KTTC

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KTTC
city = Rochester, Minnesota
station_
station_slogan = The People You Know The News you Trust
station_branding = KTTC
analog = 10 (VHF)
digital = 36 (UHF)
subchannels = 10.1 NBC
10.2 The CW Plus
other_chs = K62EV 62 Winona
W67CH 67 La Crosse WI
affiliations = NBC
The CW (DT2)|
network =
founded =
airdate = July 1953 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says July 16, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says July 14.]
location = Rochester-Austin-Mason City
callsign_meaning = Ten
Television
Channel
former_callsigns = KROC-TV (1953-1976)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Quincy Newspapers
licensee = KTTC Television, Inc.
sister_stations = KXLT
former_affiliations = All secondary:
DuMont (1953-1955)
CBS (1953-1956)
ABC (1953-1956) [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/old/nw.html]
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
324 kW (digital)
HAAT = 381 m (analog)
328 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35678
coordinates = coord|43|34|14.9|N|92|25|38.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|43|38|34.2|N|92|31|35.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kttc.com/ www.kttc.com]

KTTC (channel 10, 12 on cable, 36 digital) was the first television station to operate in Rochester, Minnesota and the third station in the state after KSTP-TV and WTCN-TV, coming online in 1953 with the callsign KROC-TV.

The station was launched by G. David Gentling, the son of KROC Radio owner Gregory P. Gentling. As KROC, the station carried programming from all four commercial networks of the 1950s: ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/old/nw.html] . It is Minnesota's third-oldest television station, and the oldest outside the Twin Cities.

The family operation eventually became the Southern Minnesota Broadcasting Company, though the TV station was sold to Quincy Newspapers, Inc. in 1976 and changed its name.

Today, the station shares studios with KXLT-TV channel 47, a Fox affiliate; and Signal Hill CW, the local CW affiliate available on cable and digital subchannel. "Signal Hill" denotes the studio location, at the northern-most point of Rochester, Minnesota, on the hill at the north end of Bandel Road, NW.

KTTC's transmitter is located very near the Iowa-Minnesota border in Ostrander, Minnesota, and reaches communities including Albert Lea, Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, Mason City, Iowa, and Winona, Minnesota. The tower is shared with KROC-FM. Signal Hill CW is named after KTTC's studios and transmitter location.

KTTC can also be seen in Winona on K62EV channel 62, and in La Crosse, Wisconsin on W67CH channel 67. [http://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-060428.html]

Personalities

KTTC NewsCENTER Today

* Joshua Stevens: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8231995&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Jess Abrahamson: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8231969&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Ted Schmidt: Weather [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232005&nav=menu1348_12_2]

KTTC NewsCENTER Noon
* Jess Abrahamson: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8231969&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Ted Schmidt: Weather [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232005&nav=menu1348_12_2]

KTTC NewsCENTER Five (Mon-Fri)
* Rachel Wick: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207520&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Randy Brock: Weather [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207534&nav=menu1348_12_2]

KTTC NewsCENTER Six and Ten (Mon-Fri)

* Tom Overlie: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207522&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Rachel Wick: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207520&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Randy Brock: Weather [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207534&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Pat Lund: Sports [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207536&nav=menu1348_12_2]

KTTC NewsCENTER Weekends
* Jennifer Hoff: Anchor [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207544&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Steph Anderson: Weather [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207555&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* CJ Spang: Sports [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493115&nav=menu1350_12]

Anchors

* Tom Overle [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207522&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Rachel Wick [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207520&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Jess Abrahamson [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8231969&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Joshua Stevens [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8231995&nav=menu1348_12_2]

Anchors/Reporters

* Ali Lucia (FOX 47) [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493074&nav=menu1350_12]
* Jennifer Hoff [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207544&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Crystal Oko [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493104&nav=menu1350_12]

Reporters

* Ali Lucia (FOX 47) [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493074&nav=menu1350_12]
* Chris Hrapsky [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232046&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Crystal Oko [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493104&nav=menu1350_12]
* Fanna Haile-Selassie [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232058&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Meghan Sparks [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232065&nav=menu1348_12_2]

Weather

* Randy Brock Chief Meteorologist [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207534&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Steph Anderson Weekend Meteorologist [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207555&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* Ted Schmidt Today/Midday Meteorologist [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8232005&nav=menu1348_12_2]

ports

* Pat Lund [http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8207536&nav=menu1348_12_2]
* C.J. Spang [http://www.myfox47.com/Global/story.asp?S=8493115&nav=menu1350_12]

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"KROC-TV News" (1953-1971)
*"Area 10 News" (1971-1973)
*"Newservice 10" (1973-1977)
*"NewsCenter 10" (1977-1982)
*"NewsWatch 10" (1982-1990)
*"KTTC News 10" (1990-1997)
*"KTTC NewsCenter" (1997-present)

tation Slogans

*"Turn to the Leader" (1995-2003)
*"The People You Know, The News You Trust" (2003-present)

tation Logos

External links

* [http://www.kttc.com/ KTTC]
* [http://www.kttc.com/CW/ Signal Hill CW Website]
*TVQ|KTTC
**TVQ|K62EV
**TVQ|W67CH
*BIA|KTTC|TV|TV

References

* [http://www.kttc.com/history.shtml KTTC History.]
* [http://www.pavekmuseum.org/halloffame/ggentling.html G. David Gentling.] Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.