KTTC is the NBC

NBC

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-affiliated television station

Television station

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 for Southeastern Minnesota

Southeast Minnesota

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 and Northeastern Iowa

Iowa

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. Licensed to Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...

, it broadcasts a high definition

High-definition television

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 digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in Ostrander, Minnesota

Ostrander, Minnesota

Ostrander is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 254 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 near the Fillmore

Fillmore County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 21,122 people, 8,228 households, and 5,718 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 8,908 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

 and Mower

Mower County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,603 people, 15,582 households, and 10,315 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 16,251 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

 County line. The station can also be seen in Iowa on Mediacom

Mediacom

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 channel 10 (HD on digital channel 810) and in Minnesota

Minnesota

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 on Charter

Charter Communications

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 channel 12 (with HD on digital channel 782). Owned by Quincy Newspapers

Quincy Newspapers

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, KTTC operates Fox affiliate KXLT-TV

KXLT-TV

KXLT-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Southeastern Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa. Licensed to Rochester, Minnesota, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter in Frankford Township, Minnesota. The station can also be seen on Mediacom and...

 (owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting

SagamoreHill Broadcasting

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) through a shared services

Shared services

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 agreement (SSA). The two share studios on Bandel Road Northwest along US 52

U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota

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 in Rochester.

Syndicated

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 programming on KTTC includes: Inside Edition

Inside Edition

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, The Nate Berkus Show

The Nate Berkus Show

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, Judge Judy

Judge Judy

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, and The Doctors

The Doctors (2008 TV series)

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. KTTC is unique in that it has two translators in a different market, the station can be seen on analog K62EC channel 62 in Winona (K62EC has a construction permit to air a low-powered digital signal on channel 43)and W50DR-D channel 50 licensed to La Crosse, Wisconsin. Both translators are located in the La Crosse and Eau Claire television market. WEAU in Eau Claire, WI is regarded the primary affiliate for that area because WEAU is the only station seen on satellite and most cable providers in those areas.

Digital programming

On KTTC-DT2, Mediacom channel 2, and Charter channel 7 is the area's CW. Known on-air as Signal Hill CW, it gets all of its programming from The CW Plus

The CW Plus

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. "Signal Hill" denotes KTTC's studio location at the northern-most point of Rochester.

Channel	Programming
10.1	main KTTC programming/NBC (HD)
10.2	KTTC-DT2 "Signal Hill CW" (SD)

History

On July 14, 1953 it signed-on as KROC-TV as the first station in Southern Minnesota and third in the state after KSTP-TV

KSTP-TV

KSTP-TV, channel 5, is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. Its transmitter is located at the Shoreview Telefarm. It is the flagship station of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other broadcasting properties across the United States....

 and WTCN-TV

WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated television station that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. Its transmitter is at the Telefarm complex in Shoreview, Minnesota.- History :...

 in the Twin Cities. Launched by G. David Gentling (son of KROC radio owner Gregory P. Gentling), it was sister to KROC radio (AM 1340 and FM

KROC-FM

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 106.9). The station carried programming from all four commercial networks of the 1950s: ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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, CBS

CBS

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, and DuMont

DuMont Television Network

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 but was a primary NBC affiliate. The family operation eventually became the Southern Minnesota Broadcasting Company.

In 1976 due to Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) restrictions on ownership of multiple stations in a single market

Media market

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, this channel was purchased by Quincy Newspapers from Southern Minnesota Broadcasting. The call letters became KTTC. KTTC-DT began broadcasting on UHF channel 36 in September 2000. It ceased analog broadcasting on VHF channel 10 at approximately 1:35 on the afternoon of February 17, 2009. Later that afternoon, KTTC-DT commenced digital broadcasting on channel 10. The station's pre-transition digital facility on channel 36 became the final post-transition facility for ABC affiliate KAAL

KAAL

KAAL is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Driftless Area of Southeastern Minnesota and North-Central Iowa. Licensed to Austin, Minnesota, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter southeast of Grand Meadow, Minnesota in Eastern Mower...

.

In 2001, the station entered into a shared services agreement with Fox affiliate KXLT which had been sold by Shockley Communications

Shockley Communications Corporation

Shockley Communications Corporation is a media outlet that held several television stations in Wisconsin underneath its ownership. The company was reportedly bought-out by Quincy Newspapers in June 2001....

 to Quincy. However, Shockley retained KXLT due to FCC restrictions on common ownership. As part of the arrangement, KTTC provides all technical support, promotions, commercial production, and master control for that channel. In the La Crosse area, KTTC analog translator W67CH channel 67 ceased broadcasting on November 4, 2009. It was replaced with digital translator station W50DR-D which went on-the-air at 2:10 in the afternoon on October 14.

News operation

In addition to its main studios, KTTC operates an Austin Bureau on 8th Avenue Northwest. Although rival KAAL has most operations based in Austin, that station has a Rochester Bureau on Superior Drive Northwest where weeknight newscasts originate from. Technology to broadcast from two different studios has existed for several years and allows KAAL to better cover the Rochester side of the market. Due to KIMT's city of license being in Iowa, there has traditionally been a slight focus on that state compared with stations based in Minnesota. KTTC produces a half-hour prime time newscast Sunday through Friday nights for KXLT called Fox 47 News at 9. This originates from a secondary set and features separate news anchors that contribute to shows on KTTC. Additionally, it has a relationship with Charter in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Olmsted County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 124,277 people, 47,807 households, and 32,317 families residing in the county. The population density was 190 people per square mile . There were 49,422 housing units at an average density of 76 per square mile...

 to provide local news updates on CNN Headline News

CNN Headline News

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. The channel operates its own weather radar

Weather radar

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 at the main studios.

On Sunday, March 20, 2011, KTTC launched local newscasts in High Definition with the 10:00pm newscast. It is the first station in the area to do so. With the launch to HD came a brand new set and brand new high definition graphics.

Current Newscasts

NewsCENTER Today (5:30am-7:00am Monday-Friday)

NewsCENTER at Noon (12:00pm-12:30pm Monday-Friday)

NewsCENTER at Five (5:00pm-5:30pm Sunday-Friday)

NewsCENTER at Six (6:00pm-6:30pm Monday-Saturday)

Fox 47 News at 9 (9:00pm-9:30pm on Fox 47 Sunday-Friday)

NewsCENTER at Ten (10:00pm-10:35pm Sunday-Saturday)

Station slogans

• "The Best to See is on Area 10" (early-1970s)
• "Covering All of Southern Minnesota" (1980s)
• "Southern Minnesota's 24 Hour News Channel" (1990-1994)
• "Turn to the Leader" (1994-2003)
• "The People You Know, The News You Trust" (2003-2011)
• "Expect Leadership" (2011-present)

News team

NewsCENTER Today

• Daniele Wolfe
• Jess Abrahamson
• Ted Schmidt

NewsCENTER at Noon

• Jess Abrahamson
• Ted Schmidt

NewsCENTER at 5

• Robin Wolfrum-News
• Randy Brock

NewsCENTER at 6 and 10

• Robin Wolfrum-News
• Tom Overle-News
• Randy Brock-Weather
• Pat Lund-Sports

Fox@9

• Kelly Keiter-News (Sun-Thu)
• Heidi Wigdahl-News (Fri)
• Randy Brock-Weather (Mon-Fri)
• Peter Schuneman - Reporter (Mon-Fri)
• Jonathan Kegges-Weather-(Sun)
• Zac Choate-Sports (Sun)

NewsCENTER Weekends

• Aubrey Helms-News
• Jonathan Kegges-Weather
• Zac Choate-Sports

Anchors

• Joshua Stevens - weekday mornings and reporter
• Jess Abrahamson - weekday mornings and noon
• Robin Wolfrum- weeknights at 5, 6, and 10
• Tom Overle - weeknights at 6 and 10
• Kelly Keiter- Sunday through Thursdays at 9 and producer
• Heidi Wigdahl - Fridays at 9 and reporter
• Aubrey Helms - weekends and reporter

KTTC Precision Meteorologists

• Randy Brock - Chief seen weeknights
• Ted Schmidt (NWA
  National Weather Association
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   Seal of Approval) - weekday mornings and noon
• Jonathan Kegges - weekends

Sports (all three seen on Sports Extra)

• Pat Lund - Sports Director (KTTC( seen weeknights at 6, and 10
• Zac Choate - weekends and sports reporter
• Peter Schuneman - Sports Director (Fox 47)

Reporters

• Axel Gumbel - Content Manager and special projects
• Katie Lange - Austin Bureau multimedia journalist
• Art Ginsburg - "Mr. Food
  Mr. Food
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  " segment producer
• Heidi Wigdahl
• Aubrey Helms
• Joshua Stevens
• Jonathan Kegges

Photographers

• John-Cletus Mueller
• Chuck Sibley

Producers

• Ben Van Nelson - NewsCenter Today
• Danette Gunther - NewsCenter at 6 and 10

External links

• KTTC
• KTTC-DT2 "Signal Hill CW"
• KXLT-TV "Fox 47"