KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
Channels
BrandingFox 9
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerFox Television Stations, LLC
WFTC, KFTC
History
First air date
January 9, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-01-09)
Former call signs
  • KEYD-TV (1955–1956)
  • KMGM-TV (1956–1958)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • Digital: 26 (UHF, 2000–2009)
  • DuMont (1955–1956)
  • Independent (1956–1961, 1979–1986, 1988–1995)
  • ABC (1961–1979)
  • Fox (1986–1988)
  • UPN (1995–2002)
Call sign meaning
Minneapolis and Saint Paul (MSP is also the IATA code for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with KMSP as its ICAO code)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID68883
ERP36.2 kW
HAAT435 m (1,427 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°3′30″N 93°7′28″W / 45.05833°N 93.12444°W / 45.05833; -93.12444
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.fox9.com

KMSP-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the Fox network outlet for the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station WFTC (channel 9.2). The two stations are located together on Viking Drive in Eden Prairie; KMSP-TV's transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota.

KMSP-TV also serves the Mankato market (via K35KI-D in nearby St. James[2] through the local municipal-operated Cooperative TV (CTV) network of translators[3][4]), even though that area already has a Fox affiliate of its own.[5] KMSP is also carried on the main channel of KFTC (channel 26), a satellite station of WFTC licensed to Bemidji which serves the northernmost reaches of the Minneapolis–St. Paul television market.

KMSP-TV is also carried in Canada on the Rogers Cable system in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on Tbaytel, and on Bell MTS Fibe TV in the province of Manitoba. Since October 2022, the station is also carried on Westman Communications, replacing Rochester, New York's WUHF.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KMSP-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
  3. ^ The Webpage of Cooperative TV (CTV)
  4. ^ CTV Channel Listing via the Cooperative TV (CTV) Website
  5. ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.