KEYC-TV

KEYC-TV

Mankato, Minnesota United States
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12
Branding	KEYC; KEYC Fox (on DT2) KEYC News Now (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	12.1: CBS 12.2: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KMNF-LD
History
First air date	October 5, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-10-05)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF, 1960–2009) Digital: 38 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (1960–1961) UPN (secondary, 1995–2006)
Call sign meaning	Key City (city slogan for Mankato)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	68853
ERP	52.7 kW
HAAT	317 m (1,040 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°56′12.4″N 94°24′38.5″W / 43.936778°N 94.410694°W / 43.936778; -94.410694
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.keyc.com

KEYC-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Mankato, Minnesota, United States, affiliated with CBS and Fox. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, dual NBC/CW+ affiliate KMNF-LD (channel 7). The two stations share studios on Lookout Drive in North Mankato; KEYC-TV's transmitter is located near Lewisville, Minnesota.

The Mankato market is within reach of some television stations based in the Twin Cities. CBS owned-and-operated station WCCO-TV has an over-the-air signal that reaches Mankato proper, and the station is offered locally on Charter Spectrum channel 4. Due to the cable presence of WCCO, KEYC can invoke the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s network non-duplication rule resulting in Spectrum blacking out programming from the former during network shows. WCCO's newscasts and some of its syndicated programs can be seen, however.