WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
Channels
BrandingWCCO; WCCO News / CBS News Minnesota
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
July 1, 1949
(75 years ago)
 (1949-07-01)
Former call signs
WTCN-TV (1949–1952)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009)
ABC (secondary, 1949–1953)
Call sign meaning
Derived from WCCO radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9629
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT455.9 m (1,496 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°3′45″N 93°8′22″W / 45.06250°N 93.13944°W / 45.06250; -93.13944
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.cbsnews.com/minnesota/

WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the CBS outlet for the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios on South 11th Street along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis; its transmitter is located at the Telefarm complex in Shoreview, Minnesota.

WCCO-TV's programming is also seen on full-power satellite station KCCW-TV (channel 12) in Walker (with transmitter near Hackensack). Nielsen Media Research treats WCCO-TV and KCCW-TV as one station in local ratings books, using the identifier name WCCO+. From 1987 until 2017, WCCO-TV operated a second satellite, KCCO-TV (virtual and VHF digital channel 7) in Alexandria (with transmitter near Westport).

WCCO is one of three owned-and-operated network affiliates in the Twin Cities market, the others being Fox O&O KMSP-TV (channel 9) and MyNetworkTV O&O WFTC (channel 9.2).

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