.2 can be considered this additional half-hour. Although the main channel airs local newscasts in 16x9 enhanced definition widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
with some parts in full high definition, the shows seen on KIMT-DT2 can only be seen in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition due to its aspect ratio
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
and video resolution format.
News team
- Sarah Danik - weekday morning and 12:30 news anchor (also producer at 12:30)
- Jaime Copley - News DirectorNews DirectorA news director is an individual at a broadcast station or network or a newspaper who is in charge of the news department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalists, news presenters, photographers, copy writers, television producers,...
also occasional fill-in news anchor and reporter- "Forever Families" segment producer
- Kay Schaefer - weekday morning and 12:30 meteorologist
- Adam Frederick - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights
- Jenna Lee - weekday morning news anchor
- Matt Biermann - sports reporter
- Amy Fleming - health reporter
- SaVannah Reading - reporter
- Jon Theuer - photojournalist
- Raquel Hellman - reporter
- Tyler Mickelson - reporter
- Shane Delaney - reporter
- Natalie Tendall - reporter
- Gwen Siewert - reporter
- Beth Tuttle - reporter