falls south dakota kdlv mitchell south dakota united states branding kdlt general kdlt news newscasts slogan we know what matters channels digital kdlt 47 uhf virtual 46 psip kdlv 26 uhf virtual 5 psip subchannels xx .1 nbc xx .2 antenna tv affiliations nbc 1960 1969 1983 present owner red river broadcasting red river broadcast company llc first air date kdlt june 12 1960 ; 56 years ago 1960 06 12 on channel 5 moved to channel 46 on september 8 1998 kdlv september 8 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 09 08 call letters meaning kdlt k dakotaland television former owners kdlv k dakotaland v roman numeral 5 former callsigns kdlt korn tv 1960 1972 kxon tv 1972 1982 former channel number s analog kdlt 5 vhf 1960 1998 46 uhf 1998 2009 kdlv 5 vhf 1998 2009 former affiliations abc 1969 1983 transmitter power kdlt 1000 kw kdlv 1000 kw height kdlt 608 m kdlv 315 m facility id kdlt 55379 kdlv 55375 transmitter coordinates kdlt 43 30 18 n 96 33 22 w 43.50500 n 96.55611 w 43.50500 ; 96.55611 kdlv 43 45 33 n 98 24 44 w 43.75917 n 98.41222 w 43.75917 ; 98.41222 kdlv tv licensing authority fcc public license information kdlv tv profile kdlv tv cdbs website www.kdlt.com kdlt tv is the nbc affiliated television station in sioux falls south dakota serving eastern south dakota and southwestern minnesota . the station broadcasts its digital signal on uhf channel 47 which remaps to analog channel 46 via psip . it also operates a full powered satellite station kdlv tv in mitchell south dakota digital channel 26 virtual channel 5 . kdlt s studios and offices are located on south westport avenue in sioux falls and its 2 000 feet 610 m transmitter tower is located south near rowena . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 translators 4 transmitter antenna replacement 5 references 6 external links history edit on june 12 1960 kdlt started broadcasting from mitchell south dakota as korn tv on channel 5 an nbc affiliate with a secondary abc affiliation . the station s original call letters were intended to honor the famous mitchell corn palace . it was owned by mitchell broadcasting associates . only a month later ksoo tv now ksfy tv signed on . from then until 1969 ksoo tv and korn tv operated as a regional network although separately owned . ksoo tv served the eastern portion of the market while korn tv served the western portion . but in april 1969 the federal communications commission ruled against this combination suggesting that they operate as competitors in the sioux falls mitchell market . so on may 12 of that year channel 5 affiliated with abc and moved its tower closer to sioux falls although kcau tv in sioux city was well received in sioux falls and identified at that time as siouxland abc . mitchell broadcasting sold the station to buford television of tyler texas in 1972 . in 1972 the station changed its calls to kxon tv . buford sold the station to gillett broadcasting in 1978 . in 1982 kxon changed its call letters to kdlt when it was purchased by dakotaland broadcasting . the next year kdlt and ksfy switched affiliations with ksfy getting abc and kdlt once again getting nbc . at the time of the switch ksfy had three full power transmitters to kdlt s one and abc was the 1 network with nbc in third making it logical for the more popular network to align with a station with better coverage . the next year nbc and abc ratings flip flopped leaving kdlt once again affiliated with the more popular network . dakotaland broadcasting eventually sold kdlt to heritage broadcasting in 1985 . heritage broadcasting became heritage media in 1987 when it merged with rollins telecasting . the station eventually moved its main studio to sioux falls in the mid to late 1980s . heritage media sold kdlt to its current owner red river broadcasting in 1994 . on september 8 1998 kdlt moved its city of license to sioux falls and began broadcasting on channel 46 from a new tower in rowena where most of the other sioux falls stations have their towers . this was largely because the channel 5 tower was too far away from sioux falls to adequately cover it with a digital signal . fcc rules required a station s digital signal to cover at least 80 percent of its analog footprint . channel 5 in mitchell survives as a full power satellite kdlv . due to the way the changeover was structured legally kdlv operates under kdlt s old license on channel 5 . 1 kdlt s current facility on channel 46 in sioux falls is officially a new license ; its construction permit was issued on april 1 1997 under the call letters kdlv ; the two stations swapped callsigns on september 8 1998 . 2 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 4 x. 1 1080i 16 9 kdlt dt kdlv dt main programming nbc x. 2 480i 4 3 5 kdlt sd kdlv sd antenna tv 6 analog to digital conversion edit both stations shut down their analog signals respectively on february 1 2009 7 kdlt tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 46 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 47 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 46 . kdlv tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 5 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 26 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 5 . translators edit besides kdlv the programming of kdlt is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations k27hj pierre k33gx springfield k33hc aberdeen k35gr badger k40fz brookings k42fi watertown k44gg murdo transmitter antenna replacement edit the station s television transmitter antenna replacement was featured on the national geographic channel television show world s toughest fixes . 8 references edit fcc callsign history for kdlv tv http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod call hist.pl facility id 55379 & callsign kdlt tv rabbitears tv query for kdlt rabbitears tv query for kdlv digital antenna sioux falls sd 57101 . silicondust.com . silicondust usa inc. hdhomerun . retrieved 19 january 2013 . titantv programming guide kdlv and kdlt . titantv.com . broadcast intrractive media l.l.c. retrieved 2 january 2013 . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . http www.realtelevision.net 2008 10 17 worlds toughest fixes 2000 foot tower external links edit kdlt.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for kdlt query the fcc s tv station database for kdlv fcc tv station profiles & public inspection files for kdlt fcc tv station profiles & public inspection files for kdlv biafn s media web database information on kdlt tv biafn s media web database information on kdlv tv program information for kdlt at titantv.com v t e 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