It has always been a semi-satellite of KFYR-TV. KQCD was the last of the four stations to sign on when it debuted on January 25, 1980. These stations became known as the "Meyer Television Network," with KFYR-TV as the flagship station. KUMV-TV in Williston signed on in 1957, followed by KMOT in Minot in 1958 and KQCD-TV in Dickinson in 1980. Accordingly, the Meyers opened three other stations. In the mid-1950s the Federal Communications Commission collapsed all of central and western North Dakota into one giant television market. The stations all broadcast from the Hoskins-Meyer building on Fourth and Broadway in downtown Bismarck KFYR-TV is still headquartered there today. In 1966, KFYR-AM and KFYR-TV were joined by KFYR-FM on 92.9 (now KYYY). It currently operates from a 1,246-foot tower in St. In the interim, a new tower (approximately 580 feet high) was erected adjacent to the KFYR-AM radio transmitting site near Menoken. KFYR-TV's transmitting antenna was originally set up temporarily atop the 19-story North Dakota State Capitol building, and operated from that location for just over a year. Marietta Ekberg was one of three female station owners in the NBC network, along with Dorothy Bulitt of KING-TV in Seattle and Georgia Davidson of KIDO-TV (now KTVB) in Boise. It carried programming from all four networks of the time-NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont, but has always been a primary NBC affiliate owing to KFYR radio's long affiliation with NBC radio. Marietta's parents, Phillip Meyer and Etta Hoskins Meyer, had founded KFYR radio in 1925. It was owned by Marietta Meyer Ekberg along with KFYR radio (550 AM). KFYR-TV, signed on Decemas the third television station in North Dakota and the first in Bismarck. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation of Dallas, Texas. The entire NBC North Dakota network began broadcasting digital-only on February 16, 2009. NBC prime time programming runs from 6 p.m. However, it airs its own station identifications, as well as its own commercials. Although KQCD identifies itself as a station in its own right, it airs a time-shifted feed of KFYR-TV in Mountain Time for most of the day. It operates a semi-satellite, KQCD-TV, ATSC channel 7 in Dickinson, that serves the southwestern portion of the state. The station serves the southern half of the Western North Dakota television market. KFYR-TV is the flagship station of NBC North Dakota, a network of four stations that serve most of central and western North Dakota, along with parts of South Dakota and Montana. All rights reserved.KFYR-TV, ATSC channel 31 (redirects to former NTSC channel 5 via PSIP), is the NBC affiliated television station for Bismarck, North Dakota. More information on the luncheon can be found here.Ĭopyright 2023 KFYR. They will be hosting their annual luncheon on Thursday where they’ll recognize volunteers and donors, as well as detail volunteer opportunities. Lawrence says the active weather on the west coast and in the south usually will mean we also will experience active weather patterns, and he doesn’t rule out another Colorado Low moving through North Dakota in April.Īs below normal temperatures are predicted to continue, the United Way will continue to need volunteers and donations to protect the homeless population. A lot of snow here, the Northern Plains, and in Canada, and until that melts I think our temps remain below normal,” said Lawrence. It takes really deep snow in order for us to have very cold temperatures - they usually go hand in hand. “You know what the real problem is, our deep snowpack, that’s one reason why it has been so cold. Our Chief Meteorologist Kevin Lawrence says the large amounts of snow we received late last year are part of the reason why we’re cold now, and why it will stay that way for a while.
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