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{{Short description|Television station in Minot, North Dakota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KXMC-TV
| above                  = {{ubl|[[broadcast relay station#semi-satellites|Semi-satellite]] of [[KXMB-TV]],|[[Bismarck, North Dakota]]}}
| city                   =
| logo                   = KX ND Network Logo.png
| logo_size              = 200px
| image                  = KXMA 2024.svg
| image_size             = 150px
| branding               = {{ubl|KX Television; ''KX News''|Dakota's CW (13.2)}}
| digital                = 13 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 13 
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''13.1:''' [[CBS]]|'''13.2:''' [[CW+]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| subchannels            = 
| network                = [[KX Television]]
| country                = United States
| founded                = 
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1953|4|4|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| location               = [[Minot, North Dakota]]
| callsign_meaning       = KX Television Magic City
| former_callsigns       = KCJB-TV (1953–1958)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 13 (VHF, 1953–2009)|'''Digital:''' 45 ([[UHF]], 2003–2009)}}
| owner                  = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| licensee               = Nexstar Media Inc.
| sister_stations        = [[KXMB-TV]], [[KXMA-TV]], [[KXMD-TV]]
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|'''Both secondary:'''|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1953–1986)|[[NTA Film Network|NTA]] (1956–1961)}}
| erp                    = 16.1 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|334|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 55685
| coordinates            = {{coord|48|3|0|N|101|23|32|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KXMC-TV}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.kxnet.com/}} 
}}
'''KXMC-TV''' (channel 13) is a [[television station]] in [[Minot, North Dakota]], United States, affiliated with [[CBS]]. Its second [[digital subchannel]] serves as an [[owned-and-operated station]] of [[The CW]] (via [[The CW Plus]]). KXMC-TV is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], and maintains studios on 2nd Street and 18th Avenue SE in Minot; its transmitter is located near South Prairie.

KXMC-TV is the oldest station and served as the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] of the '''[[KX Television]]''' regional network until the 2000s, when [[master control]] and internal operations were moved to the studios of [[KXMB-TV]] (channel 12) on North 15th Street in [[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]]. While being one of two full-fledged stations of the KX network, KXMC is actually considered a [[broadcast relay station#Semi-satellite|semi-satellite]] of KXMB. It clears all network and [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programming as provided through its parent but airs separate local newscasts, [[station identification|local identifications]], and commercial inserts. [[KXMD-TV]] (channel 11) in [[Williston, North Dakota|Williston]] simulcasts KXMC while [[KXMA-DT2]] (channel 2.2) in [[Dickinson, North Dakota|Dickinson]] simulcasts KXMB. The four stations are counted as a single unit for [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] purposes. [[Dish Network]] only provides KXMC, while [[DirecTV]] only provides KXMB, as central and western North Dakota's CBS affiliate.

The [[terrestrial television|over-the-air]] signal of KXMC reaches portions of the [[Canadian provinces]] of [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Manitoba]].

==History==
KXMC was the first television station in North Dakota, going on the air as KCJB-TV in April 1953. Minot businessman Chester Reiten and [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] businessman John Boler, owners of KBMB-TV in Bismarck (now KXMB), bought the station in 1958 and changed KCJB's call letters to the current KXMC-TV.<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=85777 FCC History Cards for KXMC-TV]. [[Federal Communications Commission]].</ref>

Boler sold his interest in the KX stations to Reiten in 1971. Reiten retired in the 1990s and turned over his interest to his five children: Steve Reiten, Dave Reiten, Kathleen Reiten Hruby, Tim Reiten, and Melanie Reiten Shonkwiler. Tim served as company president.

The KX stations formerly had a secondary affiliation with ABC before full-time ABC affiliate [[KMCY]] signed on in 1986. During the late 1950s, the stations were also briefly affiliated with the [[NTA Film Network]].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Citation| title = Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films| journal = Boxoffice| pages = 13| date = November 10, 1956| url = http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1}}</ref>

Until 1986, KXMD was carried by [[cable systems]] across neighboring [[Saskatchewan]], even operating a sales office in [[Saskatoon]], as did KUMV and [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]] ABC station [[KFBB-TV]]. These arrangements ended in 1986 when the Canadian cable companies were granted permission to replace the North Dakota signals with network affiliates from [[Detroit]] and [[Toledo, Ohio]].

[[KRDK-TV|KXJB-TV]] in Fargo was co-owned with the KX stations (though programmed separately) until Boler sold his interest in 1971. The stations still occasionally share stories. After an [[ice storm]] on April 6, 1997, caused the [[KXJB-TV mast]] to collapse, some cable systems replaced KXJB with KXMC, either temporarily or permanently, to maintain CBS service.

In 2006, the stations began a [[web portal]]-like website called KX Net, with each station's website displaying a localized front page. The stations continue to be branded as "KX Television" and as "KX News" on the air, but also use the "KX Net" moniker on the air also. KXNet.com combined the previous domains kxma.com, kxmb.com, kxmc.com and kxmd.com under one umbrella. The original domains are still active. KXNet.com won the 2007 Teddy Award for Best Website and the 2007 Eric Severaid Award for best website small market television in a 6 state region.

In October 2007, KXNet.com along with Midkota Solutions launched DakotaPolitics.com, a web site focusing on North Dakota political news coverage.  DakotaPolitics featured profile information, voting records and some analysis. DakotaPolitics also launched weekly tracking polls for the 2008 elections. In 2008 KXNet.com became the first web site in North Dakota to deliver a live news broadcast over the Internet when they streamed a 1-hour special coverage of the 2008 Presidential Caucuses from Bismarck.

In July 2008, Reiten Television began a joint agreement to sell television commercial slots on both KXMC and [[KMCY]], Minot's ABC affiliate owned by [[Forum Communications Company]]. KXMC houses sales and engineering personnel solely for KMCY's operations.

On June 23, 2011, then anchorman/reporter [[Shaun Sipma]] received a phone call from Minot native [[Josh Duhamel]] who was in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] at the time to pledge his support when his hometown got flooded during KXMC's 24-hour flood coverage.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Qe31gSTGqas Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140622142640/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe31gSTGqas Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe31gSTGqas| title = Josh Duhamel calls KXMC to pledge support for Minot | website=[[YouTube]]| date = June 23, 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] announced its $44 million purchase of the Reiten Television stations, including KXMC-TV, on September 17, 2015.<ref name=tvnc-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Buys 4 North Dakota Stations|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/88539/nexstar-buys-4-north-dakota-stations|access-date=September 17, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=September 17, 2015}}</ref> Sale was completed on February 2, 2016.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1720609&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=55684 Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> As result of the acquisition, Nexstar terminated the Joint Sales Agreement with KMCY.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1717681&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=55684 Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License - Federal Communications Commission]</ref>

==Programming==
The KX network carries the ''[[CBS Overnight News]]'' (though with [[public service announcement]]s instead of local commercials), while weekends simulcast the local weather conditions of North Dakota. All four stations provide a formal [[sign-off]], including "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", at 1:05&nbsp;a.m. CT/12:05&nbsp;a.m. MT Tuesday through Saturday mornings and at 1:35&nbsp;a.m. CT/12:35&nbsp;a.m. MT on Sunday and Monday mornings.

The [[North Dakota State Fair]] parade in Minot is aired live across the KX network every July as well as a [[Independence Day (United States)|July 4th]] Parade in [[Mandan, North Dakota|Mandan]].

===News operation===
{{see|KXMB-TV#News operation}}
For many years, KXMC and KXMB produced separate daily local newscasts at noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays, 6 and 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 p.m. on Sundays. However, after Nexstar bought the KX stations, KXMC's noon and weeknight newscasts, as well as all weekend newscasts, were dropped. It now places sports and weather inserts into KXMB's newscasts in those timeslots.

KXMC co-produces two newscasts with KXMB—a morning show at 6 a.m., ''Good Day Dakota'' (formerly ''KX News Morning'') and a 5 p.m. newscast. Both are simulcast on all four stations.

KXMD simulcasts KXMC, while KXMA simulcasts KXMB. All of the local newscasts are broadcast in high definition.

For many years, KXMD placed inserts into KXMC's newscasts. However, recent cutbacks have resulted in KXMD's operations being largely merged with those of KXMC, and local inserts have been eliminated.

As a whole, KX Television has long trailed NBC North Dakota in the ratings by a significant margin; the main stations and their satellites are counted as one station for ratings and regulatory purposes. However, KXMC has historically been well ahead of [[KMOT]] in the ratings for the northern part of the market. This was largely because it was the only station airing a full schedule of local news for the northern part of the market. Also, ''Good Day Dakota'' has recently surged well ahead of NBC North Dakota's ''Country Morning Today''—the only time in recent memory that NBC North Dakota has lost consecutive ratings periods in any time slot.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KXMC-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXMC#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXMC|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4 | [[16:9]] || KXMC-HD || [[CBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.2 
| [[720p]] || KXMC-WX || [[The CW Plus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dakotawire.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/kx-adds-the-cw-to-western-north-dakota/|title=KX Adds The CW to Western North Dakota|date=July 1, 2016|website=wordpress.com|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.3 
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.4 
| || [[Ion Mystery]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KXMC-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 13, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 45 to VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations.<ref>http://www.kxmc.com/News/329365.asp{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[KXMA-TV]]
*[[KXMB-TV]]
*[[KXMD-TV]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.kxnet.com/}}

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