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KARE
Image:KARE logo.gif
Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota
Branding KARE 11
Slogan Telling the Stories of Life
Channels Analog: 11 (VHF)

Digital: 35 (UHF)
Affiliations NBC
NBC Weather Plus (DT2)
Owner Gannett Company
(Multimedia Holdings Corporation)
Founded September 1, 1953
Call letters’ meaning pronounced "Care 11"
Former callsigns WTCN-TV (1953-1985)
WUSA (1985-1986)
Former affiliations DuMont (secondary, 1953-1956) [1]
ABC (1953-1961)
Independent
(1961-1979)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 455 m (analog)
435 m (digital)
Facility ID 23079
Transmitter Coordinates 45°3′43.9″N, 93°8′22.2″W
Website www.kare11.com
KARE at the Minnesota State Fair, 2006
KARE at the Minnesota State Fair, 2006

KARE, channel 11, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area (commonly known as the Twin Cities) of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. An independent station is Television terminology used to describe a Television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The Minnesota State Fair is the State fair of the US state of Minnesota. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States It also operates NBC WeatherPlus on its second digital subchannel (11. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Digital television (DTV is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by discrete ( digital) signals in contrast to the analog signals used by 2). KARE is owned by the Gannett Company, with studios located in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

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History

KARE was first known as WTCN-TV (the “TCN” stood for “Twin Cities Newspapers”), though it was not the first TV station in the Twin Cities to carry that name. Channel 4 originally carried the WTCN name, but it was changed to WCCO-TV following the station's merger with the WCCO radio stations in 1952. WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated Television station that serves the Minneapolis-St At that time, WTCN-AM (1280 AM, now WWTC) was sold to the Minnesota Television Service Corporation headed by St. WWTC (1280 AM, "The Patriot" is a long-standing Radio station serving the Twin Cities region Paul businessman Robert Butler, a former ambassador to Cuba and Australia. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Soon afterward, Butler's group applied for the channel 11 license. At the same time, WMIN (1400 AM, now KMNV) had also applied for channel 11. KMNV (1400 AM) is a Radio station in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota that airs a Spanish-language music and entertainment format Since the FCC had a backlog of contested licenses, the two stations worked out an agreement for a joint application. The FCC approved this deal, and WTCN-TV/WMIN-TV went on the air on September 1, 1953 as an ABC affiliate. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The station also carried a secondary affiliation with DuMont. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946

Under the agreement, each station would use a transmitter mounted atop the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis for two hours, then allow the other channel to take over for the next two. The Foshay Tower, now serving as the W Minneapolis - The Foshay, is a Skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. WTCN-TV broadcast from the Calhoun Beach Hotel in Minneapolis, while WMIN-TV broadcast from the Hamm Building in St. The Calhoun Beach Club is a club in Minneapolis Minnesota, just across Lake Street from its namesake Lake Calhoun. Paul. On April 3 1955, with FCC approval, WMIN sold its share of channel 11, and WTCN-TV took over the frequency full-time. On the same day, the WTCN stations were sold to the Bitner Group. Just two years later, the Bitner group merged with Time-Life. The Time-Life company was founded by Time Incorporated in 1961 as a book marketing division

In 1961, KMSP-TV took the ABC affiliation, and WTCN became an independent station, with its 10 p. KMSP-TV, channel 9 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Minneapolis Minnesota The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Independent station is a term for a broadcast radio or Television station which is more independent in some way compared to other "dependent" m. newscast moving to 9 p. m. As a traditional general entertainment channel, WTCN offered cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, Minnesota Twins baseball, locally produced shows, news, and dramas. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was also home to the Twin Cities' first primetime newscast.

Chris-Craft Industries bought the WTCN stations in 1964, but sold off WTCN-AM. Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian Powerboats based in Sarasota Florida. Under Chris-Craft, WTCN modernized its newscasts. Up to that time, they were still shot on film.

Metromedia bought WTCN-TV in 1971 and in 1972, the station began using a new tower at the Telefarm site in Shoreview, Minnesota. Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and Television stations in the United States from 1956 Telefarm Towers Shoreview is a transmission site for FM radio and Television Broadcasting in Shoreview Minnesota consisting of two Shoreview is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The new transmitter greatly increased the station's reception area, boosting its secondary coverage to 72 miles. In 1973, after 20 years at the Calhoun Beach Hotel, WTCN moved to its current studio in Golden Valley.

In the late 70s, ABC began looking for stronger affiliates across the country--including Minneapolis-St. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Paul. The network had talks with WTCN, WCCO-TV (CBS), and KSTP-TV (NBC). WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated Television station that serves the Minneapolis-St CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. KSTP-TV, channel 5 is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview Minnesota. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's KSTP surprised the industry in August 1978 by announcing its split with NBC, ending a five-decade relationship in radio and TV. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Channel 5 would become an ABC affiliate on March 5, 1979 -- the network's biggest coup at that time. The Peacock Network then chose to affiliate with WTCN. Metromedia sold about half of its cartoons and syndicated programming to former ABC affiliate KMSP-TV, which eventually became the Twin Cities' largest independent station. KMSP-TV, channel 9 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Minneapolis Minnesota

In 1983, Metromedia sold WTCN to Gannett. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. The media company made a significant investment into the station's news department. The anchor team of Paul Magers and Diana Pierce were hired in September of that year. Paul Magers (born May 15, 1954) is a television news anchor who works for the CBS owned and operated television station KCBS in Los Angeles The pair would lead the station's 10:00 p. m. newscasts for 20 years, a record for Twin Cities news anchors. KARE-11's outdoor "Backyard" weather studio was also launched in 1983, coinciding with the arrival of meteorologist Paul Douglas in May. Paul Douglas (born June 12, 1958) (given name Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer is a meteorologist author entrepreneur and software expert in Minneapolis-St

In 1985, Gannett rechristened Channel 11 as WUSA. But, after the company purchased WDVM-TV in Washington, D.C., it used the call letters for its station in the nation's capitol. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D In the meantime, the WTCN identification had been adopted by a TV station in Florida. Consequently, KARE became the new name for Channel 11.

In recent years, ratings have fallen at KARE. Since May 2006, the station has placed second overall in households at 5, 6, and 10 p. m. [2] In February 2008, KARE moved to third overall in late-night household ratings, including the 9:00 news on KMSP. [3] In November 2007, for the first time in more than two decades, KARE lost the top position in the demographic group representing women ages 25-54. [4] But, as of February 2008, KARE continues in first place overall in the 25-54 category. [5]

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has given KARE its "Station of the Year" (large markets) award in 1985, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2007, and 2008. NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association founded in 1947. [6]

On April 27, 2006, KARE became the first station in the Twin Cities (and among the first in the US) to broadcast news in High Definition Television. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition As part of this transition, the station completely replaced its news set, originally built in 1986 and updated in the 1990s, with a new state-of-the-art backdrop. At the current time, the station is still broadcasting in analog (with the news shot in a way that is still usable on the smaller 4:3 format of analog sets). [1]

Past logos

WTCN-TV logo when it was an independent station.

Variant of the same logo, with the "Metromedia Television" byline. Also used by then-sister station KTTV in Los Angeles. KTTV, channel 11 is an Owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles California Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Late-1970s WTCN logo. As with the previous logos, this logo was also used by KTTV.

WTCN-TV logo used from 1983 to 1985. This was not only the first appearance of the current stylized "11" logo, but also the final logo for WTCN-TV.

WUSA-TV logo used for about a year from 1985-1986. The call letters were later used on the CBS station in Washington, D.C.

Variation of the first KARE logo, from late 1986. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

Current KARE logo used since 2001.

Programming

A locally-produced children's program, Lunch with Casey, is remembered as being one of the unique contributions of the station. The show, featuring Roger Awsumb as Casey Jones, ran from 1954 until the end of 1972, with a brief reappearance in 1974. John Luther "Casey" Jones ( March 14, 1863 &ndash April 30, 1900) was an American Railroad engineer from Sidekicks on the show included Joe the Cook, played by Chris Wedes, and Roundhouse Rodney, played by Lynn Dwyer. SideKick was an early Personal Information Manager (PIM Software application by Borland launched in 1983 under Philippe Kahn JP Patches (full name Julius Pierpont Patches is a Clown portrayed by Seattle entertainer Chris Wedes (born 1928 Wedes went on to play the clown J.P. Patches in Seattle, Washington, credited as partial inspiration (along with Portland, Oregon's Rusty Nails) for Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons. Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by their Grotesque appearance colored wigs stylistic makeup, outlandish Costumes unusually JP Patches (full name Julius Pierpont Patches is a Clown portrayed by Seattle entertainer Chris Wedes (born 1928 Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Jim Allen (b 1928 or 1929 was the host of various children's television shows from 1957-1972

The station experimented with a 40-minute newscast at 10 p. m. , before 35-minute nightly newscasts—now the standard—became common (being in the Central Time Zone, Minnesota stations generally broadcast news at 5, 6, and 10 p. The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving m. ). The 10:00 p. m. newscast features a "KARE 11 News Extra", an extended news story. A special sports show is put together periodically, and the station also broadcasts a group of morning shows each weekday. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively On April 27, 2006, KARE began to produce evening news broadcasts in HDTV. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

The station made weather history on July 18, 1986 when helicopter pilot Max Messmer was flying out to cover a news story and noticed a funnel cloud forming over the Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) A funnel cloud is a Funnel -shaped Cloud of condensed Water droplets associated with a rotating column of air and extending from the base of Mission The mission of Springbrook Nature Center is to preserve the integrity of and enable access to the natural resource base Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 27449 at the 2000 census. Photojournalist Tom Empey was on board the chopper and shot amazing and unprecedented video of the twister. The images were broadcast live. The funnel soon formed into a full-fledged tornado as it touched the ground, and KARE broadcasted images of the funnel for 30 minutes. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus In the years to come, this first aerial video of a tornado was heavily studied by meteorologists, and contributed significantly to what is known about tornado formation. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary It was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and caused $650,000 damage.

The short-lived game show Let's Bowl (filmed in the Twin Cities) had some episodes air on the channel in the late '90s before it was remade for Comedy Central. Let's Bowl was a shortlived Bowling Game show that aired on the Comedy Central Television network Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming In January 2005, a local cable access program began airing. January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Public-access television in the United States is a form of Citizen media, similar to Canada's community channels Australia's community television Called The Show to Be Named Later..., it is described as "The first (and only) sports talk, comedy, and variety show", somewhat of a cross between Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Fox Sports Network's The Best Damn Sports Show Period. The Show To Be Named Later was a late-night talk/variety sports show that ran on Minnesota 's KARE /11 Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN are a collection of cable TV Regional sports networks owned and operated by News The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports Talk show on Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet. A weekly show for teenagers called The Whatever Show (or simply Whatever) and an outdoors program known as Minnesota Bound have both aired on the channel for about a decade. Minnesota Bound is a television series that explores the outdoors and activities in Minnesota. Former Minnesota Twin Kent Hrbek also has hosted his own outdoors show "Kent Hrbek Outdoors" on the channel since 2004. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kent Allen Hrbek (ˈhɝbɛk born May 21, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) nicknamed "Herbie", is a former American

For decades, both Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune aired on rival station WCCO-TV. But, in 1999, Jeopardy! moved to KARE after WCCO aired the game show at 1:37am for several years.

Current anchors

Weather

Sports

Reporters

Notable alumni

Broadcasting facilities

In addition to the main transmitters in Shoreview, KARE uses a network of broadcast translators to carry its analog signal to outlying parts of the state:

KARE, (along with WCCO-TV) is also carried on most cable systems in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Julie Nelson is a Television anchor for KARE channel 11 ( NBC affiliate in the Minneapolis-St Michael Pomeranz is a TV news anchor on KARE-TV in Minneapolis Minnesota. Asha Blake (b1961 is an Emmy award-winning Journalist. She was the anchor of the 900 p Paul Douglas (born June 12, 1958) (given name Douglas Paul Kruhoeffer is a meteorologist author entrepreneur and software expert in Minneapolis-St WTSP, channel 10 is a CBS -affiliate Television station on the west coast of Florida ( Tampa &ndash St In February 1979 Bernie Grace (as a general assignment reporter joined the KARE 11 News Team in Minnesota Paul Magers (born May 15, 1954) is a television news anchor who works for the CBS owned and operated television station KCBS in Los Angeles KCBS-TV, channel 2 is an owned-and-operated station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles California. Appleton is a city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. Alexandria is a city in and the County seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. Breezy Point is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Frost is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. Olivia is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. Redwood Falls is a city in Redwood and Renville County counties in the U St James is a city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. Walker is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1069 at the 2000 census Willmar is a city in and the County seat of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. Windom is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The stations do not make any attempt to cater to this audience, other than their inclusion on regional weather maps.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/old/nw.html
  2. ^ Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN) Deborah Caulfield Rybak, "WCCO Ousts KARE in TV News Rating" - May 26, 2006
  3. ^ KMSP celebrates its highest rating
  4. ^ St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)LOCAL TV - December 22, 2007 - A9 Main
  5. ^ http://www.twincities.com//ci_8655017?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com
  6. ^ http://bop.nppa.org/2008//

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