united states branding 45tv rf channel 45tv local news newscasts slogan television with variety channels digital 45 uhf virtual 5 psip subchannels 5.1 abc kstp tv 5.2 independent abc alternate kstc 5.3 metv 5.4 antenna tv 5.6 this tv 5.7 heroes & icons translators see article affiliations independent 2000 present owner hubbard broadcasting kstc tv llc first air date june 19 1994 call letters meaning kstp twin cities co owned with kstp sister station s kstp tv kstp kstp fm ktmy former callsigns kvbm 1994 2000 former channel number s analog 45 uhf 1994 2009 digital 44 uhf former affiliations hsn 1994 2000 transmitter power 1 000 kw height 428 m facility id 35843 transmitter coordinates 45 3 45 n 93 8 21 w 45.06250 n 93.13917 w 45.06250 ; 93.13917 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kstc45.com kstc tv is an independent television station for the twin cities that is licensed to minneapolis . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 45 virtual channel 5.2 from a transmitter at the telefarm installation in shoreview . owned by hubbard broadcasting the station is sister to abc affiliate kstp tv and several radio stations . all share studios on university avenue on the minneapolis and st. paul city line . syndicated programming on kstc includes the middle seinfeld friends how i met your mother and the king of queens . it is the only television station in the area with its own mascot the 45 guy who is often seen at community events . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 newscasts 5 translators 6 references 7 external links history edit the station began operations under the kvbm call letters . although fcc records indicate that a license for this station was granted in 1987 it did not take to the airwaves until june 1994 . the station aired minnesota department of transportation traffic information as well as the home shopping network until it was purchased by hubbard broadcasting on april 24 2000 . hubbard relaunched the station as kstc on september 11 . in order to get attention for the switch from kvbm to kstc the station ran an advertising campaign that confused many people in the area ; posters and broadcast ads featuring people of all ages used the phrase i m 45 but initially made no mention of the newly created station . in 2003 kstc began broadcasting its digital signal . kstc dt on atsc channel 45.1 in standard definition simulcasted the station s regular content . on 45.2 was hdnet in high definition . after its contract with the network ended channel 45.2 was taken off the air . it signed on again december 1 2006 as a high definition sports channel airing select minnesota wild games . on or around june 30 2010 kstc began carrying this tv a channel owned by metro goldwyn mayer and weigel broadcasting carrying movies with some series and children s programming on digital channel 45.2 . citation needed until late 2008 kstc heavily promoted its ties to kstp tv . it branded itself as forty5 and used a logo in which the y in forty was converted into a digital 4 superimposed on channel 5 s longtime groovy 5 logo . digital television edit digital channels edit the digital signal of kstp contains two subchannels while that of kstc contains four . through the use of virtual channels kstc s subchannels are associated with channel 5 . channel station video aspect psip short name programming 1 5.1 kstp tv 720p 16 9 kstpdt1 main kstp tv programming abc 5.7 480i kstpdt2 heroes & icons 5.2 kstc tv 720p kstcdt1 main kstc tv programming 5.3 480i kstcdt3 metv 2 3 5.4 kstcdt2 antenna tv 5.6 kstcdt4 this tv analog to digital conversion edit kstc tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 45 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 44 to channel 45 . 4 5 in october 2011 kstp and kstc unified all of their over the air channels as virtual subchannels of kstp . as a result the psips of kstc changed . the main kstc channel is now on 5.2 with this tv now being tuned to 5.4 . 6 programming edit kstc s original logo used until december 2007 . the y in forty was converted into a 4 and was superimposed on kstp s longtime groovy 5 logo . as an independent station the station runs a variety of syndicated programming mostly consisting of off network shows . indeed hubbard signed on kstc primarily as a home for a large inventory of syndicated programming that kstp tv no longer had time to air . movies considered one and two star are aired frequently while some locally produced material is aired each week . in the few years it has been operating under the kstc call letters several other low budget programs made specifically for this station have come and gone . these included a weekly horror movie broadcast under the name horror incorporated hosted by count dracula played by jake esau the actual owner of the countdracula.com domain name . the last incarnation of horror incorporated was hosted by uncle ghoulie thom lange carbuncle tim mccall 13 sasha yvonne walloch gordon the gorilla and wolfie . as of 2004 at least one kstc specific program was still airing nate on drums a comedy and variety show hosted by nate perbix is reportedly aired to a network of stations across minnesota . today most local programs come from kstp including on the road with longtime kstp reporter jason davis and sports wrap . in 2004 kstc announced a six year over the air partnership with the minnesota timberwolves allowing the station to broadcast a number of the team s regular season and postseason basketball games . also that year the station entered into an eleven year partnership with the minnesota state high school league to broadcast state athletic tournaments as well as educational and student programs . kstc will pay the league 9.7 million in rights fees and provide an additional 10.6 million worth of promotion for those tournaments and other league programs . kstc tv also televised minnesota golden gophers men s basketball games from 2006 to 2007 . kstc logo used until 2012 . in 2009 kstc and the mshsl extended their broadcast partnership until 2021 . starting in 2010 some tournaments will be broadcast online . additionally in december 2004 they established a multi year partnership to air minnesota wild hockey games . other sports have also aired on the station in the past including minnesota twins and saint paul saints baseball boxing and even robot wars style combat between mechanical competitors . as of summer 2006 kstc has been including actual viewers in their programming promotions . most include a viewer describing their favorite scene or character from one of the shows on the station . the station may also take on the responsibility of airing shows from abc whenever kstp can not do so as a result of extended breaking news or severe weather coverage or special programming . newscasts edit in the early 2000s kstc experimented with carrying a two hour extension of kstp s weekday morning newscast from 7 9 a.m. on july 19 2009 kstp began to produce daily newscasts for kstc full time this originally included weekend shows but these were dropped . the newscasts run for two hours starting at 7 a.m. and for a hour at 9 p.m. which respectively compete with fox owned and operated station kmsp tv s in house morning newscast and kmsp s primetime newscast at 9 p.m. the kstc newscasts are broadcast in high definition . translators edit the broadcast signal of kstc is extended by way of six translators in central and southern minnesota . all broadcast in digital . call letters channel city of license transmitter location note k16co d 16 alexandria east of garfield along mn 22 k19ih d 19 willmar north of town on first street north k25ii d 25 redwood falls east of morton near mn 19 k44ad d 44 st. james along mn 6 at the watonwan and brown county line k45eh d 45 jackson south of town along u.s. 71 k51kb d 51 frost along mn 254 references edit rabbitears tv query for kstp where to watch me tv kstp me tv signs with stations in new markets dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . cdbs print kstc channel rescan notice external links edit kstc45.com kstc tv official website metvtwincities.com metv twin cities official website twincities.antennatv.tv antenna tv twin cities official website twincities.thistv.com this tv twin cities official website kstp.com kstp tv official website rabbitears.info website query the fcc s tv station database for kstc tv query the fcc s tv station database for k16co d query the fcc s tv station database for k19ih d query the fcc s tv station database for k25ii query the fcc s tv station database for k44ad d query the fcc s tv station database for k45eh d 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