KXJB-LD (channel 30) is a
low-power television station
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licensed to
Horace, North Dakota, United States, serving the
Fargo–
Grand Forks
Grand Forks is a city in and the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The city's population was 59,166 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the state, after Fargo and Bismarck. Grand For ...
market
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*Market economy
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as an affiliate of
CBS
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and
The CW Plus
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. It is owned by
Gray Media
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alongside
NBC
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affiliate
KVLY-TV
KVLY-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside KXJB-LD (channel 30), a low-power CBS and CW affiliate. The two stations share studios on 21st Avenue ...
(channel 11). The two stations share studios on 21st Avenue South in Fargo, where KXJB-LD's transmitter is also located.
Due to KXJB's low-power status, its over-the-air signal only covers the immediate Fargo area. Therefore, the station's main CBS channel is simulcast in
720p
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high-definition on KVLY's second
digital subchannel
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to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius; this signal can be seen on channel 11.2 from a
transmitter
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near
Blanchard. The KVLY tower also transmits KXJB's much lower powered
translator
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K28MA-D (licensed to
Argusville), carrying all of KXJB's subchannels on channel 28, serving a rural area from
Valley City to
Mayville. A second translator, K30LR-D in Grand Forks, carries all of the KXJB subchannels on channel 30.
History
Intellectual unit
From 1955 to 2014, the KXJB call sign and CBS affiliation operated on channel 4, under the broadcast license presently associated with
KRDK-TV.
KXJB was co-owned with the
KX Television
KX Television, sometimes branded as KX Net or simply KX, is a group of four television stations in western North Dakota owned by the Nexstar Media Group and affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus.
Stations
The network consists of four stations:
Th ...
network in western North Dakota from 1959 to 1971. The station never changed its network affiliation until late 2014, when Major Market Broadcasting purchased the station. CBS was also carried with Grand Forks newscasts and commercials on
KXJC-LP (channel 35) as a
semi-satellite
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of KXJB, from 2000 until the license for that station was canceled in April 2003, due to KVLY-TV taking over operations of the original KXJB.
On November 20, 2013, KXJB owner Parker Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group to Excalibur Broadcasting. The deal was concurrent with KVLY-TV owner
Hoak Media Corporation selling almost all of its stations to Gray Television; Excalibur's other stations were operated by Gray under local marketing agreements.
After heightened scrutiny by the FCC over LMAs and similar agreements, Gray announced that it would acquire the non-license assets of six stations from the Hoak/Parker deal, including KXJB, move their programming to digital subchannels of existing Gray stations in the affected markets and divest their licenses to minority-owned broadcasters who would operate them independently and not enter into any LMAs or similar agreements with Gray.
In the case of KXJB, its intellectual unit would be moved to KVLY's subcarrier.
On November 12, 2014, KVLY added a simulcast of KXJB on its second digital subchannel, displacing
MeTV
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to the third subchannel. KXJB-TV signed off the air at 12 midnight
CT on December 1, 2014, CBS programming continued to be available on KVLY-DT2, hence making KVLY-DT2 the sole CBS affiliate in the area. KVLY-DT2 also retained the original "KX4" branding of the original CBS affiliate. KXJB was sold to Major Market Broadcasting on December 18 of that year.
Channel 4 returned to the air on January 13, 2015, as KRDK-TV, now an affiliate of multiple multi-cast networks, including
Cozi TV
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The network originat ...
, and later
MyNetworkTV
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, on its main subchannel, and locally operated BEK Sports, featuring local high school sports coverage in the area, on KRDK-DT2 and in prime time on the main subchannel. Most of KRDK's other eight subchannels provide programming from various classic TV and movie networks.
Current license
Gray signed on three low power TV stations in September 2016, with the KXJB call sign and translators replicating coverage in areas with strong coverage of the previous KXJB-TV (now KRDK-TV). KXJB's CBS channel, also broadcast on KVLY 11.2, carries CBS and other programs in KXJB-TV's 1080i HD format, the second subchannel carrying
The CW Plus
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(previously on
WDAY-TV
WDAY-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship television property of locally based Forum Communications ...
6.2 and
WDAZ-TV
WDAZ-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States, serving the Grand Forks area as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by the Forum Communications Company, which also ow ...
8.2), and the third subchannel carrying
Heroes & Icons
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(previously on KRDK-TV).
In October 2016, KRDK-TV requested
must-carry
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on channel 4 (the former home of KXJB prior to December 2014). The area's pay TV providers then moved "KX4" to channel 9, though this put the channel closer to the other major affiliates on those systems, as WDAY-TV is on cable channel 6, with
KVRR
KVRR (channel 15) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, the station maintains studios on South 40th Street an ...
on channel 10 and KVLY on channel 11.
News operation
KXJB produces its own newscasts on weekdays at noon, 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., with the ''
CBS Evening News
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'' being carried at 6 p.m. instead of the normal 5:30 p.m. slot on most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone. The morning ''Valley Today'', 10 p.m., and weekend newscasts are simulcast with KVLY. This combined news operation is known as ''Valley News Live''.
On September 12, 2016, KXJB launched a prime time newscast on its CW-affiliated subchannel known as ''Valley News Live at 9''. The half-hour broadcast offers direct competition to
Fox
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affiliate KVRR's long established hour long newscast airing at the same time and WDAY-TV/WDAZ-TV's half-hour ''WDAY'Z Xtra News at 9'' on its second and third subchannels, which was launched just weeks before Fargo CW's 9 p.m. newscast.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
multiplexed
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:
Translators
*
Argusville, ND
*
Baudette, MN
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History
Baudette was incorporated in 19 ...
*
Grand Forks, ND
*
Roseau, MN
*
Williams, MN
See also
*
Channel 4 branded TV stations in the United States
*
Channel 30 digital TV stations in the United States
The following television stations broadcast on digital channel 30 in the United States:
* K30AE-D in Alva, Oklahoma
* K30AF-D in Alexandria, Minnesota, on virtual channel 9, which rebroadcasts WFTC
* K30AL-D in Iola, Kansas
* K30BN-D in Coos B ...
*
Channel 30 low-power TV stations in the United States
The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 30 in the United States:
* K30AE-D in Alva, Oklahoma
* K30AF-D in Alexandria, Minnesota
* K30AL-D in Iola, Kansas
* K30BN-D in Coos Bay, Oregon
* K30BU-D in ...
*
Channel 30 virtual TV stations in the United States
The following television stations operate on virtual channel 30 in the United States:
* K05NF-D in Salina, Utah
* K11IY-D in Battle Mountain, Nevada
* K11XI-D in Beaver etc., Utah
* K14LW-D in Myton, Utah
* K14RN-D in Scipio, Utah
* K16NK-D ...
References
External links
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2016 establishments in North Dakota
Cass County, North Dakota
CBS affiliates
The CW affiliates
Gray Media
Heroes & Icons affiliates
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Television channels and stations established in 2016