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Mankato, MN TV chronology

1960
KEYC channel 12 (NBC) signs on

1961
KEYC switches to CBS

1995
KEYC adds UPN as secondary affiliation (mainly showed after late shows were done)

2006
KEYC drops UPN secondary

2007
KEYC adds Fox subchannel as primary and technically adds Jewelry TV as secondary affiliate (they mainly showed Jewelry TV on weekends during the day when no Fox national programming was on)

2009
DTV transition happens. KEYC drops temporary DTV channel 38 and goes back to RF12

2012
KEYC-DT2 drops JewelryTV secondary (they actually started phasing it out earlier to the point it would be maybe a couple hours on the weekends. Previously on non Fox network programming weekends it would be on from noon until at least 6PM. Now they show syndicated programming

real easy one as there is only one station in the market ;)
Minneapolis stations are 75-80 miles away and are imported on cable/satco

story on KEYC-DT2. They originally were going to add CW+ on the DT2 and were all set to sign the paperwork when Fox came brought them a offer at the 11th hour (literally 11:59) and they decided to go with Fox (good choice) ;)

Also the stations sigh off every night at 1:07 (usually 12:37 on Sunday nights) and signs on at 5AM. The OTA signal goes off but cable/directv/dish they show paid programs during this time. Its funny to see the sign off, then a paid program is joined in progress. At 4:57AM the paid program cuts off as they do sign on then. Ironically KEYC-DT2 (Fox) doesnt do paid programs and all that you see is color bars or the logo (depends on the day)
 
update as of a week or so ago
2017-United Communicatins upgrades KEYC-DT2 to 720p HD (was 480i widescreen)
 
Also the stations sigh off every night at 1:07 (usually 12:37 on Sunday nights) and signs on at 5AM. The OTA signal goes off but cable/directv/dish they show paid programs during this time. Its funny to see the sign off, then a paid program is joined in progress. At 4:57AM the paid program cuts off as they do sign on then. Ironically KEYC-DT2 (Fox) doesnt do paid programs and all that you see is color bars or the logo (depends on the day)

They no longer do paid programs overnight. Its now weather maps with the NOAA weather radio as audio
 
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