not to be confused with ksas tv kxas tv or ksaz tv . not to be confused with wstp or wtsp tv . kstp tv saint paul minneapolis minnesota united states city saint paul minnesota branding channel 5 general 5 eyewitness news newscasts slogan minnesota s news leader channels digital 35 uhf virtual 5 psip subchannels 5.1 abc 5.2 kstc tv 5.3 metv 5.4 antenna tv 5.6 this tv 5.7 heroes & icons affiliations abc 1979 present owner hubbard broadcasting kstp tv llc founded may 1946 1 first air date april 27 1948 ; 68 years ago 1948 04 27 call letters meaning saint paul sister station s kstc tv kstp kstp fm ktmy former channel number s analog 5 vhf 1948 2009 digital 50 uhf 1999 2009 former affiliations primary nbc 1948 1979 secondary dumont 1948 1956 2 transmitter power 1000 kw height 433 m 1 421 ft facility id 28010 transmitter coordinates 45 3 43.9 n 93 8 22.2 w 45.062194 n 93.139500 w 45.062194 ; 93.139500 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website kstp.com kstp tv channel 5 is a television station located in saint paul minnesota usa serving as the abc affiliate for the twin cities television market . kstp tv is the flagship television property of saint paul based hubbard broadcasting which has owned the station since its inception . the station s offices and studios are located on university avenue on the saint paul minneapolis border and are shared with sister stations kstp radio 1500 am kstp fm 94.5 fm ktmy 107.1 fm and kstc tv channel 45 . kstp tv s transmitter is located at telefarm towers in shoreview minnesota . kstp tv s programming is also seen on two full power satellite stations ksax channel 42 in alexandria minnesota ; and krwf channel 43 in redwood falls minnesota . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 news operation 4 broadcast center 4.1 digital channels 4.2 analog to digital conversion 5 satellite stations and translators 5.1 satellites 5.2 translators 6 see also 7 references 8 external links 8.1 tv queries history edit stanley e. hubbard founder of kstp radio was one of broadcasting s foremost pioneers . in june 1939 he purchased one of the first television cameras available from rca and began experimenting with television but the television blackout brought on by world war ii prevented any transmissions from being made . the first telecast by kstp tv reportedly occurred on december 7 1947 when jack horner hosted a 25 minute program . on april 27 1948 kstp tv signed on as the first commercial television station in minnesota although an experimental mechanical television station had been set up by wdgy station engineers more than a decade earlier . that station s license expired in 1938 as the federal communications commission was not interested in continuing mechanical tv broadcasts . kstp tv was originally an nbc affiliate as kstp radio had been an affiliate of the nbc red network since 1928 . channel 5 claims to have been the nbc television network s first affiliate located west of the mississippi river ; however this distinction is actually held by ksd tv now ksdk in st. louis which signed on one year earlier . also both the studios and the transmitter are located east of the river . it was part of nbc s midwest network a regional group of nbc affiliates that fed programming in the days before the coaxial cable link to new york city . in 1961 due to its status as an nbc affiliate it was the first television station not owned by a network to broadcast all of its local programs in color . in the mid 1970s abc which had become the top rated television network in the united states began looking for stronger affiliates across the country . kmsp tv channel 9 the twin cities abc affiliate since 1961 had long struggled in the ratings . abc had approached independent station wtcn tv channel 11 now kare cbs affiliate wcco tv channel 4 and kstp tv to affiliate with the network . channel 5 surprised the industry in august 1978 by announcing its intention to sever ties with third place nbc after 30 years to join abc . the affiliation switch occurred on march 5 1979 and was abc s biggest coup at the time . 3 we want to go into the 1980s in a leadership position with a network which we think has the management team and depth to be the best . that s abc . we re just absolutely thrilled said kstp s stanley s. hubbard son of station founder stanley e. hubbard . 4 in 2000 hubbard broadcasting purchased independent station kvbm tv channel 45 ; now kstc creating minnesota s first commercial television station duopoly though there is a longstanding public television duopoly ktca ktci . kstp tv has used its groovy 5 logo or variations on it since april 1969 it is the longest used station logo in the upper midwest . by 1982 the design contained a white 5 on a red rounded edge square background . the number was italicized for a time in the mid to late 1980s . in the early 1990s the logo endured a more dramatic makeover with a gold colored 5 on a blue abc style disc with either the call letters or the eyewitness news name imprinted upon it with the center colored in green . by the late 1990s a brighter classier logo still with a gold 5 returned to the rectangular look adding a black abc logo . from 2004 to late 2014 a white 5 was used on a red parallelogram also featuring the abc logo . in april 2008 kstp started airing commercials commemorating the station s 60th year of broadcasting . on november 30 2014 the logo was redesigned and now features the groovy 5 logo in blue with red lines circling the left part of the logo with the abc logo again . on september 11 2014 kstp tv filed a complaint with the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission regarding its carriage in canada and simultaneous substitution simsubbing as well as notifying the crtc of viewer complaints of problems with closed captioning and poorly timed simsubbing on its cable feed in canada . in particular kstp is stating it is authorized for broadcast by the federal communications commission and not the crtc and is concerned that it may not have the appropriate broadcast rights for viewing in canada . hubbard broadcasting the owners of kstp tv also argued concerns about their video feed being modified for canadian viewers via simsubbing removal of its closed captioning information a broadcast act violation if proven not having its digital subchannels carried as well and that this might be a potential copyright act of canada violation for its programming to air in canada . similar to other american stations kstp has also asked for compensation for its carriage in canada or to have its unauthorized coverage cease as it was never asked for permission to be relayed on cable services in canada . 5 the crtc ultimately ruled against kstp tv on september 16 2014 regarding their request to be removed from the crtc s list of stations eligible for carriage in canada a fear that was shared by shaw media owners of shaw direct shaw cable cancom and thunder bay mp bruce hyer . a secondary concern posed by shaw media was that kstp tv would try to ask for fee for carriage in a cross border retransmission consent agreement which does not currently exist under the copyright act of canada and as the crtc explained is outside the scope of the broadcast act of 1968 or its regulatory responsibilities . 6 programming edit kstp clears most network programming . from 1982 to 1994 when nationally syndicated talk shows started ruling the daytime airwaves kstp ran a talk program of its own called good company that was hosted by married couple sharon anderson and steve edelman . both of them had appeared briefly in the movie fargo as tv hosts and continue to be recognized as area celebrities from time to time . currently edelman runs edelman productions a company that produces series for food network hgtv history and diy network with his wife anderson hosting a few of them . edelman productions is headquartered in california where both edelman and anderson now live but it has offices both in california and minnesota where they produce their shows . in 2007 kstp decided to bring back an hour long afternoon talk program similar to good company . twin cities live described as a show about minnesotans created by minnesotans began airing on april 21 2008 and airs weekdays at 3 00 p.m. 7 a public casting call at the mall of america attracted a burnsville minnesota native john hanson who was selected from over 500 people . a few months later former milwaukee news anchor rebekah wood was hired as his partner . wood was replaced by elizabeth ries on june 15 2009 . ries and hanson co hosted together for over three years until hanson received an offer in kansas city mo. to become the program director at 610 sports radio 8 hanson s last day on twin cities live was december 21 2012 . over the next four months numerous television personalities served as guest co hosts on tcl until the producers could find the best fit . kstp weekend anchor chris egert was chosen to be ries new co host on april 29 2013 . 9 egert and ries co hosted the show for nine months until egert was promoted to weekday morning news anchor in february 2014 . 10 the station again had to go through a process of finding the next co host this time taking five months . on july 21 2014 steve patterson was named the new co host of tcl . 11 patterson and ries are the current hosts of twin cities live . holly wood dirt airs weekdays at 9am on 5.2 jackson o brien is the anchor the title twin cities live was first used from 1985 to 1991 for a short lived morning talk show that debuted at a time when kstp was trying to reinvent its news image . the other talk shows that air on kstp tv are live with kelly which has aired on kstp since the late 1980s under prior hosts kathie lee gifford and regis philbin and the meredith vieira show . news operation edit kstp tv presently broadcasts 37 hours of locally produced newscasts each week with 6 hours on weekdays and 3 hours each on saturdays and sundays . combined with sister station kstc s 16 hours of news weekly kstp produces the most local news content in the market . in addition the station produces a political discussion show called at issue which is hosted by tom hauser with former state governor wendell anderson as a regular guest ; and sports wrap a sports highlight program that airs on sunday evenings at 10 45 p.m. and on special occasions such as when kstp airs espn monday night football telecasts featuring the minnesota vikings or the final game of the nba finals . the station formerly ran a friday night edition of the program focusing on high school sports that aired from september through may . these segments were usually hosted by rod simons and anne hutchinson but simons was later fired by the station in 2008 and hutchinson also was let go in december of that year . a week prior to hutchinson s departure high school sports wrap was canceled due to low revenues . 12 for much of the time since the 1980s kqrs fm morning show host tom barnard has served as the station s voice over announcer . early on channel 5 was