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{{Short description|Television station in Minneapolis}}
{{about|the station in Minneapolis–St. Paul that originally used the call sign WTCN-TV|the local station that subsequently used this call sign|KARE (TV)|the station in West Palm Beach that currently uses this call sign|WTCN-CD}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WCCO-TV
| city = Minneapolis, Minnesota
| logo = WCCO-TV CBS News Minnesota logo.svg
| logo_upright = 1
| image = Wcco office.jpg
| caption = WCCO-TV's downtown Minneapolis headquarters as seen in 2006
| branding = WCCO; ''WCCO News / CBS News Minnesota''
| digital = 32 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 4
| translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''4.1:''' [[CBS]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[CBS News and Stations]]
| licensee = CBS Broadcasting Inc.
| location = [[Minneapolis]]–[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
| country = United States
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1949|07|01|p=y|br=y}}
| callsign_meaning = Derived from [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO radio]]
| former_callsigns = WTCN-TV (1949–1952)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 4 ([[VHF]], 1949–2009)
| former_affiliations = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (secondary, 1949–1953)
| erp = 1,000 kW
| haat = {{convert|455.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 9629
| coordinates = {{coord|45|3|45|N|93|8|22|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/}}
}}

'''WCCO-TV''' (channel 4), branded '''CBS Minnesota''', is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, United States, serving the [[Twin Cities]] area. It is [[owned and operated]] by the [[CBS]] television network through its [[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, Minnesota|Walker]] (with transmitter near [[Hackensack, Minnesota|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, Minnesota|Alexandria]] (with transmitter near [[Westport, Minnesota|Westport]]).

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

==History==
[[File:Wcco office.jpg|thumb|150px|The WCCO building in downtown Minneapolis]]
WCCO-TV's roots originate with a radio station, but not [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO]] (830 AM). [[WWTC|WRHM]], which signed on the air in 1925, is the radio station to which WCCO-TV traces its lineage. In 1934, two newspapers—the ''[[Minneapolis Tribune]]'' and the ''[[Saint Paul Pioneer Press|Saint Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch]]''—formed a joint venture by the name of "Twin Cities Newspapers", which purchased the radio station and changed its call letters to WTCN. Twin Cities Newspapers later expanded into the fledgling FM band with [[KTCZ-FM|WTCN-FM]], and shortly thereafter to the then-new medium of television with the launch of WTCN-TV on July 1, 1949, becoming Minnesota's second television station, broadcasting from the Radio City Theater at 50 South 9th Street in downtown Minneapolis. The station's first president was [[Robert Ridder]].<ref name="Pavek">{{cite web|url=https://pavekmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/robert-b-ridder/|title=Bob Ridder|website=Pavek Museum of Broadcasting|date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=July 12, 2025}}</ref> Channel 4 has been a primary CBS affiliate since its sign on; it is the only major commercial station in the Minneapolis–St. Paul market not to have changed its primary affiliation. However, it had a secondary affiliation with ABC during its early years, from 1949 to 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10206529&catirn=10853547|title=Hennepin Avenue at Ninth Street, Minneapolis : Collections Online : mnhs.org|website=collections.mnhs.org}}</ref> until a new station using the WTCN-TV calls (now [[KARE-TV]]) picked up the ABC affiliation, retaining it from its 1953 sign on until 1961 when it became an [[independent station]]; it has been affiliated with NBC since 1979.

Twin Cities Newspapers sold off its broadcast holdings in 1952, with channel 4 going to the Murphy and McNally families, who had recently bought the Twin Cities' dominant radio station, WCCO, from CBS. The stations merged under a new company, [[Midwest Radio and Television]], with CBS as a minority partner. The call letters of channel 4 were changed to WCCO-TV to match its new radio sibling on August 17 (the WTCN-TV call sign appeared again in the market the following year on the new [[KARE (TV)|channel 11]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://llnw.static.cbslocal.com/station/wcco/community/09_0827_community_WCCOtimeline.pdf |title=Retrieved 2011-7-22 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308045219/http://llnw.static.cbslocal.com/station/wcco/community/09_0827_community_WCCOtimeline.pdf |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> CBS was forced to sell its minority ownership stake in the WCCO stations in 1954 to comply with [[Federal Communications Commission]] ownership limits of the time.

The station began telecasting [[color television|color]] programs in 1955. In 1959, WCCO became the first station in the Midwest to have a videotape machine; it came at a cost of $50,000 and one part-time employee was hired to operate the machine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pavekmuseum.org/tctvchron.html|title=Twin Cities Television|website=pavekmuseum.org|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208114817/http://www.pavekmuseum.org/tctvchron.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 23, 1962, WCCO-TV was involved in the world's first live international broadcast via the [[Telstar]] satellite; the station's mobile units provided the feed for all three networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, for a program originating from native land in the [[Black Hills]] showing [[Mount Rushmore]] to the world.

During the fall of 1979, WCCO-TV and radio experienced a labor dispute when the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] (IBEW), the union representing many of the stations' technical and production personnel, went on [[strike action|strike]]. Despite the walkout, the stations maintained their daily broadcast schedules, utilizing non-striking employees, including management and news personnel, to cover the essential functions. For WCCO-TV, this meant that news director Ron Handberg and anchor Skip Loescher were notably involved in producing and presenting the news, as seen in broadcasts from the period.<ref>{{cite web|title=WCCO-TV 5pm Report October 29, 1979 Strike broadcast|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAm3pABWJN8|via=YouTube|publisher=TCMediaNow|date=February 22, 2022|access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:WCCO Circle 4 logo, 1977.png|thumb|right|The "Circle 4" logo used by WCCO-TV from 1977 to 2000]]
In September 1983, WCCO relocated its operations from its original studios on South 9th Street to the present location at South 11th Street and Nicollet Mall. The network gained full ownership of WCCO-TV in 1992, when it acquired what was by then known as Midwest Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/83de242bcb5e73d40c6f8db3e091d284|title=CBS Agrees to Buy Two TV Stations, Two Radio Stations and Cable Channel|first=Gene|last=Lahammer|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> In 2000, [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] bought CBS, and WCCO became part of the Viacom Television Stations Group. In 2006, Viacom Television Stations Group was renamed [[CBS Television Stations]] when Viacom split into two companies.

During the 1980s, a cable-exclusive sibling station was created to supplement WCCO, with its own slate of local and national entertainment programming. This was known as ''[[WCCO II]]'', but by 1989, it had evolved into the ''Midwest Sports Channel'', focusing on regional sporting events. It continued under CBS ownership until 2000, when it was announced that MSC and sibling RSN [[Home Team Sports]] were to be sold. HTS went to [[Comcast]], while MSC was sold to [[Fox Entertainment Group]] and became [[Fox Sports North]], a part of [[Fox Sports Net]]. MSC had been an FSN affiliate since 1997.

On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to sell [[CBS Radio]] to Entercom, currently the fourth-largest radio broadcasting company in the United States. The sale was completed on November 17, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|title=Entercom-CBS Radio Merger Is Complete|url=https://radioink.com/2017/11/17/entercom-cbs-radio-merger-complete/|website=RadioInk.com|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222655/https://radioink.com/2017/11/17/entercom-cbs-radio-merger-complete/|archive-date=November 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was conducted using a [[Reverse Morris Trust]] so that it was tax-free. While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom, now [[Audacy, Inc.|Audacy]], is the surviving entity, with WCCO radio and its sibling stations separated from WCCO-TV.<ref name="variety-cbsentercom">{{cite web|title=CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/cbs-entercom-radio-division-merger-1201976392/|website=Variety|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2017/02/02/cbs-entercom-radio-merger/|title=CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations|website=Fortune|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

On August 13, 2019, [[National Amusements]] announced that [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] and CBS Corporation would recombine their assets, forming the entity ViacomCBS. The sale was completed on December 4, 2019, resulting in CBS Television Stations, including WCCO-TV, becoming subsidiaries of ViacomCBS. On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS changed its name to [[Paramount Global]].

On August 14, 2023, [[Wendy McMahon (television executive)|Wendy McMahon]], a former creative services director at WCCO-TV, was named CBS News and Stations president.

==Programming==
===Sports programming===
In 1961, with the establishment of the [[Minnesota Vikings]] of the [[National Football League]], the station, via [[NFL on CBS|CBS]], which held the rights to broadcast NFL games, became the 'unofficial' home station of the team. This partnership continued through the [[1993 Minnesota Vikings season|1993 season]], at which time most games were moved to [[WFTC]]. Today, most Vikings games are on [[KMSP-TV]]; since 1998, WCCO airs at least two Vikings games each season when the Vikings host an [[American Football Conference|AFC]] team, or, since 2014, with the institution of the new 'cross-flex' rules, any games that are moved from KMSP-TV. In 1992, WCCO provided coverage of [[Super Bowl XXVI]] and [[1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|that year's Final Four]], which were hosted at the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]].

Since [[2023 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|2023]], WCCO has aired select [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football]] games as a part of a new deal between [[College Football on CBS Sports|CBS]] and the [[Big Ten Conference]].

===News operation===
WCCO presently{{when|date=February 2024}} broadcasts {{frac|38|1|2}} hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with {{frac|6|1|2}} hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).{{cn|date=February 2024}} WCCO leads the Twin Cities market in nearly all time slots, from its morning show to the 10 p.m. news. WCCO leads by large margins in overall households, though compared to the 25–54 demographic, the numbers are much more competitive with NBC affiliate KARE.

WCCO began broadcasting local newscasts in [[High-definition television|high-definition]] on May 28, 2009, becoming the third major network station in the Twin Cities (behind KARE and KMSP) to do so.

WCCO-TV launched a streaming news service, CBSN Minnesota (now CBS News Minnesota) on December 12, 2019, as part of a rollout of similar services (each a localized version of the national [[CBSN]] service across the CBS-owned stations).<ref name="b&c-cbsnminnesota">{{cite news |last1=Malone |first1=Michael |title=CBS Stations, CBS Interactive Launch CBSN Minnesota |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/cbs-stations-cbs-interactive-launch-cbsn-minnesota |access-date=February 8, 2022 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>

On September 5, 2022, WCCO premiered an hour-long 4&nbsp;p.m. newscast called ''The 4''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/wcco-launches-new-4-p-m-newscast-with-erin-hassanzadeh-jeff-wagner/ | title=WCCO launches new 4 p.m. Newscast with Erin Hassanzadeh, Jeff Wagner | publisher=[[CBS News]] | date=August 19, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.northpine.com/blog/2022/08/19/ellens-departure-means-more-local-news-in-several-cities/ | title=Ellen's Departure Means More Local News in Several Cities | date=August 19, 2022 }}</ref>

====Notable former on-air staff====
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* [[Clellan Card]] – children's show personality "Axel" (1954–1966)
* [[Bill Carlson]] – entertainment reporter, midday news anchor
* [[Paul Douglas (meteorologist)|Paul Douglas]] – chief meteorologist (1997–2008)
* [[Randi Kaye]] – news reporter, news anchor
* [[Bud Kraehling]] – weather anchor/staff announcer (1949–1996)
* [[Dave Moore (newscaster)|Dave Moore]] – news anchor (1950s–1991)
* [[Barry Petersen]] – news reporter
* [[David Schechter]] – investigative reporter
* [[Hal Scott]] – sports anchor (1960s–1980)
* [[Don Shelby]] – news reporter/news anchor (1978–2010)
* [[Susan Spencer]] – news reporter, news anchor
* [[Bill Stewart (television journalist)|Bill Stewart]] – news reporter
* [[Michele Tafoya]] – sports anchor/sports reporter
* [[Heather Tesch]] – meteorologist<ref name="Fergus Falls Journal">{{cite news|url=http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2011/05/16/name-your-favorite-otter-athlete/ |title=Name Your Favorite Otter Athlete |access-date=May 12, 2014 |date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Ben Tracy]] – news reporter

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The stations' signals are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WCCO-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WCCO|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WCCO|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref> and KCCW-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCCW|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KCCW|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" colspan="2"|[[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" colspan="2"|Short name
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|Programming
|-
! scope = "col" |{{small|WCCO-TV}}||{{small|KCCW-TV}}||{{small|WCCO-TV}}||{{small|KCCW-TV}}
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.1 || 12.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=5|[[16:9]] || WCCO-DT || KCCW-DT || [[CBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.2 || 12.2
| rowspan=4|[[480i]] || WCCODT2 || KCCWDT2 || [[Start TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.3 || 12.3
| WCCODT3 || KCCWDT3 || [[Dabl]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.4 || 12.4
| WCCODT4 || KCCWDT4 || [[Fave TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.5 || 12.5
| WCCODT5 || KCCWDT5 || Nosey
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WCCO-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television 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 remained on its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 32, using [[virtual channel]] 4.<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}}</ref>

As part of the [[SAFER Act]], WCCO-TV kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of [[public service announcement]]s from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].<ref name="FCC Nightlight">{{cite web|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-291375A1.pdf|title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref>

===Satellite stations and translators===
WCCO-TV operates a satellite station northwest of the Twin Cities area:
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:KCCO-KCCW-Logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Former KCCO/KCCW logo; WCCO used a similar logo from 2000 to 2003.]] -->
{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! [[City of license]]
! {{ubl|Channel|[[Virtual channel|TV]] ([[Digital terrestrial television|RF]])}}
! First air date
! Former call letters
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! Transmitter coordinates
! [[Facility ID]]
! Public license information
|-
! KCCW-TV
| [[Walker, Minnesota|Walker]] || 12 (12) || {{dts|1964|1|1}} || KNMT (1964–1987) || 59&nbsp;kW || {{convert|286.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{Coord|46|56|5|N|94|27|20|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KCCW-TV}} || 9640 || {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KCCW-TV|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|9640|3=LMS}}
|}

It formerly operated a second satellite station:
{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! City of license
! {{ubl|Channel|TV (RF)}}
! First air date
! Last air date
! Former call letters
! ERP
! HAAT
! Transmitter coordinates
! Facility ID
|-
! KCCO-TV
| [[Alexandria, Minnesota|Alexandria]] || 7 (7) || {{start date|1958|10|8}} || {{ubl|{{end date|2017|12|30}}|({{age in years and days|1958|10|8|2017|12|30}})}} || KCMT (1958–1987) || 29&nbsp;kW || {{convert|339.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || {{Coord|45|41|10|N|95|8|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KCCO-TV}}
| 9632
|}

Both of these stations were founded by the Central Minnesota Television Company and maintained primary affiliations with [[NBC]] and secondary affiliations with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from their respective sign-ons until the summer of 1982, when both stations switched to CBS.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/82-OCR/1982-02-22-BC-OCR-Page-0076.pdf "WATR-TV decides to go it alone."]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting]]'', February 22, 1982, pg. 72.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stl.news/|title=STL.News|website=STL.News}}</ref> KCMT had originally broadcast from a studio in Alexandria, with KNMT operating as a satellite station of KCMT. Central Minnesota Television sold both stations to Midwest Radio and Television in 1987, at which point they adopted their present call letters and became semi-satellites of WCCO-TV.<ref>Washington, D.C. [[Federal Communications Commission]]. ''FCC Record'', Vol. 02, No. 22, pp. 6730-6732, Oct 23 – November 6, 1987. UNT Digital Library. [https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1589/m1/200/ FCC 87-331 Vol. 22]. Retrieved June 28, 2012.</ref>

Until 2002, the two stations simulcast WCCO-TV's programming for most of the day, except for separate commercials and inserts placed into channel 4's newscasts. However, in 2002, WCCO-TV ended KCCO/KCCW's local operations and shut down the Alexandria studio, converting the two stations into full-time satellites. Since then, channel 4 has identified as "Minneapolis–St. Paul/Alexandria/Walker", with virtually no on-air evidence that KCCO and KCCW were separate stations.

CBS sold KCCO's spectrum in the FCC's [[spectrum reallocation|spectrum incentive auction]], but was expected to engage in a channel-sharing agreement.<ref>Washington, D.C.: [[Federal Communications Commission]]. ''FCC Record'', Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 2822, April 13, 2017. [http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0413/DA-17-314A2.pdf DA 17-314]. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref> In a request for a waiver of requirements that KCCO broadcast [[public service announcements]] related to the shutdown (as the station no longer had the capability to originate separate programming, such announcements would also need to air on WCCO-TV and KCCW-TV despite not being relevant outside of KCCO's viewing area; CBS inserted a crawl at the KCCO transmitter for broadcast every fifteen minutes), CBS disclosed that KCCO would shut down December 30, 2017. WCCO-TV remains available on cable and satellite providers in the Alexandria area; [[Selective TV, Inc.]], a local translator collective, announced on December 22, 2017, that it had struck a deal to add WCCO to its lineup.<ref name="fcc-kccoshutdown">{{cite web|title=Re: KCCO-TV, Alexandria, Minnesota, FCC Fac. ID No. 9632 Request for Waiver of Transition PSA Viewer Notification Requirements|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f915f5883d0015f5f3412461e8e|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=October 30, 2017|format=PDF|date=October 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.echopress.com/business/4360512-kcco-going-away-cbs-signal-may-stay |title=KCCO going away, but CBS signal may stay &#124; Echo Press |access-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120073439/http://www.echopress.com/business/4360512-kcco-going-away-cbs-signal-may-stay |archive-date=November 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ep-wccoselectivetv">{{cite news|last1=Beach|first1=Jeff|title=Selective TV picks up CBS signal|url=http://www.echopress.com/entertainment/television/4378077-selective-tv-picks-cbs-signal|access-date=December 30, 2017|work=Echo Press|date=December 22, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051703/http://www.echopress.com/entertainment/television/4378077-selective-tv-picks-cbs-signal|archive-date=December 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Translators====
In addition, the broadcast signal of WCCO-TV is extended by way of eight [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translators]]:
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|59633|3=K22DV-D}}''' [[Alexandria, Minnesota|Alexandria]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|59632|3=K33DB-D}}''' [[Alexandria, Minnesota|Alexandria]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|167741|3=K35IU-D}}''' [[Frost, Minnesota|Frost]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|21285|3=K35IZ-D}}''' [[Jackson, Minnesota|Jackson]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|55745|3=K18IR-D}}''' [[Olivia, Minnesota|Olivia]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|55348|3=K22MF-D}}''' [[Red Lake, Minnesota|Red Lake]] (translates KCCW-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|55439|3=K33LB-D}}''' [[Redwood Falls]] (translates WCCO-TV)
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|68707|3=K33OT-D}}''' [[Willmar, Minnesota|Willmar]] (translates WCCO-TV)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
* {{cite web| url = http://www.mplib.org/history/nm2.asp| title = A History of Minneapolis: Radio and Television| year = 2001| access-date = September 25, 2004| publisher = Minneapolis Public Library |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040808083216/http://www.mplib.org/history/nm2.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = August 8, 2004}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/wcco-launches-new-4-p-m-newscast-monday/|title=WCCO launches "The 4," our new 4 p.m. newscast Monday|website=CBS News Minnesota|date=September 5, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/}}

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