KQCD-TV

KQCD-TV

Semi-satellite of KFYR-TV, Bismarck, North Dakota
Dickinson, North Dakota United States
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	KQCD-TV; NBC North Dakota West Dakota Fox (on DT2) MeTV North Dakota (on DT3)
Programming
Network	NBC North Dakota
Affiliations	7.1: NBC 7.2: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KFYR-TV, KMOT, KUMV-TV
History
First air date	c. 1967 (current full-power license dates from July 28, 1980)
Former call signs	K07HN (c. 1967–1980)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (VHF, c. 1967–2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, c. 1967–1986)
Call sign meaning	Queen City Dickinson
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	41430
ERP	11.3 kW
HAAT	205 m (673 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°56′53″N 102°59′27″W / 46.94806°N 102.99083°W / 46.94806; -102.99083 (KQCD-TV)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kfyrtv.com

KQCD-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Dickinson, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains a news bureau and advertising sales office on 21st Street East in Dickinson; its transmitter is located near South Heart, North Dakota.

KQCD-TV is part of the four-station NBC North Dakota regional network of NBC affiliates in central and western North Dakota, originating from flagship station KFYR-TV (channel 5) in Bismarck. The NBC North Dakota network relays NBC network and other programming from KFYR-TV across central and western North Dakota, as well as bordering counties in Montana and South Dakota. The four stations along with fellow NBC affiliate KVLY-TV in Fargo often share news stories. Master control and some internal operations of KQCD are based at KFYR-TV's facilities on North 4th Street and East Broadway Avenue in downtown Bismarck. The four stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes.

Though identifying as a separate station in its own right, KQCD-TV is a semi-satellite of KFYR-TV in Bismarck. While it airs separate commercials and legal identifications, for most of the day it airs a time-shifted feed of KFYR-TV in Mountain Time. Most of the station's coverage area, including Dickinson itself, is in the Mountain Time Zone, and its prime time schedule starts at 6 p.m. rather than the usual 7 p.m. for its sister stations.