KNOX-TV (channel 10) was a

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, United States, owned by Community Radio Corporation. The station operated from December 11, 1955, to February 1964.

History

KNOX broadcast on channel 10 as an

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affiliate. The station later signed on

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-targeted

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KCND-TV, which was a

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of KNOX, on November 7, 1960. While KNOX was a primary ABC affiliate, the station also carried programming from

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. In 1962, KNOX and KCND, along with KEND-TV (now KVLY-TV) in

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, were purchased for $675,200 by the Pembina Broadcasting Company, a group led by Ferris Traylor, the part-owner of an Indiana TV station. KNOX merged with KEND, and KNOX shut down in 1964 after KEND (known as KTHI-TV at this time) began transmitting from a tower in Blanchard, between Fargo and Grand Forks. After KNOX-TV's shutdown, the Grand Forks area did not have a local television station until

affiliate

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signed on in 1967. Channel 10 is now used by

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affiliate KBRR serving Grand Forks (a

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), which signed on in 1985 licensed to

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References

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