KOTA-TV
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KOTA-TV, channel
3, is an ABC
television affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota
, USA
. The station is owned by the Duhamel family of Rapid City. Its current slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." Its transmitter is located in Rapid City, while its studios are located in downtown Rapid City along with radio stations KOTA
, KQRQ
, KZZI
, KDDX
and KZLK
.
Through the use of three satellite stations
, KOTA-TV serves a large area in western South Dakota
, eastern Montana
, eastern Wyoming
and the Nebraska
panhandle. It calls its vast coverage area "KOTA Territory."
affiliate. It was owned by Rapid City businesswoman Helen Duhamel along with CBS Radio Network
affiliate KOTA (1380 AM). Duhamel bought a minority stake in the radio station in 1943 and gradually expanded her holdings until she bought full control in 1954. Her family continues to own and operate the stations today; Helen's son William Duhamel has been KOTA-TV's president and general manager since 1976.
When KRSD-TV, the original channel 7 in Rapid City, signed on in 1958, it took the NBC
affiliation, sharing ABC with KOTA-TV. In 1965, channel 3 took on an unusual "joint primary" affiliation with CBS and ABC, slightly favoring CBS. It was certainly quite a struggle to fit as many network shows as possible onto the schedule, especially in the daytime, so KRSD-TV had to take up some of the slack. But channel 7 always had a painfully weak signal which, by 1966, had deteriorated to the point of unacceptability. KRSD-TV finally gave up and ceased operations on December 31, 1971.
Fortunately for KOTA-TV, the original Prime Time Access Rule
had taken effect by this time, which made it easier for the station to clear shows from both CBS and ABC. From January 1972 until June 1976, KOTA had only PBS
station KBHE-TV
(channel 9) as a competitor; NBC had to be piped in on cable from KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV
) in Denver
.
The coverage of KOTA-TV satellite KDUH-TV in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
clashed with the coverage of KSTF, a satellite of KYCU-TV (now KGWN-TV
) in Cheyenne
, especially with CBS programs. In February 1976, the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) awarded a channel 7 license to KEVN-TV
, in order to relieve KOTA of its heavy network load and to end the duplication problem in Scottsbluff. When KEVN opened on July 11, 1976, it took all CBS programming. KOTA and its satellites became primary ABC affiliates. As consolation, both stations added secondary NBC affiliations.
Then in November 1988, KELO-TV
in Sioux Falls
put a Rapid City satellite of its own on the air, KCLO-TV on channel 15, which took the CBS affiliation. KOTA-TV then became a full-time ABC affiliate, leaving KEVN with NBC; KEVN switched to Fox
in 1995 as part of the U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994.
In 2009, KOTA-TV and its satellite stations added the Retro Television Network
and This TV
on their digital subchannels. In 2011, Retro Television was replaced by Me-TV on KOTA-TV and its satellite stations.
KDUH-TV is a semi-satellite of KOTA-TV, airing separate commercials. It once produced its own full-length newscasts as well. However, due to recent cutbacks, KDUH's newscasts have been reduced to inserts in KOTA-TV's newscasts. KHSD-TV and KSGW-TV are full repeaters of KOTA-TV.
KDUH-TV is one of two ABC affiliates on Dish Network
's Cheyenne-Scottsbluff local feed. The other is KTWO-TV
in Casper
, which is carried on KLWY
's digital subcarrier.
When KHSD was being launched, the Duhamels made a deal with KDIX-TV in Dickinson, North Dakota
(now KXMA) to provide programming for that station, as KDIX was close enough to Dickinson that its engineers would be able to pick up KHSD's signal. Consequently, KDIX was practically a satellite of KOTA from November 1966 until KEVN signed on nearly a decade later.
KSGW airs local Sheridan commercials alongside other network ads. Newscasts feature spliced in weather forecasts specifically for Northeastern Wyoming. The Sheridan office for KOTA often produces local news segments that air periodically on the main network-wide newscast.
KOTA has a construction permit from the FCC to operate a fill-in translator on channel 18 that will serve the immediate part of the Rapid City area.
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
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Virtual channel
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3, is an ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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television affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The station is owned by the Duhamel family of Rapid City. Its current slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." Its transmitter is located in Rapid City, while its studios are located in downtown Rapid City along with radio stations KOTA
KOTA (AM)
KOTA is a radio station licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota. The station is owned by the Duhamel family of Rapid City...
, KQRQ
KQRQ
KQRQ, known as "Q92.3", is a radio station that airs a classic hits format in Rapid City, South Dakota.-External links:*...
, KZZI
KZZI
KZZI is a radio station licensed to serve Belle Fourche, South Dakota, serving the Rapid City, South Dakota market. The station is owned by Duhamel Broadcasting and licensed to Western South Dakota Broadcasting, LLC...
, KDDX
KDDX
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and KZLK
KZLK
KZLK is an American radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 106.3 MHz in the city of Rapid City, South Dakota. The station's programming is called "She 106.3", which is a hot AC format.-History:...
.
Through the use of three satellite stations
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
, KOTA-TV serves a large area in western South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, eastern Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, eastern Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
and the Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
panhandle. It calls its vast coverage area "KOTA Territory."
History
KOTA-TV debuted on the air on July 1, 1955 as the second television station in South Dakota, and the first in the western part of the state. It originally carried programming from all three networks, though it was a primary CBSCBS
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. It was owned by Rapid City businesswoman Helen Duhamel along with CBS Radio Network
CBS Radio Network
The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by CBS Corporation, and operated by CBS Radio ....
affiliate KOTA (1380 AM). Duhamel bought a minority stake in the radio station in 1943 and gradually expanded her holdings until she bought full control in 1954. Her family continues to own and operate the stations today; Helen's son William Duhamel has been KOTA-TV's president and general manager since 1976.
When KRSD-TV, the original channel 7 in Rapid City, signed on in 1958, it took the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliation, sharing ABC with KOTA-TV. In 1965, channel 3 took on an unusual "joint primary" affiliation with CBS and ABC, slightly favoring CBS. It was certainly quite a struggle to fit as many network shows as possible onto the schedule, especially in the daytime, so KRSD-TV had to take up some of the slack. But channel 7 always had a painfully weak signal which, by 1966, had deteriorated to the point of unacceptability. KRSD-TV finally gave up and ceased operations on December 31, 1971.
Fortunately for KOTA-TV, the original Prime Time Access Rule
Prime Time Access Rule
The Prime Time Access Rule was instituted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1970 to restrict the amount of network broadcast programming that a local television station, Owned-and-operated station by or affiliated with a television network may air during "prime time"...
had taken effect by this time, which made it easier for the station to clear shows from both CBS and ABC. From January 1972 until June 1976, KOTA had only PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
station KBHE-TV
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
South Dakota Public Broadcasting, or SDPB for short, is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service Non-commercial educational Public television and NPR radio stations serving the state of South Dakota. The stations are operated by the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunication, a...
(channel 9) as a competitor; NBC had to be piped in on cable from KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated station television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by CBS Television Stations, Inc. KCNC broadcasts on UHF channel 35 from Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado.- Digital programming :...
) in Denver
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
.
The coverage of KOTA-TV satellite KDUH-TV in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska....
clashed with the coverage of KSTF, a satellite of KYCU-TV (now KGWN-TV
KGWN-TV
KGWN-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Cheyenne, Wyoming. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter in unincorporated Laramie County, west of Cheyenne, between I-80/US 30 and WYO 225. The station can also be seen on Bresnan Communications...
) in Cheyenne
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
, especially with CBS programs. In February 1976, the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) awarded a channel 7 license to KEVN-TV
KEVN-TV
KEVN-TV, channel 7, is a Fox television station affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota. It also operates a satellite in Lead, South Dakota, KIVV-TV , which can also be seen over the air in Rapid City...
, in order to relieve KOTA of its heavy network load and to end the duplication problem in Scottsbluff. When KEVN opened on July 11, 1976, it took all CBS programming. KOTA and its satellites became primary ABC affiliates. As consolation, both stations added secondary NBC affiliations.
Then in November 1988, KELO-TV
KELO-TV
KELO is the CBS affiliate television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, broadcasting on digital channel 11. South Dakotans pronounce its call letters as a homonym of "hello"...
in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
put a Rapid City satellite of its own on the air, KCLO-TV on channel 15, which took the CBS affiliation. KOTA-TV then became a full-time ABC affiliate, leaving KEVN with NBC; KEVN switched to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
in 1995 as part of the U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994.
In 2009, KOTA-TV and its satellite stations added the Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
and This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
on their digital subchannels. In 2011, Retro Television was replaced by Me-TV on KOTA-TV and its satellite stations.
Rebroadcasters
KOTA-TV's programming is also shown on a network of three satellite stations:| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
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Transmitter Coordinates |
| KDUH-TV | Scottsbluff, Nebraska Scottsbluff, Nebraska Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska.... |
4 (PSIP Program and System Information Protocol The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch... ) 7 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
March 5, 1958 | 32 kW | 475 m | 17683 | 41°50′27.7"N 103°4′28.8"W |
| KHSD-TV | Lead, South Dakota Lead, South Dakota Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,124 at the 2010 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.-History:... |
11 (PSIP) 10 (VHF) |
November 2, 1966 | 34.8 kW | 576 m | 17686 | 44°19′35.1"N 103°50′9"W |
| KSGW-TV | Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan is a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The 2010 census put the population at 17,444 and a Micropolitan Statistical Area of 29,116... |
12 (PSIP) 13 (VHF) |
December 28, 1977 | 50 kW | 372 m | 17680 | 44°37′23"N 107°7′2.3"W |
KDUH-TV is a semi-satellite of KOTA-TV, airing separate commercials. It once produced its own full-length newscasts as well. However, due to recent cutbacks, KDUH's newscasts have been reduced to inserts in KOTA-TV's newscasts. KHSD-TV and KSGW-TV are full repeaters of KOTA-TV.
KDUH-TV is one of two ABC affiliates on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
's Cheyenne-Scottsbluff local feed. The other is KTWO-TV
KTWO-TV
KTWO-TV is the ABC affiliate television station for most of the state of Wyoming. It is licensed to Casper owned by Silverton Broadcasting. The station broadcasts on digital channel 17, which redirects to former analog channel 2 via PSIP...
in Casper
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...
, which is carried on KLWY
KLWY
KLWY, channel 27, is a Fox affiliated television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. KLWY and its associated stations are owned by Wyomedia Corporation.KLWY has three full-service satellite stations:Notes:...
's digital subcarrier.
When KHSD was being launched, the Duhamels made a deal with KDIX-TV in Dickinson, North Dakota
Dickinson, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,010 people, 6,517 households, and 4,020 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,690.7 inhabitants per square mile . There were 7,033 housing units at an average density of 742.7 per square mile...
(now KXMA) to provide programming for that station, as KDIX was close enough to Dickinson that its engineers would be able to pick up KHSD's signal. Consequently, KDIX was practically a satellite of KOTA from November 1966 until KEVN signed on nearly a decade later.
KSGW airs local Sheridan commercials alongside other network ads. Newscasts feature spliced in weather forecasts specifically for Northeastern Wyoming. The Sheridan office for KOTA often produces local news segments that air periodically on the main network-wide newscast.
KOTA has a construction permit from the FCC to operate a fill-in translator on channel 18 that will serve the immediate part of the Rapid City area.
News operation
Newscast titles
- KOTA Newservice (1973–1978)
- Newswatch (1978–1981)
- Newsline (1981–1984)
- KOTA Territory News (1984–present)
Station slogans
- You'll Love It on KOTA Territory (1985–1986; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Together on KOTA (1986–1987; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
- Your 24-Hour News Source24 Hour News SourceThe 24 Hour News Source brand was a common name used by American television stations starting in the early 1990s for brief hourly news updates, usually running 30 seconds to a minute in length. At its peak, dozens of stations across the U.S. were producing these brief news updates...
(1990–2000) - Your Local News Leader (2000–2003)
- Live. Local. (2003–2006)
- Coverage You Can Count On (2006–present)
News team
Anchors- Helene Duhamel - weeknights at 5:30 p.m.; also "Family Healthcast" reporter (granddaughter of station founder Helen Duhamel)
- Alicia Garcia - weeknights at 10 p.m.; also consumer reporter
- Cindy Davis - weekdays at noon; also producer
- Eric Gardner - weekday mornings
Weather team
- Mike Modrick (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5:30 and 10 p.m. - Eric Gardner (NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings - Justin Fanfarilli - meteorologist; weekends at 10 p.m.; also reporter and producer
- Dick Horkey - meteorologist; fill-in
Sports team
- Vic Quick - sports director; weeknights at 5:30 and 10 p.m.
- Chris Neyenhouse - sports anchor; weekends at 10 p.m., also general assignment reporter
Reporters
- Rachael Embler - general assignment reporter
- Katy Urban - general assignment reporter
- Jason Tarr - general assignment reporter
Rebroadcasters
- K06JM 6 Gillette, WyomingGillette, WyomingGillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
(repeating KSGW) - K02NT 2 Scottsbluff, NebraskaScottsbluff, NebraskaScottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska....
(repeating KDUH) - K02NY 2 Chadron, NebraskaChadron, NebraskaChadron is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawes County. Chadron is the home of Chadron State College....
(repeating KDUH) - K08IP Baker, MontanaBaker, MontanaBaker is a city in and the county seat of Fallon County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,741 at the 2010 census.It was named after A.G. Baker, an engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St...
(repeating KHSD) - K13WT Plevna, MontanaPlevna, MontanaAs of the census of 2000, there were 138 people, 63 households, and 40 families residing in the town. The population density was 301.4 people per square mile . There were 81 housing units at an average density of 176.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 97.83% White and 2.17% Asian...
(repeating KOTA)
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