Northland's NewsCenter

Northland's NewsCenter
Genre	Live News Telecast
Presented by	see below
Language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Camera setup	Multiple camera
Broadcast
Original channel	KBJR, KDLH
Original airing	2005
External links
[northlandsnewscenter.com Website]

Northland's NewsCenter logo until August 2007.

The Northland's NewsCenter, began in 2005 but not completed until early 2006, is a collective name for news for the Duluth, Minnesota area's NBC, CBS, MyNetworkTV and The CW stations all operated or owned by Granite Broadcasting. It was originated from KBJR-TV's newscasts but now provides content for all of the channels listed above. After KDLH (Duluth's CBS affiliate) was sold to Malara Broadcasting in early 2005, Granite took over operations at KDLH through a local marketing agreement (LMA). Slow changes to KBJR were made and now a multi-channel format is in place called Northland's NewsCenter.

Granite and Malara run a very similar operation with their Fort Wayne, Indiana stations under the moniker Indiana's NewsCenter.

Northland CW 2

Main article: KWBD

Northland CW 2 (formerly called "Northland's WB") is the Duluth-Superior area's affiliate for The CW (formerly The WB) which broadcasts on KDLH's digital subchannel 3-2 and on cable (channel 2). Most of the programming comes from The CW Plus, a group of cable-only CW affiliates with imaginary call signs (e.g., "KWBD") in markets smaller than #100 that share programming. KWBD took The CW affiliation in September 2006.

KDLH 3

Main article: KDLH

KDLH is owned by Malara Broadcasting, but is operated by Granite Broadcasting (owns KBJR and KRII) through a local marketing agreement (LMA). When the LMA went in to effect in early 2005, all on-air talent except one news anchor, one meteorologist, and one sportscaster were fired.

KBJR 6

Main article: KBJR

KBJR-TV was the first station under the ownership of Granite Broadcasting Corporation. The original websites www.news6.tv and www.kbjr.com now redirect to www.northlandsnewscenter.com.

My 9 (MyNetworkTV)

Main article: KBJR

My9 (formerly called "Northland UPN", "UPN 9", and "Northland's 9") is the Duluth-Superior area's affiliate for MyNetworkTV (formerly UPN) which broadcasts on KBJR's digital subchannel 6-2, on cable (channel 9), and formerly on low-power station WAST-LP (channel 25) in Ashland, Wisconsin (True North TV). When KBJR and KDLH were rival stations, this channel was owned and operated by KBJR. The station became known as "Northland 9" in February 2006 just after the announcement of UPN and The CW merging as The CW. In September 2006, Northland 9 became an affiliate of My Network TV and became known as My9.

KRII (Range 11)

Main article: KRII

KRII, Range 11, is a satellite station of KBJR based in Chisholm, Minnesota. Range 11 broadcasts all four services as digital subchannels, but inserts local newscasts and commercials customized for the Iron Range region in Minnesota.

External links

• Official website
• Northland CW (KWBD) website
• Screenshots of KBJR in the past