KVLY-TV

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KVLY-TV

Fargo–Grand Forks, North Dakota Moorhead, Minnesota United States
City	Fargo, North Dakota
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	KVLY TV 11; Valley News Live KX4 (on DT2) MeTV Fargo (on DT3)
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: NBC 11.2: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KXJB-LD
History
First air date	October 11, 1959 (65 years ago) (1959-10-11)
Former call signs	KXGO-TV (1959–1963) KEND-TV (1963–1964) KTHI-TV (1964–1995)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1959–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2019)
Former affiliations	ABC (1959–1983)
Call sign meaning	Red River Valley
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61961
ERP	330 kW
HAAT	593.9 m (1,948 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	47°20′32″N 97°17′21″W / 47.34222°N 97.28917°W / 47.34222; -97.28917
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.valleynewslive.com

KVLY-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Horace-licensed low-power dual CBS/CW+ affiliate KXJB-LD (channel 30). The two stations share studios on 21st Avenue South in Fargo; KVLY-TV's transmitter is located near Blanchard. In addition to its main studio in Fargo, KVLY-TV operates a news bureau and sales office in the US Bank building in downtown Grand Forks.

KVLY-TV is considered a part of the NBC North Dakota state network of NBC affiliates, although it airs separate newscasts and syndicated programming from flagship and sister station KFYR-TV in Bismarck.

KVLY-TV is most notable for its broadcast tower, which was the fourth tallest above-ground structure in the world at 2,063 feet (629 m). The tower was at one time the tallest structure in the world and was the tallest broadcast structure in the Western Hemisphere. In 2019, the top mount antenna was removed for the FCC spectrum repack, dropping the overall height to 1,987 feet (606 m).^[2] The KRDK-TV tower is located just six miles (9.7 km) from the KVLY-TV tower, and now holds the record noted here.