KFYR-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KFYR-TV / KQCD-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = The News Leader
station_branding = KFYR-TV
NBC North Dakota
analog =
KFYR: 5 (VHF)
KQCD: 7 (VHF)
digital =
KFYR: 31 (UHF)
KQCD: 18 (UHF)
other_chs = KO7FG Lemmon
K09EZ Beulah
(both repeating KFYR-TV)
affiliations = NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = KFYR: December 19, 1953
KQCD: July 28, 1980
location = KFYR: Bismarck, North Dakota
KQCD: Dickinson, North Dakota
callsign_meaning = KFYR:
inherited from KFYR radio
KQCD:
Queen
City
Dickinson
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Hoak Media Corporation
licensee = Hoak Media of Dakota License, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Secondary:
ABC (1953-1986)
effective_radiated_power = KFYR:
100 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
KQCD:
316 kW (analog)
125 kW (digital)
HAAT = KFYR:
427 m (analog)
389 m (digital)
KQCD:
223 m (analog)
174 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = KFYR: 41427
KQCD: 41430
coordinates = KFYR:
coord|46|36|20.4|N|100|48|26.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
KQCD:
coord|46|56|52.7|N|102|59|26.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KQCD-TV
homepage = [http://www.kfyrtv.com/ www.kfyrtv.com]
[http://www.kqcd.com/ www.kqcd.com]

KFYR-TV, channel 5, is the NBC affiliate for Bismarck, North Dakota. The station serves the southern half of the television market. It operates a semi-satellite, KQCD-TV, channel 7 in Dickinson, that serves the southwestern portion of the state. Although KQCD identifies itself as a station in its own right, it airs a time-shifted feed of KFYR-TV in Mountain Time for most of the day. However, it airs its own commercials. NBC prime time programming runs from 6pm to 9pm.

KFYR-TV is the flagship station of NBC North Dakota, a network of four stations that serve most of central and western North Dakota, along with parts of South Dakota and Montana.

The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation of Dallas, Texas.

History

KFYR-TV, signed on December 19, 1953 as the second television station in North Dakota and the first in Bismarck. It was owned by the Meyer family along with KFYR radio (550 AM). In later years, the two stations were joined by another radio station on 92.9 FM (now KYYY).

In the mid-1950s the Federal Communications Commission collapsed all of central and western North Dakota into one giant television market. Accordingly, the Meyers bought three other stations on-line. KUMV-TV in Williston signed on in 1957, followed by KMOT in Minot in 1958 and KQCD-TV in Dickinson in 1980. These stations became known as the "Meyer Television Network," with KFYR-TV as the flagship station.

KQCD was the last of the four stations to sign on when it debuted on January 25, 1980. It has always been a semi-satellite of KFYR-TV.

The station had a secondary affiliation with ABC shared with rival KX Television until full-time ABC affiliate ABC West signed on.

The Meyers sold off their broadcast holdings in 1997, with the TV stations going to Sunrise Television Corporation. Sunrise sold them to The Wicks Group of Companies of New York City.

Hoak bought KFYR and its satellites in July 2006, as well as KVLY-TV and KXJB-TV (LMA with Catamount Broadcasting) of Fargo and KSFY-TV of Sioux Falls and its satellite stations. On November 17, 2006, the sale was approved by the FCC.

Programming and News

KFYR broadcasts local newscasts at 6 am, 12 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm and 10 pm Central Time Monday through Friday; 6 pm and 10 pm on Saturday, and 10 pm on Sunday. The early weekday newscasts and KFYR-TV anchors include Monica Hannan and Alan Miller. The weekday morning and afternoon newscasts are simulcast across the entire four-station network, along with all weekend newscasts.

KQCD's news department consists of one reporter, Cebi Schneider. She is the only reporter based in the southwestern part of the state. Her stories run on KFYR-TV. Andrew Keller will soon join the team as Bureau Chief at KQCD-TV; his stories will also run on KFYR-TV.

The stations occasionally share stories with co-owned KVLY. The five stations simulcast major North Dakota sporting events under the NBC North Dakota brand name and share certain equipment, such as remote broadcasting vehicles.

Translators

In addition to KQCD, KFYR-TV's programming is simulcast on two low-powered translators:
*K07FG Lemmon, South Dakota
*K09EZ Beulah, North Dakota

ee also

*KMOT

External links

* [http://www.kfyrtv.com/ KFYR-TV website]
* [http://www.kqcd.com/ KQCD website]
*TVQ|KFYR
*TVQ|KQCD
*BIA|KFYR|TV|TV
*BIA|KQCD|TV|TV
*TitanTV|KFYR
*TitanTV|KQCD