KELO-TV

KELO-TV
Channels
Branding
  • KELOLAND Media Group; KELOLAND News
  • KELOXTRA (DT2)
  • KELOLAND CW (DT4)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KCLO-TV, KCAU-TV
History
First air date
May 20, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-05-20)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 11 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 32 (UHF, 2004–2009)
  • NBC (primary 1953–1958, secondary 1958–1960)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1967)
Call sign meaning
taken from former sister station KELO radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID41983
ERP30 kW
HAAT610 m (2,001 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°31′7″N 96°32′5.7″W / 43.51861°N 96.534917°W / 43.51861; -96.534917 (KELO-TV)
Repeater(s)see § Rebroadcasters
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.keloland.com

KELO-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls; its transmitter is located near Rowena, South Dakota. KELO-TV is broadcast by three high-power semi-satellites—KDLO-TV in Florence (channel 3, serving Watertown), KPLO-TV in Reliance (channel 6, serving Pierre), and KCLO-TV in Rapid City (channel 15). These transmitters and others, together branded as the KELOLAND Media Group, broadcast KELO programs to all of South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa, an area the station calls "KELOLAND" (/ˈkɛloʊˌlænd/).

In the Sioux Falls media market—including central and eastern South Dakota—KELO-TV has long been the dominant television station in ratings and local news coverage. It was the first in South Dakota, beginning broadcasting in May 1953, and was built by Midcontinent Broadcasting, owner of KELO (1320 AM); originally an affiliate of NBC, it switched to CBS in 1957. KDLO-TV and KPLO-TV were built in the mid-1950s, expanding the station's geographic reach, while an expansion to Rapid City took place in the early 1980s. Young Broadcasting acquired the KELO television stations in 1996. Mergers and acquisitions in the 2010s resulted in ownership passing from Young to Media General to Nexstar.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KELO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.