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{{short description|CBS/CW affiliate in Horace–Fargo, North Dakota}}
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{{Infobox broadcast
{{Infobox television station
| call_letters = KXJB-LD
| callsign = KXJB-LD
| city = [[Horace, North Dakota]]
| city = Horace, North Dakota
| station_logo = [[File:KX4CBS.png]]
| logo = KXJB-LD logo 2021.webp
| station_slogan = ''The People You Know, The News You Trust''
| logo_upright = 1
| station_branding = KX4 {{small|(general)}}<br>Fargo CW {{small|(on DT2)}}<br>Valley News Live {{small|(news)}}
| image = Fargo CW logo.svg
| digital = 30 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])<br>[[virtual channel|Virtual]]: 30 ([[PSIP]])
| image_upright = .5
| subchannels = 30.1 [[CBS]]<br>30.2 [[The CW]]<br>30.3 [[Heroes & Icons]]
| branding = {{ubl|KX4; ''Valley News Live''|Fargo CW (LD2)}}
| other_chs = {{small|[[KVLY-TV]] CBS 11.2 ([[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]])}}<br>{{small|K28MA-D 28.x [[Argusville, North Dakota|Argusville]]}}<br>{{small|K30LR-D 30.x [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]]}}<br>'''{{small|via KVLY-DT2:}}'''<br>{{small|34.2 K14PH-D [[Baudette, Minnesota|Baudette, MN]]}}<br>{{small|34.2 K34MC-D [[Williams, Minnesota|Williams, MN]]}}<br>{{small|4.1 K50AM-D [[Roseau, Minnesota|Roseau, MN]]}}
| digital = 30 ([[UHF]])
| affiliations = CBS<br>The CW (DT2)
| virtual = 30
| network =
| translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}''
| country = United States
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''30.1:''' [[CBS]]|'''30.2:''' [[CW+]]|'''30.3:''' [[Heroes & Icons]]}}
| founded =
| country = United States
| airdate = {{start date and age|2016|9|12}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|2016|9|12|p=y|br=y}}
| enddate =
| location = [[Fargo, North Dakota]]
| location = [[Horace, North Dakota|Horace]]–[[Fargo, North Dakota]]
| callsign_meaning = '''KX J'''ohn '''B'''oler (KXJB intellectual unit founder)
| callsign_meaning = John Boler, founder of KXJB-TV
| owner = [[Gray Television]]
| former_callsigns =
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]
| former_channel_numbers =
| sister_stations = [[KVLY-TV]]
| owner = [[Gray Television]]
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| haat = {{convert|64|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| sister_stations = [[KVLY-TV]]<br>[[KFYR-TV]], [[KMOT]]
| facility_id = 185885
| former_affiliations =
| coordinates = {{Coord|46|50|47|N|96|48|7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| effective_radiated_power = 15 kW
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| HAAT = 64 m
| website = {{URL|https://www.valleynewslive.com/}}
| facility_id = 185885
| coordinates = {{Coord|46|50|47|N|96|48|7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| homepage = [http://www.valleynewslive.com/ www.valleynewslive.com]
}}
}}


'''KXJB-LD''', channel 30, is a [[CBS]] television station affiliate based in [[Fargo, North Dakota]], United States ([[city of license|licensed]] to nearby [[Horace, North Dakota]]). Owned by [[Gray Television]], the station is a sister to [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] affiliate [[KVLY-TV]], and the two stations have a co-located studio/office located at South University Drive at its intersection with [[Interstate 94 in North Dakota|I-94]] in Fargo. The station broadcasts a [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|HD]] signal from a transmitter located at the KXJB/KVLY studios.
'''KXJB-LD''' (channel 30) is a [[low-power television station]] licensed to [[Horace, North Dakota]], United States, serving the [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]]–[[Grand Forks]] [[media market|market]] as an affiliate of [[CBS]] and [[The CW Plus]]. It is owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside [[NBC]] affiliate [[KVLY-TV]] (channel 11). The two stations share studios on 21st Avenue South in Fargo, where KXJB-LD's transmitter is also located.


Since KXJB is made up of three low-power stations, its signals doe not reach [[Valley City, North Dakota|Valley City]] or other areas in KVLY's fringe coverage. Therefore, the station's main CBS channel is simulcast on KVLY's second [[digital subchannel]] in [[720p]] HD to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius. KVLY's [[KVLY-TV mast|transmitter]], which is the tallest above-ground structure in the [[Western Hemisphere]], is located near [[Blanchard, North Dakota|Blanchard]]. KVLY's transmitter also transmits KXJB's much lower powered [[broadcast translator|translator]] '''K28MA-D''' ([[Argusville, ND|Argusville]]), carrying all of KXJB's subchannels on channel 28, covering the previous KXJB's (now [[KRDK-TV]]), channel 4, strong coverage between Fargo and Grand Forks, and areas west of Fargo to the [[Valley City, North Dakota|Valley City]] area. KXJB's other translator is '''K30LR-D''', carrying all of the KXJB subchannels on channel 30, in [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]].
Due to KXJB's low-power status, its over-the-air signal only covers the immediate Fargo area. Therefore, the station's main CBS channel is simulcast in [[720p]] [[high-definition television|high-definition]] on KVLY's second [[digital subchannel]] to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius; this signal can be seen on channel 11.2 from a [[KVLY-TV mast|transmitter]] near [[Blanchard, North Dakota|Blanchard]]. The KVLY tower also transmits KXJB's much lower powered [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] '''K28MA-D''' (licensed to [[Argusville, North Dakota|Argusville]]), carrying all of KXJB's subchannels on channel 28, serving a rural area from [[Valley City, North Dakota|Valley City]] to [[Mayville, North Dakota|Mayville]]. A second translator, '''K30LR-D''' in Grand Forks, carries all of the KXJB subchannels on channel 30.

KXJB's main CBS channel can be seen on [[cable television|cable]] channel 9 on [[Midcontinent Communications|Midco]] and [[Cable One]], various channels on rural cable systems, [[DirecTV]] channel 30, [[Dish Network]] channel 4 (an attribute to the predecessor CBS affiliate's licensed channel, now [[KRDK-TV]]), and in high definition on [[Midcontinent Communications|Midco]] digital channel 604 and [[Cable One]] digital channel 1009.


==History==
==History==

===KXJB intellectual unit===
===Intellectual unit===
{{see also|KRDK-TV}}
{{see also|KRDK-TV}}
Until December 2014, the KXJB call sign and CBS affiliation were used on the broadcast license presently associated with [[KRDK-TV]].
From 1955 to 2014, the KXJB call sign and CBS affiliation operated on channel 4, under the broadcast license presently associated with [[KRDK-TV]].


KXJB was originally co-owned by the [[KX Television]] network in western North Dakota until 1971. That station never changed its network affiliation until late 2014, when [[Major Market Broadcasting]] purchased the station. CBS was also carried with Grand Forks newscasts and commercials on KXJC-LP, channel 35, as a [[semi-satellite]] of KXJB, from 2000 until the license for that station was canceled in April 2003, due to KVLY-TV taking over operations of the original KXJB.
KXJB was co-owned with the [[KX Television]] network in western North Dakota from 1959 to 1971. The station never changed its network affiliation until late 2014, when Major Market Broadcasting purchased the station. CBS was also carried with Grand Forks newscasts and commercials on [[KXJC-LP]] (channel 35) as a [[semi-satellite]] of KXJB, from 2000 until the license for that station was canceled in April 2003, due to KVLY-TV taking over operations of the original KXJB.


On November 20, 2013, KXJB owner Parker Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group to Excalibur Broadcasting. The deal was concurrent with KVLY-TV owner [[Hoak Media Corporation]] selling almost all of its stations to Gray Television; Excalibur's other stations were operated by Gray under local marketing agreements.<ref name="KJCTsale">{{cite web | url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/69428/newspress--gazette-gets-13m-for-kjct | title=News-Press & Gazette Gets $12M For KJCT | publisher=NewsCheckMedia | work=TVNewsCheck | date=August 2, 2013 | access-date=August 4, 2013 | author=Staff writers}}</ref><ref name=tvnc-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m|access-date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> After heightened scrutiny by the FCC over LMAs and similar agreements, Gray announced that it would acquire the non-license assets of six stations from the Hoak/Parker deal, including KXJB, move their programming to digital subchannels of existing Gray stations in the affected markets and divest their licenses to minority-owned broadcasters who would operate them independently and not enter into any LMAs or similar agreements with Gray.<ref name="rbr-grayshutdown">{{cite web | url=http://rbr.com/gray-closes-hoak-deal-completes-refinancing/ | title=Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing | publisher=Streamline RBR | work=Radio & Television Business Report | date=June 13, 2014 | access-date=July 26, 2014 | author=Marcucci, Carl}}</ref><ref name="tvnc-hoakgray">{{cite web | url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m | title=Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M | publisher=NewsCheckMedia | work=TVNewsCheck | date=November 20, 2013 | access-date=November 20, 2013 | author=Staff writers}}</ref> In the case of KXJB, its intellectual unit would be moved to KVLY's subcarrier.
When KXJB-TV signed off the air at 12 Midnight [[Central Time Zone|CT]] on December 1, 2014, CBS programming continued to be available on KVLY-DT2, hence making KVLY-DT2 the sole CBS affiliate in the area. KVLY-DT2 also retained the original "KX4" branding of the original CBS affiliate.<ref>http://www.valleynewslive.com/home/headlines/284288191.html</ref> KXJB was sold to [[Major Market Broadcasting]] on December 18 of that year.<ref>{{Cite web| last = | first = | title = Consummation Notice | url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1665579&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=49134 | publisher = ''CDBS Public Access''. [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = December 19, 2014 | accessdate = January 7, 2015}}</ref>

On November 12, 2014, KVLY added a simulcast of KXJB on its second digital subchannel, displacing [[MeTV]] to the third subchannel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/20672/ |title=KXJB sold: CBS programming will live on as KX4 &#124; Prairie Business Magazine &#124; Grand Forks, ND |access-date=July 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206173128/http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/20672 |archive-date=December 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> KXJB-TV signed off the air at 12 midnight [[Central Time Zone|CT]] on December 1, 2014, CBS programming continued to be available on KVLY-DT2, hence making KVLY-DT2 the sole CBS affiliate in the area. KVLY-DT2 also retained the original "KX4" branding of the original CBS affiliate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleynewslive.com/home/headlines/284288191.html |title=A look back on the last 60 years of KXJB Television |website=www.valleynewslive.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203195234/http://www.valleynewslive.com/home/headlines/284288191.html |archive-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> KXJB was sold to Major Market Broadcasting on December 18 of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1665579&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=49134|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> Channel 4 returned to the air on January 13, 2015, as KRDK-TV, now an affiliate of multiple multi-cast networks, including [[Cozi TV]], and later [[MyNetworkTV]], on its main subchannel, and locally operated BEK Sports, featuring local high school sports coverage in the area, on KRDK-DT2 and in prime time on the main subchannel. Most of KRDK's other eight subchannels provide programming from various classic TV and movie networks.


===Current license===
===Current license===
Gray signed on three low power TV stations in September 2016, with the KXJB call sign and translators replicating coverage in areas with strong coverage of the previous KXJB-TV (now KRDK-TV). KXJB's CBS channel, also broadcast on KVLY 11.2, carries CBS and other programs in KXJB-TV's 1080i HD format, the second subchannel carrying [[The CW Plus]] (previously on [[WDAY-TV]] 6.2 and [[WDAZ-TV]] 8.2), and the third subchannel carrying [[Heroes & Icons]] (previously on KRDK-TV).
Channel 4 returned to the air on January 13, 2015 as [[KRDK-TV]], now an affiliate of multiple multi-cast networks, including [[Cozi TV]] on its main subchannel, and locally-operated BEK Sports, featuring local high school sports coverage in the area, on KRDK-DT2 and in primetime on the main subchannel. Most of KRDK's other eight subchannels provide programming from various classic TV and movie networks.


In October 2016, KRDK-TV requested [[must-carry]] on channel 4 (the former home of KXJB prior to December 2014). The area's pay TV providers then moved "KX4" to channel 9, though this put the channel closer to the other major affiliates on those systems, as WDAY-TV is on cable channel 6, with [[KVRR]] on channel 10 and KVLY on channel 11.
Gray signed on three low power TV stations on September 2016, with the KXJB call sign and translators replicating coverage in areas with strong coverage of the previous KXJB-TV. KXJB's CBS channel, also broadcast on KVLY 11.2, carries [[CBS]] and other programs in KXJB-TV's 1080i HD format, the second subchannel carrying [[The CW Plus]] (previously on [[WDAY-TV]] 6.2 and [[WDAZ-TV]] 8.2), and the third subchannel carrying [[Heroes & Icons]] (previously on [[KRDK-TV]]).


==News operation==
In October 2016, [[KRDK-TV]] requested [[must-carry]], forcing major cable providers to move KXJB to channel 9, so KRDK can be carried on channel 4 to attribute to its over the air virtual channel, which was the former home of KXJB prior to December 2014.
{{main|KVLY-TV#Valley News Live}}
KXJB produces its own newscasts on weekdays at noon, 5:30&nbsp;p.m., and 6:30&nbsp;p.m., with the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' being carried at 6&nbsp;p.m. instead of the normal 5:30&nbsp;p.m. slot on most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone. The morning ''Valley Today'', 10&nbsp;p.m., and weekend newscasts are simulcast with KVLY. This combined news operation is known as ''Valley News Live''.


On September 12, 2016, KXJB launched a prime time newscast on its CW-affiliated subchannel known as ''Valley News Live at 9''. The half-hour broadcast offers direct competition to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate KVRR's long established hour long newscast airing at the same time and WDAY-TV/WDAZ-TV's half-hour ''WDAY'Z Xtra News at 9'' on its second and third subchannels, which was launched just weeks before Fargo CW's 9&nbsp;p.m. newscast.
==Digital television==


==Technical information==
===Digital channels===

The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KXJB-LD<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXJB-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for KXJB-LD]</ref>
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
! Programming
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXJB#station RabbitEars TV Query for KXJB]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.1
| 30.1 || [[1080i]] || rowspan=3| [[16:9]] || KXJB-DT || Main KXJB-LD programming / [[CBS]]
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=3| [[16:9]] || KXJB-DT || [[CBS]]
|-
|-
| 30.2 || [[720p]] || KXJB-CW || [[The CW Plus|Fargo CW]]
! scope = "row" | 30.2
| [[720p]] || KXJB-CW || [[The CW Plus]]
|-
| 30.3 || [[480i]] || H&I TV || [[Heroes & Icons]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.3
| [[480i]] || H&I TV || [[Heroes & Icons]]
|}
|}


===Translators===
The second subchannel, affiliated with [[The CW]], is also available on [[Cable One]] cable channel 38, [[Midcontinent Communications|Midco]] cable channel 16 in the [[Fargo-Moorhead]] area, Midco cable channel 17 in [[Grand Forks, ND|Grand Forks]], [[DirecTV]] channel 31, and in high definition on [[Midcontinent Communications|Midco]] digital channel 616 and [[Cable One]] digital channel 1038.
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|185875|3=K28MA-D}}''' [[Argusville, ND]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|36336|3=K14PH-D}}''' [[Baudette, MN]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|185872|3=K30LR-D}}''' [[Grand Forks, ND]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|57686|3=K30PA-D}}''' [[Roseau, MN]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|36327|3=K34MC-D}}''' [[Williams, MN]]


==See also==
The third subchannel carries [[Heroes & Icons]] (preiously carried in the market on [[KRDK-TV]]), which is also available on Midco cable channel 593.
* [[Channel 4 branded TV stations in the United States]]

* [[Channel 30 digital TV stations in the United States]]
==Programming==
* [[Channel 30 low-power TV stations in the United States]]
[[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming on KXJB includes ''[[Extra (TV program)|Extra]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'', ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'' among others.
* [[Channel 30 virtual TV stations in the United States]]

==News operation==
{{main article|KVLY-TV#News operation}}
KXJB produces its own newscasts on weekdays at noon, 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., with [[CBS Evening News]] being carried at 6:00 p.m. instead of the normal 5:30 p.m. slot on most CBS affiliates in [[Central Time Zone]]. The morning ''Valley Today'', 10:00 p.m., and weekend newscasts are simulcast with KVLY. This combined news operation is known as ''Valley News Live''.

On its launch in [[September 12]], [[2016]], KXJB launched a prime time newscast on its [[The CW|CW]] affiliated subchannel known as ''Valley News Live at 9''. The half-hour broadcast offers direct competition to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KVRR]]'s long established hour long newscast airing at the same time and [[WDAY-TV]]'s half-hour ''WDAY'Z Xtra News at 9'' on its second and third subchannels, which was launched just weeks before Fargo CW's 9:00 p.m. newscast.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.valleynewslive.com/ Official website]
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*{{TVQ|K30LR-D}}


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Latest revision as of 15:47, 25 September 2024

KXJB-LD
CityHorace, North Dakota
Channels
Branding
  • KX4; Valley News Live
  • Fargo CW (LD2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KVLY-TV
History
First air date
September 12, 2016
(8 years ago) (2016-09-12)
Call sign meaning
John Boler, founder of KXJB-TV
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID185885
ERP15 kW
HAAT64 m (210 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°50′47″N 96°48′7″W / 46.84639°N 96.80194°W / 46.84639; -96.80194
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.valleynewslive.com

KXJB-LD (channel 30) is a low-power television station licensed to Horace, North Dakota, United States, serving the Fargo–Grand Forks market as an affiliate of CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KVLY-TV (channel 11). The two stations share studios on 21st Avenue South in Fargo, where KXJB-LD's transmitter is also located.

Due to KXJB's low-power status, its over-the-air signal only covers the immediate Fargo area. Therefore, the station's main CBS channel is simulcast in 720p high-definition on KVLY's second digital subchannel to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius; this signal can be seen on channel 11.2 from a transmitter near Blanchard. The KVLY tower also transmits KXJB's much lower powered translator K28MA-D (licensed to Argusville), carrying all of KXJB's subchannels on channel 28, serving a rural area from Valley City to Mayville. A second translator, K30LR-D in Grand Forks, carries all of the KXJB subchannels on channel 30.

History

[edit]

Intellectual unit

[edit]
See also: KRDK-TV

From 1955 to 2014, the KXJB call sign and CBS affiliation operated on channel 4, under the broadcast license presently associated with KRDK-TV.

KXJB was co-owned with the KX Television network in western North Dakota from 1959 to 1971. The station never changed its network affiliation until late 2014, when Major Market Broadcasting purchased the station. CBS was also carried with Grand Forks newscasts and commercials on KXJC-LP (channel 35) as a semi-satellite of KXJB, from 2000 until the license for that station was canceled in April 2003, due to KVLY-TV taking over operations of the original KXJB.

On November 20, 2013, KXJB owner Parker Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group to Excalibur Broadcasting. The deal was concurrent with KVLY-TV owner Hoak Media Corporation selling almost all of its stations to Gray Television; Excalibur's other stations were operated by Gray under local marketing agreements.[2][3] After heightened scrutiny by the FCC over LMAs and similar agreements, Gray announced that it would acquire the non-license assets of six stations from the Hoak/Parker deal, including KXJB, move their programming to digital subchannels of existing Gray stations in the affected markets and divest their licenses to minority-owned broadcasters who would operate them independently and not enter into any LMAs or similar agreements with Gray.[4][5] In the case of KXJB, its intellectual unit would be moved to KVLY's subcarrier.

On November 12, 2014, KVLY added a simulcast of KXJB on its second digital subchannel, displacing MeTV to the third subchannel.[6] KXJB-TV signed off the air at 12 midnight CT on December 1, 2014, CBS programming continued to be available on KVLY-DT2, hence making KVLY-DT2 the sole CBS affiliate in the area. KVLY-DT2 also retained the original "KX4" branding of the original CBS affiliate.[7] KXJB was sold to Major Market Broadcasting on December 18 of that year.[8] Channel 4 returned to the air on January 13, 2015, as KRDK-TV, now an affiliate of multiple multi-cast networks, including Cozi TV, and later MyNetworkTV, on its main subchannel, and locally operated BEK Sports, featuring local high school sports coverage in the area, on KRDK-DT2 and in prime time on the main subchannel. Most of KRDK's other eight subchannels provide programming from various classic TV and movie networks.

Current license

[edit]

Gray signed on three low power TV stations in September 2016, with the KXJB call sign and translators replicating coverage in areas with strong coverage of the previous KXJB-TV (now KRDK-TV). KXJB's CBS channel, also broadcast on KVLY 11.2, carries CBS and other programs in KXJB-TV's 1080i HD format, the second subchannel carrying The CW Plus (previously on WDAY-TV 6.2 and WDAZ-TV 8.2), and the third subchannel carrying Heroes & Icons (previously on KRDK-TV).

In October 2016, KRDK-TV requested must-carry on channel 4 (the former home of KXJB prior to December 2014). The area's pay TV providers then moved "KX4" to channel 9, though this put the channel closer to the other major affiliates on those systems, as WDAY-TV is on cable channel 6, with KVRR on channel 10 and KVLY on channel 11.

News operation

[edit]
Main article: KVLY-TV § Valley News Live

KXJB produces its own newscasts on weekdays at noon, 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., with the CBS Evening News being carried at 6 p.m. instead of the normal 5:30 p.m. slot on most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone. The morning Valley Today, 10 p.m., and weekend newscasts are simulcast with KVLY. This combined news operation is known as Valley News Live.

On September 12, 2016, KXJB launched a prime time newscast on its CW-affiliated subchannel known as Valley News Live at 9. The half-hour broadcast offers direct competition to Fox affiliate KVRR's long established hour long newscast airing at the same time and WDAY-TV/WDAZ-TV's half-hour WDAY'Z Xtra News at 9 on its second and third subchannels, which was launched just weeks before Fargo CW's 9 p.m. newscast.

Technical information

[edit]

Subchannels

[edit]

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KXJB-LD[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
30.1 1080i 16:9 KXJB-DT CBS
30.2 720p KXJB-CW The CW Plus
30.3 480i H&I TV Heroes & Icons

Translators

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXJB-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Staff writers (August 2, 2013). "News-Press & Gazette Gets $12M For KJCT". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M". TVNewsCheck. November 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ^ Marcucci, Carl (June 13, 2014). "Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing". Radio & Television Business Report. Streamline RBR. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. ^ Staff writers (November 20, 2013). "Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  6. ^ "KXJB sold: CBS programming will live on as KX4 | Prairie Business Magazine | Grand Forks, ND". Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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  9. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KXJB-LD
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