Valley News Live is the name of the news department shared by KVLY-TV

KVLY-TV

KVLY-TV, is an NBC affiliated television station in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, serving Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC channel 44, which redirects to former NTSC channel 11 via PSIP. In addition to its main studio in Fargo, it operates a satellite studio in...

 and KXJB-TV

KXJB-TV

KXJB-TV is a CBS affiliated television station in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, serving Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC channel 38, which redirects to former NTSC channel 4 via PSIP. It is licensed to nearby Valley City...

 in Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

. Hoak Media owns and operates KVLY and shares studios with KXJB through a local marketing agreement

Local marketing agreement

In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...

.

The stations started simulcasting weekend news in April 2007. The same news is broadcast on both channels. KXJB uses its "4" bug

Digital on-screen graphic

A digital on-screen graphic is a watermark-like station logo that many television broadcasters overlay over a portion of the screen-area of their programs to identify the channel...

, while KVLY uses the "11" bug during newscasts.

In November 2007, it was announced KVLY and KXJB would expand their simulcasting to the weekdays as well, and on November 5, 2007 that occurred. The new news branding is called "Valley News Live".

Morning and midday

• Lisa Budeau, Mick Kjar and Kyle Bosch host the Valley Today on both KVLY and KXJB st 5am-7am and This TV 7am-9am, with Barbara Garrity contributing live reports.

Evenings

• Stephanie Goetz anchors the 5 pm newscast on KVLY and will anchor the 6:30 newscast on KXJB with Chief Meteorologist Hutch Johnson.
• Somebody other than Robin Huebner will anchor the 5:30 pm newscast on KXJB with Chief Meteorologist Hutch Johnson.
• The 6pm newscast on KVLY consists of Mike Morken, Hutch Johnson with weather and Dan Hammer on sports.
• The 10pm newscast on KVLY and KXJB will consist of Mike Morken and Stephanie Goetz as co-anchors, Hutch Johnson with weather and Dan Hammer on sports.

Weekends

• Yvonne Man anchors the weekend newscasts, along with Meteorologist Lisa Green and sports anchor Jamal Spencer.

Anchors

• Lisa Budeau (Weekday Co-Anchor of The Valley Today)
• Mike Morken (Weekday Co-Anchor of the 6 pm and 10 pm Newscasts)
• Mick Kjar (Weekday Co-Anchor of The Valley Today / Meteorologist / Farm Director)
• Stephanie Goetz (Weekday Anchor of the 5 pm and 6:30 pm & co-anchor of the 10 pm Newscasts)
• Kyle Bosch ("Valley Today")

Early Warn weather team

• Hutch Johnson- Chief Meteorologist
• Mick Kjar (Meteorologist - Weekday mornings and midday for KVLY and KXJB
  KXJB-TV
  KXJB-TV is a CBS affiliated television station in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, serving Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC channel 38, which redirects to former NTSC channel 4 via PSIP. It is licensed to nearby Valley City...
  
  / Weekday Co-Anchor of The Valley Today)
• Lisa Green (Meteorologist - Weekends / Reporter for KVLY and KXJB)

Sports

• Dan Hammer (Weekdays, 6 pm and 10 pm on KVLY)
• Jamal Spencer (Weekends and fill-in)

News Staff

• Norm Bell (Photojournalist)
• Neil Carlson (Reporter)
• Nick Carlson (Videographer)
• Mike Cary (Reporter / Photographer)
• Dave Erickson (Photojournalist)
• Dave Grant (Chief Photographer)
• Julie Holgate (Assignment Manager)
• Wade Iverson (Photojournalist)
• Emily Welker (Reporter)
• Barbara Garrity(Reporter/Producer)
• Josh Coan ("Sports reporter")
• Amy Unrau ("News reporter")
• Eric Crest ("News reporter")
• Kristin Helgeson ("News reporter")
• John Trierweller ("News reporter")