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Satellite TV Stations

Wisco is another satellite/semi-satellite area

LaCrosse/Eau Claire
ABC WXOW 49 (18) has semi-satellite WQOW 15 (18)
FOX WLAX 17 (25) has satellite WEUX 49 (48)

Wausau/Rhinelander
ABC WAOW 9 (9) has satellite WYOW 28 (34) and WMOW 12 (4). WYOW has some different commercials. WMOW has ABC on -2 but is a full time satellite of WYOW

PBS is state run (except in Milwaukee)
 
unclehonkey said:
North Dakota is another state with satellite stations, semi-satellite stations and even semi-satellites of semi-satellite stations ;)

Fargo/Grand Forks
ABC...WDAZ 8 (8) is a semi-satellite of WDAY 21 (6)
FOX...KVRR 19 (15) has 3 satellite stations KJRR 7 (7) Jamestown, KBRR 10 (10) Grand Forks/Thief River Falls, MN and KNRR 12 (12) Pembina. The last 2 have some local commercials

Western NoDak which is Minot, Bismarck, Dickinson, Williston
CBS KXMB 12 (12) Bismarck has satellite KXMA 19 (2) Dickinson. They also have semi-satellite KXMC 13 (13) Minot which is broadcast on satellite KXMD 14 (11) Williston.
ABC KBMY 17 (17) Bismarck has semi-satellite KMCY 14 (14) Minot (different news and commercials)
NBC KFYR 31 (5) Bismarck has satellite KQCD 7 (7) Dickinson. KFYR also has semi-satellite KMOT 10 (10) in Minot (separate newscast). KUMV 8 (8) Williston is a semi-satellite of KMOT (a 20 minute newscast). So KUMV is a semi-satellite of KMOT which itself is also a semi-satellite of KYFR :)
FOX is on the subchannel of the NBC stations and are the same including news. KFYR is the "mothership"

PBS is state run
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I've seen KXMC listed as the "parent" station in other listings. I suppose that could have changed with the new owners, but the Reitans helped start KXMC and then I believe bought KXMB later, and it also would explain why Minot is many times listed first in the official market name.
 
NoDakObserver said:
I've seen KXMC listed as the "parent" station in other listings. I suppose that could have changed with the new owners, but the Reitans helped start KXMC and then I believe bought KXMB later, and it also would explain why Minot is many times listed first in the official market name.
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The Reitans helped start KXMB and then bought KXMC

take wiki for what its worth
The group was formed in 1958 when John Boler, owner of KBMB-TV in Bismarck (founded in 1955), sold a half-interest in his station to Minot businessman Chester Reiten. Boler and Reiten then teamed up to buy North Dakota's oldest station, KCJB-TV in Minot (founded in 1953), and changed its call letters to KXMC-TV. The two stations formed a mini-network, with KXMC as the flagship station even though KBMB was the larger station. A year later, KBMB changed its calls to KXMB.

but on the main page of KXMB
KXMB is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group and serves as the flagship of KX Television, a regional network of three stations relaying CBS network programming and other programs provided by KXMB across central and western North Dakota, as well as bordering counties in Montana and South Dakota
 
joebtsflk1 said:
Satellite TV stations in my opinion were the impetus to create the Nebraskan monstrosity known as the Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney-Grand Island market. Recent low power additions have spread signals into the North Platte market, historically a stand-alone market consisting of KNOP-TV an NBC affiliate on channel 2.

I'm not listing the -CD or -LP permutations of the stations below. It's just too confusing and drawn out. The history of this market is perplexing to me as a non-resident.

The stand-alone stations:
KLKN-TV 8 Lincoln ABC
KHNL 5 Hastings SonLife, previously NBC until 2014 purchase by Gray which moved the NBC affiliation to the .2 of KOLN/KGIN below

The satellite players:
KOLN-TV 10 Lincoln, KGIN-TV 11 Grand Island CBS .1, NBC .2
KHGI-TV 13 Kearney, KWNB-TV 6 Hayes Center ABC .1, FOX .2(through co-owned KFXL-TV 51 Lincoln FOX only, ABC in Lincoln through KLKN) The ABC stations identify as NTV, FOX as FOX Nebraska KFXL. All programming for the ABC and FOX feeds originate from the main studios just outside Axtell NE, population 736. This group was acquired by Sinclair earlier this year. I don't know if the ABC/NTV feed shows on OTA as 13.1, and FOX Nebraska as 51.1. That's a question best left to someone in market.

And of course there's the statewide PBS network, NET Nebraska Educational Television. As there are a lot of statewide PBS nets, it isn't that unusual.

There's a similar mess in South Dakota, with Kelo-land et al but someone else can sort that out.
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North Platte is basically a submarket of Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney. NP has its own NBC and FOX affiliates while it gets ABC and CBS from L-H-K (CBS is a semi-satellite IIRC)
 
ftballfan said:
North Platte is basically a submarket of Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney. NP has its own NBC and FOX affiliates while it gets ABC and CBS from L-H-K (CBS is a semi-satellite IIRC)
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correct on the CBS. It use to be just a translator but they (Gray) upgraded it to a low powered station with separate news
And if you use an outdoor antenna in NP you can get 2 FOX stations. KIIT 11 (also a sub on KNOP 2 NBC) and KWNB 6 Hayes Center has the L-H-K-GI FOX station. There is a LP station in North Platte proper for ABC but does not have the FOX sub
 
Bozeman, MT is unique as all commercial stations are satellites of Butte station (Bozeman is the larger city)

CBS KBZK 13 (7) is a semi-satellite of KXLF 5 (4) Butte
NBC KDBZ-CD 42 (6) is a satellite of KTVM 6 (6) Butte...itself a semi-satellite of KECI 13 (13) Missoula
ABC & FOX KWYB-LD 28 (28) is a satellite of KWYB 19 (18) Butte
PBS is state wide
 
unclehonkey said:
Bozeman, MT is unique as all commercial stations are satellites of Butte station (Bozeman is the larger city)

CBS KBZK 13 (7) is a semi-satellite of KXLF 5 (4) Butte
NBC KDBZ-CD 42 (6) is a satellite of KTVM 6 (6) Butte...itself a semi-satellite of KECI 13 (13) Missoula
ABC & FOX KWYB-LD 28 (28) is a satellite of KWYB 19 (18) Butte
PBS is state wide
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The primary station for Montana PBS is in Bozeman. Historically, Butte was always bigger than Bozeman. Bozeman only passed Butte in population between 2000 and 2010.
 
Also in Montana, Great Falls and Helena could be considered complimentary markets. ABC, CBS, and FOX Great Falls have translators in Helena while NBC Helena has a translator in Great Falls. The reason why they're still two separate markets may be that CBS Great Falls and NBC Helena are co-owned
 
KHBS 40, Fort Smith, AR and satellite station KHOG 29, Fayetteville, AR - Both ABC affiliates.

WFRV 5, Green Bay, WI and satellite station WJMN 3, Escanaba, MI - Both CBS affiliates. (O&O, 1992-2007; They became CBS stations in 1992).

Kegan
 
No one mentioned the Yakima/Tri-Cities stations?
KYVE 47 is a satellite of KCTS-9. No local programming is produced anymore.
KAPP 35/KVEW 42 both air the same programming and newscasts, but have local ads. They are ABC stations.
KNDO 23/KNDU 25 both air the same programming and newscasts, but have local ads as well. They are NBC stations.
KEPR-19 Pasco is a semi-satellite of KIMA-29 Yakima (CBS). Same schedule but different newscasts at 5 and 6p (and part of 11p) weekdays...same newscasts mornings and weekends. KIMA has a prerecorded 10-min insert at 11P from KEPR for Yakima news. KIMA has a local anchor, reporters and sports director at 5/6p weekdays...weather comes from Mike McCabe at KEPR, prerecorded.

Also, surprised no one mentioned KVAL/KPIC/KCBY (CBS) in western and southwestern Oregon. KVAL is the primary station in Eugene on ch 13, with satellites KPIC Roseburg (ch 4) and KCBY Coos Bay (ch 11). Both used to have full length newscasts, but now it's just a few minutes inserted into KVAL's newscast. KPIC and KCBY have separate commercials from KVAL, I think.
KMTR-NBC 16 Eugene also operates satellites in Coos Bay and Roseburg. Those have no local content whatsoever.
 
KQET-DT Monterey it simulcasts KQED San Francisco.

Also In Hawaii all the Major Network affiliates from KHON Fox 2, KITV 4, KGMB, KHNL and PBS Hawaii all have their studios in Honolulu but they have Translators in Islands outside Oahu.
 
XNA DXer said:
KHBS 40, Fort Smith, AR and satellite station KHOG 29, Fayetteville, AR - Both ABC affiliates.

WFRV 5, Green Bay, WI and satellite station WJMN 3, Escanaba, MI - Both CBS affiliates. (O&O, 1992-2007; They became CBS stations in 1992).

Kegan
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WJMN is now a semi-satellite of WFRV (as WJMN now has some of their own newscasts)
 
ftballfan said:
WJMN is now a semi-satellite of WFRV (as WJMN now has some of their own newscasts)
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Different schedules here too:
WFRV: http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=11444&channel=6&aid=tvschedule
WJMN: http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=11582&channel=3&aid=tvschedule

From Wikipedia:

[WJMN] airs separate local commercials, promotions, and identifications from WFRV. WJMN also airs separate syndicated programming from WFRV on weekdays, including Rachael Ray, Steve Harvey, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and TMZ (WFRV's lone weekday syndicated program, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, is seen in the Central Upper Peninsula on WLUC-TV rather than WJMN).

In addition, WJMN also airs some regional programming pertinent only to Michigan viewers such as the Michigan Lottery game show Make Me Rich and programming from the Detroit Lions Television Network (which carries pre-season games and weekly syndicated show The Ford Lions Report during the regular season). WFRV is not part of the network since it is in the Green Bay Packers' television market. However, WJMN does simulcast Packers-related programming from WFRV. Decisions on when to air Lions regular season home games against American Football Conference opponents as part of CBS's NFL contract are made on a case by case basis, depending on how the Packers and Lions games are scheduled (though in even-numbered years, one such game is reserved for Thanksgiving, as the Lions are one of two teams that host an annual Thanksgiving game). Also, since WJMN's normal coverage area is more than 75 miles from Ford Field (home of the Lions), the National Football League's local television blackout policy does not apply.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJMN-TV
 
And here in New Mexico we have ....

KOB - Albuquerque
KOBF - Farmington
KOBR - Roswell

KRQE - Albuquerque
KBIM - Roswell
KREZ - Durango, CO

And I don't even want to begin on translators :)
 
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