KMSP-TV
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- KMSP is also the ICAO airport code for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
The station is noted for having a number of Emmy-winning photojournalists and reporters. The newscasts have been nationally honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast and Spot News Coverage, in addition to Investigative Reporting, and Videography.
The KMSP-WFTC duopoly is a union shop, with all technicians and photographers being required to join the IBEW Local 292.
History
The station began broadcasting as KEYD in 1954 and was affiliated with the DuMont Television Network. One of its first news reporters was Harry Reasoner who later in life would become one of the first presenters on 60 Minutes. DuMont shut down in 1955, leaving the station as an independent outlet. After one season, the station was sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and for a very brief period of time it used the call sign KMGM-TV. It later changed its call sign again to KMSP-TV. After yet another sale, it served as an ABC network affiliate from 1961 to 1979 at which point ABC moved to KSTP while NBC moved from KSTP to WTCN (now KARE).KMSP became an independent station once again, picking up cartoons and more syndicated shows (some of which WTCN would no longer have time to air due to its newly acquired NBC affiliation). The station remained independent until 1986, when it became one of the original affiliates of the newly-launched Fox network.
However, it did not remain a Fox affiliate for long. The Fox affiliation moved to KITN Channel 29 (now WFTC) in 1988, reverting KMSP into an independent station.
On January 16, 1995, KMSP affiliated with the United Paramount Network. KMSP remained as a UPN affiliate until 2002, when the station was sold to the Fox Television Stations Group-along several other stations owned by Chris-Craft, which had owned the station for years. It swapped affiliations with WFTC (mainly because Fox wanted a VHF station in the area), which then became a UPN station. This move made KMSP a Fox station once again, and this was accompanied with a long "Make the Switch" campaign. It should be noted that of all the former Chris-Craft stations Fox kept, KMSP was the only one not to retain its UPN affiliation.
During its life as an independent station, KMSP was one of the most successful and profitable unaffiliated stations in the country. The station continues to do quite well today as a network affiliate. It also became something of a regional superstation and was carried on cable systems throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa and it continued to do so as a UPN affiliate.
Other notable events
- 1986 – The station becomes one of the original FOX affiliates.
- 1988 – KMSP becomes independent again when FOX moves to KITN; now WFTC channel 29.
- 2002 – FOX Television Inc purchases KMSP and WFTC and causes a reshuffling of the station staffs. News Director Ted Canova and Director of Photography Matthew Knisely, among others, come to the station.
- 2003 – The station receives the Edward R. Murrow Award for Videography. The newscast also receives the award in 2004.
- 2004 – The photography and editing department is chosen as one runner up for the National Press Photographers Association's Station Of The Year competition.
- 2006 FOX9 gets new News Director, Bill Dallman, from KDVR-TV in Denver.
Former logos
Programming
The station has had a long-running 9 p.m. newscast (FOX9 News at 9), which airs an hour before most other news broadcasts in the area (being in the Central Time Zone, Minnesota TV stations usually air their nightly newscasts at 10 p.m.). The two primary news anchors are [Jeff Passolt] and [Robyne Robinson], who have been paired longer than any other area news readers, according to the station. Channel 9 also produces a morning show that airs from 5 to 9 a.m. each weekday, and introduced an hour long 5 p.m. newscast in the fall of 2005. In addition KMSP has said that they will be adding weekend morning newscasts, more weekend evening newscasts and changing the nightly news by adding an additional 30 minutes thus being from 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm starting Summer 2006, with the 30 extra minutes replacing WFTC's own newscast.Newscasts
Weekdays- FOX9 Morning News - 5:00-9:00 a.m.
- FOX9 News at 5:00 - 5:00-6:00 p.m.
- FOX9 News at 9:00 - 9:00-10:00 p.m.
- FOX9 News at 10:00- 10:00-10:30p.m.-Coming Summer 2006
- FOX9 Morning News- 7:00-9:00a.m.-Coming Summer 2006
- FOX9 News at 5:00-5:00-6:00p.m.
- FOX9 News at 9:00-9:00-10:00p.m. (Saturday)
- FOX9 News at 9:00-9:00-9:40 (Sunday)
- FOX9 Sports Primetime-9:40-10:00 p.m.(Sunday)
News Anchors
- [Jeff Passolt](5:00 & 9:00 p.m.)
- [Robyne Robinson] (5:00 & 9:00 p.m.)
- [Tom Butler] (Morning News)
- [Alix Kendall] (Morning News)
- [Tim Blotz] (Fri & Sat @ 5 & 9)
- [Karen Scullin] (Fri & Sat @ 5& 9)
Weather
- [Janie Peterson] -Sun-Thurs
- [Mike Nicco]- Fri & Sat
- [Keith Marler]-Weather on the '9s-Mornings
Sports
- [Dawn Mitchell] (Weekend Sports)
- Jim Rich (Sports Anchor/Reporter)
Reporters
- [Jeff Baillon]
- [M.A. Rosko] (Mornings Only)
- [Tom Halden] (Mornings Only)
- [Richelle McGinnis]
- [Scott Wasserman]
- [Maury Glover]
- [Tom Lyden]
- [Ellen Galles]
- [Rob Olsen]
- [Beth McDonough]
- [Jacqueline McLean]
- Bill Keller
- Lara Yamada
Former Anchors & Personalities
- Tim Sherno-Anchor: Morning News (1997-2005)
- Robin Wolfrom (Anchor: News @ 9 & 10 p.m.)
- Jeff Grayson (Sports Director)
- Sue Turner (Weekend Anchor)
- Leslie Jones (Morning Reporter)
- Pete Busch (Traffic)
- Mike Tsolinas (Morning Weather)
- Sam Scaman (Chief Meteorolgist)
- [Angela Hampton] (10:00pm Anchor)
- Tony Burden (Anchor at 9:30 & 10)
- Ernie Martz (Weatherman in 1980s)
- Dave Sheehan (Sports in 1980s)
- Rod Grams (Anchor)
- Beth Ruyak (Anchor)
- Gary Rebstock (Anchor)
- Heather Harden (Anchor)
- Lori Aoki (Anchor)
Broadcasting facilities
The KMSP TV Tower is located in Shoreview, Minnesota. KMSP owns the tower, which stands 1466 feet (446.8 m) tall, but shares it with WFTC and the Twin Cities Public Television stations, KTCA and KTCI. Several FM stations are also on the tower: KQRS, KXXR ("93X"), KTCZ ("Cities 97"), KTIS, KSJN, KJZI, KDWB, KEEY ("K102"), WLTE, and KZJK.KMSP has an extensive network of broadcast translators to carry its analog signal throughout much of the state.
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Reference
External links
- [KMSP FOX9]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for KMSP-TV]
- [FOX9 at Twin Cities Tv Source]
- [Picture of the FOX9 News Set]
| Broadcast television in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market [(Nielsen DMA #15)] | |||
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Metro stations:
KTCA 2 (PBS) -
WCCO 4 (CBS) -
KSTP 5 (ABC) -
KMSP 9 (Fox) -
KARE 11 (NBC) -
WUMN-CA 13 (UNI) -
KTCI 17 (PBS) -
WUCW 23 (The WB/The CW) -
WFTC 29 (UPN/My Network TV) -
KPXM 41 (i) -
KSTC 45 (IND) Outer Areas: KCCO 7 / KCCW 12 (CBS) - WDAZ 8 (ABC) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (PBS) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (PBS) - KVLY 11 (NBC) - KVRR 15 (Fox) - KFTC 26 (UPN/My Network TV) - WHWC 28 (PBS/WPT) - KSAX 42 / KRWF 43 (ABC) | |||
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