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First air date | July 31, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-07-31) |
Former call signs | KSOO-TV (1960–1974) |
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Call sign meaning | Sioux Falls, disambiguation of last call letter for former owner Forum's flagship stationWDAY |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48658 |
| ERP | 22.7kW |
| HAAT | 610 m (2,001 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°31′7″N96°32′5.7″W / 43.51861°N 96.534917°W /43.51861; -96.534917 |
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| Website | www |
KSFY-TV (channel 13) is atelevision station inSioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated withABC. It is owned byGray Media alongside dualNBC andFox affiliateKDLT-TV (channel 46). The two stations share studios in Courthouse Square on 1st Avenue South in Sioux Falls;[2] KSFY-TV's transmitter is located nearRowena, South Dakota.
The station debuted on July 31, 1960, as KSOO-TV, the second station in Sioux Falls. It was owned by the South Dakota Broadcasting Company along withKSOO radio and was anNBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. From 1960 to 1969, it operated as the flagship of a regional network with separately-owned KORN-TV inMitchell (channel 5, nowKDLT-TV on channel 46). KSOO-TV served the eastern portion of the market, while KORN-TV served the western portion. In 1969, theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) forced the breakup of this network, and KSOO-TV became the sole NBC affiliate. In 1970, it bought KXAB-TV inAberdeen to boost its coverage in northeastern South Dakota. As part of the sale, KXAB's calls changed to KCOO-TV.
South Dakota Broadcasting was liquidated in 1973; the television stations had not shown a profit since 1968.[3] The television stations were bought byForum Publishing Company ofFargo, North Dakota in 1974 and switched their call letters respectively to the current KSFY and KABY. KPRY-TV inPierre was added a year later in 1976. In September 1983, KSFY swapped affiliations with channel 5, then recently renamed KDLT and became an ABC affiliate. ABC was the top-rated network at the time and wanted to be on a stronger station. Additionally, KSFY had three full-power transmitters to KDLT's one, and Forum's flagship stationsWDAY andWDAZ in the eastern part of North Dakota were also converting to ABC affiliations at the same time.
Forum sold the KSFY stations toAFLAC in 1985. In 1996, AFLAC sold its broadcasting division to Retirement Systems of Alabama, who merged it with Ellis Communications to formRaycom Media. In 2004, Raycom sold the KSFY stations to The Wicks Group of Companies.
Hoak Media bought KSFY and its satellite stations in July 2006, as well asKVLY-TV andKXJB-TV (LMA with Catamount Broadcasting) of Fargo andKFYR-TV ofBismarck, North Dakota and its satellite stations. The sale was approved by the FCC on November 17, 2006. On November 20, 2013, Hoak announced the sale of most of its stations, including KSFY and its satellites toGray Television.[4] The sale was completed on June 13, 2014.[5]
On May 1, 2018; Gray announced it had agreed to buy KDLT from ownerRed River Broadcasting for $32.5 million. The combined operation would be based at KSFY's studios; in its announcement of the KDLT purchase, Gray noted that the KSFY studio has enough space to house a second station's news and sales department.[6] Gray needed to obtain a waiver in order to complete the deal, since the FCC normally does not allow one person to own two of the four highest-rated stations in a market. However, in its filing requesting such a waiver, Gray argued that KDLT would be in a stronger position to compete in the market if its resources were combined with those of KSFY. Gray contended that a KSFY/KDLT duopoly would fulfill "a dire need for an effective competitor" in the Sioux Falls market, whereKELO-TV has been the far-and-away leader for as long as records have been kept.[7] The sale was approved by the FCC on September 24, 2019,[8] and was completed the following day.[9][10] Soon afterward, on January 13, 2020, KDLT moved its studios from South Westport Avenue to KSFY's studios on Courthouse Square.
In 2020, Gray acquired the non-license assets of area Fox affiliateKTTW and placed Fox programming on KDLT's second subchannel. This resulted in all of the network affiliations in eastern South Dakota being controlled by just two companies, Gray and KELO-TV ownerNexstar Media Group.
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Currently, KSFY broadcasts a total of19+1⁄2 hours of local newscasts each week with3+1⁄2 hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays. KSFY has been nominated for numerous MidwestEmmy Awards.
On August 1, 2011, KSFY became the first television station in the Sioux Falls market and in the state of South Dakota to begin producing its local newscasts in high definition from their studio only and not from the field; the station unveiled a new HD-ready set, droppedAction News from its newscast and station branding, and renamed its newscasts asKSFY News (which the station used from 2004 to 2008).
With the purchase of KDLT, KSFY and KDLT merged their news operations on January 13, 2020, rebranding asDakota News Now.[11]
The stations' signals aremultiplexed, but not with the same programming. This is because KPRY-TV carries NBC and Fox programming on its second and third subchannels.
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 13.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KSFY-TV | ABC |
| 13.2 | Outlaw | Outlaw | ||
| 13.3 | 480i | MeTV | MeTV | |
| 13.4 | T-Crime | True Crime Network | ||
| 13.5 | StartTV | Start TV | ||
| 13.6 | MeToons | MeTV Toons |
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 4.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KPRY-TV | ABC |
| 46.1 | KDLT-TV | NBC (KDLT-TV) | ||
| 46.2 | Fox | Fox (KDLT-TV) |
On September 10, 2012, KSFY-TV added programming from The CW on a new second digital subchannel.[14] It was part of The CW Plus,[15] and replacedKWSD as Sioux Falls' CW affiliate. As of September 2015, MeTV moved to 13.3, which also moved from KWSD.
KSFY-TV shut down its analog signal, overVHF channel 13, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were totransition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transitionUHF channel 29 to VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations.[16]
KSFY is rebroadcast on asatellite station in central South Dakota:
| Station | City of license | Channels TV (RF) | First air date | Call letters' meaning | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Public license information |
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| KPRY-TV | Pierre | 4 19 (UHF) | January 30, 1976 (49 years ago) (1976-01-30) | Pierre | 311 kW | 347 m (1,138 ft) | 48660 | 44°3′7.2″N100°5′4.2″W / 44.052000°N 100.084500°W /44.052000; -100.084500 (KPRY-TV) | Public file LMS |
KSFY was previously rebroadcast on a satellite station in northeastern South Dakota:
| Station | City of license (other cities served) | Channels TV (RF) | First air date | Last air date | Call letters' meaning | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates |
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| KABY-TV1 | Aberdeen (Watertown) | 9 9 (VHF) | November 27, 1958 (66 years ago) (1958-11-27) | January 12, 2017 (8 years ago) (2017-01-12) (License canceled on April 6, 2018[17]) | Aberdeen | 19.4 kW | 427 m (1,401 ft) | 48659 | 45°6′22.9″N97°53′58″W / 45.106361°N 97.89944°W /45.106361; -97.89944 (KABY-TV) |
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KSFY is rebroadcast on the followingtranslator stations:
Until 2013, programming from KSFY was also rebroadcast on translatorK07QL in Mitchell.
Some cable systems like CSI Cable inJamestown, North Dakota discontinued carrying the service after January 1, 2009, due to duplication of networks already carried.
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