KEVN-TV
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| KEVN-TV | |
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| Rapid City, South Dakota | |
| Branding | Black Hills FOX Black Hills FOX News |
| Slogan | Real People. Real News. |
| Channels | 7 (VHF) analog, 18 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox (since 1995) |
| Owner | Mission Broadcasting |
| Founded | July 4, 1958 |
| Call letters meaning | K SEVeN |
| Former callsigns | KRSD (1958-1976) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1958-79), ABC(1958-84, secondary until 1979), NBC(1984-95) |
| Website | www.blackhillsfox.com |
KEVN-TV, FOX 7, is a Fox affiliate based in Rapid City, South Dakota. It also operates a satellite in Lead, South Dakota, KIVV-TV Channel 5, which can also be seen over the air in Rapid City. Both stations are owned by Mission Broadcasting. KEVN's transmitter is located in Rapid City.
KEVN's current slogan is Real People. Real News.
[edit] History
KEVN signed on the air on July 4, 1958 as KRSD, a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. KEVN's satellite station KIVV signed on in the early 1970s. It changed its calls to KEVN in 1976.
In 1979, KELO-TV in Sioux Falls signed on a Rapid City satellite, KCLO-TV (this was a low power repeater, now a full power station). KEVN then became a sole ABC affiliate; it had shared ABC with NBC affiliate KOTA-TV up to that time. It swapped affiliations with KOTA in 1984 and became an NBC affiliate. However, in 1995 KEVN dropped NBC to join Fox. This would leave the Black Hills with no NBC affiliate until KNBN-TV came in 2000. During that period, Rapid City viewers could watch NBC programs on KNBN's low power signal.
Long known as "KEVN FOX7," KEVN dropped its channel number from its identity in early 2007 and became "Black Hills FOX."
KEVN along with KIVV are 2 of a handful of stations to still sign off each night, at 2:00am each and every night.
[edit] External links
- FOX 7's Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KEVN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KIVV
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KOTA 3 / KHSD 11 / KSGW 12 (ABC) - KEVN 7 / KIVV 5 (Fox) - KSWY 7 (NBC, Sheridan) - KBHE 9 (PBS/SDPB) - KTNE 13 (PBS/NET) - KCLO 15 (CBS) - KNBN 21 (NBC) - KKRA-LP 24 (My Network TV/ION) - KWBH-LP 27 (The CW) - KCPL-LP 52 (IND) |
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KEVN 7 / KIVV 5 (Rapid City / Lead) - KTTW 17 / KTTM 12 (Sioux Falls / Huron) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB and Other stations in South Dakota | |
