KEYC-TV

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KEYC-TV

Mankato, Minnesota
Branding	News 12
Slogan	The one to watch
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, 38 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	United Communications Corporation
Founded	1960
Call letters meaning	Key City, a former slogan for Mankato
Former affiliations	NBC (1960-1961), UPN (secondary, 1995-2006)
Transmitter Power	316 kw
Website	keyc.com

KEYC-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Mankato, Minnesota, with studios in neighboring North Mankato. It is the sole station in the market that it serves, ranked as the 11th smallest out of 210 in the United States. The station is not without significant competition: stations from Minneapolis-St. Paul, the 15th largest market, cover major news in the region. The station, though, maintains a highly local focus, such as through its production of the long-running music series Bandwagon.

1 History
2 Coverage
3 Programming
4 External link

[edit] History

KEYC signed on on October 5, 1960, just in time to broadcast the first game of the World Series that night on NBC. The station was owned by Lee Enterprises, who also started nearby KGLO, now KIMT, in Mason City, Iowa. Less than a year later, it switched its affiliation to CBS, which it maintains to this day. Lee Enterprises, intending to purchase KOIN in Portland, Oregon, was forced to sell the station to United Communications Corporation in 1977, due to ownership limits imposed by the Federal Communications Commission.

[edit] Coverage

KEYC broadcasts from a transmitter located outside of Lewisville, Minnesota, about 25 miles southwest of Mankato. The station is also available on DirecTV for local viewers. The station owns and operates one translator, K19CA, licensed to St. James, Minnesota.

[edit] Programming

KEYC airs the entire CBS schedule, but does not carry the CBS News overnight program Up to the Minute on their broadcast signal, signing off at around 1:00 a.m. in the morning each day, though cable viewers in Mankato and some surrounding areas receive the program.

A half-hour noon newscast airs weekdays, and a half-hour evening newscast airs at 6:00 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays. Late local news airs everyday of the week from 10:00 p.m. to 10:35 p.m. The station also provides three short local news updates in the morning during the The Early Show, as well as a short interview segment focusing on community organizations.

Aside from news, two programs has aired almost throughout the station's history: Bandwagon, and a local religious program, I Believe in Miracles, which first aired on February 19, 1961. Various other local programs have aired over the years, as well as a variety of specials, such as on holiday music or major community issues.

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Broadcast television in the Mankato market (Nielsen DMA #200)

KEYC 12 (CBS)
Out-of-market stations available in Mankato:
KTCA 2 (PBS) - WCCO 4 (CBS) - KSTP 5 (ABC) - KAAL 6 (ABC) - KMSP 9 (Fox) - KARE 11 (NBC) - KSMQ 15 (PBS) - WFTC 29 (MNTV) See also: Broadcast television in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Rochester-Mason City-Austin markets

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Minnesota

KDLH 3 (Duluth) - WCCO 4 / KCCO 7 / KCCW 12 (Minneapolis / Alexandria / Walker) - KEYC 12 (Mankato)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Minnesota