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licensee = Malara Broadcast Group of Duluth Licensee, LLC|
licensee = Malara Broadcast Group of Duluth Licensee, LLC|
sister_stations = [[KBJR-TV]]<br>[[KRII]]|
sister_stations = [[KBJR-TV]]<br>[[KRII]]|
former_affiliations = [[NBC]] (primary, 1954-1955)<br />[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (secondary, 1954-1966)<br /> [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (secondary, 1996-2000)|
former_affiliations = [[NBC]] (primary, 1954-1955)<br />[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (secondary, 1954-1966)<br />[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (secondary, 1996-2000)|
effective_radiated_power = 100 [[kilowatt|kW]] (analog)<br />381 kW (digital)|
effective_radiated_power = 100 [[kilowatt|kW]] (analog)<br />381 kW (digital)|
HAAT = 302 [[metre|m]] (analog)<br />311.9 m (digital)|
HAAT = 302 [[metre|m]] (analog)<br />311.9 m (digital)|
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==History==
==History==
KDLH began broadcasting on March 14, 1954 with the callsign '''KDAL-TV'''. The station was affiliated with [[NBC]] and was owned by Dalton LeMasurier along with [[KDAL (AM)|KDAL-AM 610]]. It switched affiliations with WDSM-TV (now KBJR) in 1955 and joined CBS. It also aired some [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] programs, sharing them with WDSM, until [[WDIO-TV]] signed on in 1966. The LeMasurier family sold KDAL-AM-TV to what eventually became [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in 1960. Tribune sold KDAL-TV to Stauffer Communications in 1979 who changed the call letters to '''KDLH-TV'''. The station dropped the '''-TV''' suffix in 1991. Stauffer merged with [[Morris Communications]] in 1995 but Morris was not allowed to keep the former Stauffer television stations. KDLH, along with most of its sisters, was sold to [[Benedek Broadcasting]]. That company merged with [[Gray Television]] in 2001 but KDLH was not included in the merger and was sold to Chesley Broadcasting instead. [[New Vision Television]] bought KDLH in 2003. In March 2005, [[Malara Broadcast Group]] purchased channel 3 from New Vision and outsourced most of the station's functions to longtime rival KBJR who was owned by [[Granite Broadcasting Corporation|Granite Broadcasting]]. Under this agreement, KDLH laid off most of its staff and KBJR began to handle nearly all of KDLH's operations. Filings with the [[FCC]] showed Malara could operate KDLH with as few as two people on the payroll. Malara makes [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] filings jointly with Granite leading to allegations that Malara is simply a [[shell corporation]] for Granite. If these allegations are ever found to be true, Granite would be in violation of FCC rules regarding [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]]. The FCC does not allow common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market. The Duluth market has only five full-power stations which are too few to allow duopolies in any case.
KDLH began broadcasting on March 14, 1954 with the callsign '''KDAL-TV'''. The station was affiliated with [[NBC]] and was owned by Dalton LeMasurier along with [[KDAL (AM)|KDAL-AM 610]]. It switched affiliations with WDSM-TV (now KBJR) in 1955 and joined CBS. It also aired some [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] programs, sharing them with WDSM, until [[WDIO-TV]] signed on in 1966. The LeMasurier family sold KDAL-AM-TV to what eventually became [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in 1960. Tribune sold KDAL-TV to Stauffer Communications in 1979 who changed the call letters to '''KDLH-TV'''. The station dropped the '''-TV''' suffix in 1991. Stauffer merged with [[Morris Communications]] in 1995 but Morris was not allowed to keep the former Stauffer television stations. KDLH, along with most of its sisters, was sold to [[Benedek Broadcasting]]. That company merged with [[Gray Television]] in 2001 but KDLH was not included in the merger and was sold to Chesley Broadcasting instead. [[New Vision Television]] bought KDLH in 2003. In March 2005, [[Malara Broadcast Group]] purchased channel 3 from New Vision and outsourced most of the station's functions to longtime rival KBJR who was owned by [[Granite Broadcasting Corporation|Granite Broadcasting]]. Under this agreement, KDLH laid off most of its staff and KBJR began to handle nearly all of KDLH's operations. Filings with the [[FCC]] showed Malara could operate KDLH with as few as two people on the payroll. Malara makes [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] filings jointly with Granite leading to allegations that Malara is simply a [[shell corporation]] for Granite. If these allegations are ever found to be true, Granite would be in violation of FCC rules regarding [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]]. The FCC does not allow common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market. The Duluth market has only five full-power stations which are too few to allow duopolies in any case.

==KDLH-DT2 "Northland's CW 2"==
What is now KDLH-DT2 began as cable-only "KWBD" and was operated by KBJR. It began broadcasting on January 11, 1995 and was affiliated with the new [[The WB|WB]] network. Due to the station being cable-only and using fictional call letters, it was a member of [[The WB 100+ Station Group|The WB 100+]] which were a group of cable-only WB affiliates that shared programming outside of The WB's primetime schedule. On January 24, 2006, The WB and [[UPN]] announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the [[Warner Bros.]] unit of [[Time Warner]]. On February 22, [[News Corporation]] announced that they would start up another new broadcast television network called MyNetworkTV. This new network, which would be sister to [[Fox Network|Fox]], would be operated by [[Fox Television Stations]] and its syndication division, [[Twentieth Television]]. [[MyNetworkTV]] was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete with that network. Area access to UPN was offered in two ways.

KBJR operated an affiliate known on-air as "Northland's UPN" and later "UPN 9", based on its Charter cable channel location, on its [[KBJR-DT2|second]] digital subchannel. This was also available over-the-air in [[Ashland, Wisconsin]] on [[WAST-LP]] which was an over-the-air, low-powered [[semi-satellite]] of the digital subchannel. WAST-LP was owned by a separate entity from KBJR. At some point in time, it was announced that KDLH would carry The CW on a new second digital subchannel as part of [[The CW Plus]]. That service would be a similar operation to The WB 100+. It was later announced that "UPN 9" would become an [[independent station]] known as "Northland's 9" complete with new logo and graphics for the station. In March 2006, it was made public that KBJR-DT2 would become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. In July, ahead of the launch of the network, "Northland 9" became known as "My 9" and WAST-LP ended its broadcasting in August. MyNetworkTV began broadcasting on September 5 while KDLH-DT2 began broadcasting The CW on September 18.


==News operation==
==News operation==
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==News team==
==News team==
'''Anchors'''
'''Anchors'''
⚫
*Laura Langemo - weekday mornings and ''[[The Early Show]]'' cut-ins
*Kevin Jacobsen - weeknights at 5:30 and 10
*Kevin Jacobsen - weeknights at 5:30 and 10
*Michelle Lee - weeknights at 9
*Michelle Lee - weeknights at 9
⚫
*Laura Langemo - weekday mornings and ''[[The Early Show]]'' cut-ins
*Julie Pearce - Sunday nights and reporter
*Julie Pearce - Sunday nights and reporter


Revision as of 06:18, 13 February 2009

For the airport in Duluth, Minnesota assigned the ICAO code KDLH, see Duluth International Airport.

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KDLH, channel 3, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Its transmitter is located just west of downtown Duluth. Owned by the Malara Broadcast Group, the station is operated by Granite Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement (LMA). This makes KDLH a sister station to NBC affiliate KBJR-TV and its semi-satellite, KRII. Channel 3 and KBJR share studios on South Lake Avenue along I-35. Syndicated programing on the station includes: Seinfeld, Judge Judy, Oprah, and Inside Edition. KDLH operates the area's CW affiliate on its second digital subchannel. Known on-air as Northland's CW 2, it is also offered on Charter cable channel 2. KDLH-DT2 gets all of its programming from The CW Plus.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed. KDLH can also be seen on the third digital subchannels of KBJR and KRII. Its digital transmitter has been operating at reduced power with a substitute side-mounted antenna as a result from a May 18, 2008 fire that severely damaged the station’s main digital antenna. KDLH expects to return to full power on UHF channel 33 by June 2009. [1] The station will broadcast exclusively digitally effective February 17, 2009. [2]

Channel Programming
3.1 main KDLH programming / CBS HD
3.2 KDLH-DT2 "Northland's CW 2"

Outlying repeaters

In addition to its main signals, KDLH is viewed through the following outlying repeater stations:

History

KDLH began broadcasting on March 14, 1954 with the callsign KDAL-TV. The station was affiliated with NBC and was owned by Dalton LeMasurier along with KDAL-AM 610. It switched affiliations with WDSM-TV (now KBJR) in 1955 and joined CBS. It also aired some ABC programs, sharing them with WDSM, until WDIO-TV signed on in 1966. The LeMasurier family sold KDAL-AM-TV to what eventually became Tribune Broadcasting in 1960. Tribune sold KDAL-TV to Stauffer Communications in 1979 who changed the call letters to KDLH-TV. The station dropped the -TV suffix in 1991. Stauffer merged with Morris Communications in 1995 but Morris was not allowed to keep the former Stauffer television stations. KDLH, along with most of its sisters, was sold to Benedek Broadcasting. That company merged with Gray Television in 2001 but KDLH was not included in the merger and was sold to Chesley Broadcasting instead. New Vision Television bought KDLH in 2003. In March 2005, Malara Broadcast Group purchased channel 3 from New Vision and outsourced most of the station's functions to longtime rival KBJR who was owned by Granite Broadcasting. Under this agreement, KDLH laid off most of its staff and KBJR began to handle nearly all of KDLH's operations. Filings with the FCC showed Malara could operate KDLH with as few as two people on the payroll. Malara makes SEC filings jointly with Granite leading to allegations that Malara is simply a shell corporation for Granite. If these allegations are ever found to be true, Granite would be in violation of FCC rules regarding duopolies. The FCC does not allow common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market. The Duluth market has only five full-power stations which are too few to allow duopolies in any case.

News operation

File:Northland newscenter 2009.png
The station's news logo.

KDLH, which had operated its own news department at one point in time, was the last of the big three stations in Duluth to have a weeknight 5 o'clock newscast. The station aired Judge Judy in that timeslot instead. In 2004, it debuted a 5 P.M. show that featured anchor Amy Rutledge and meteorologist Phil Johnson. This was replaced along with their 6 o'clock newscast with the current one at 5:30 when KDLH merged with KBJR in March 2005. Judge Judy has since reclaimed the 5 P.M. spot on channel 3 and the CBS Evening News airs at 6. After the buyout, the station had its news department closed and merged with that of KBJR. To maintain a separate identity, there were some channel 6 personalities that were also seen on KDLH. Likewise, not all KBJR personnel were seen on KDLH. More recently however, the news team of both stations has been downsized. As a result of the arrangement between the two stations, KDLH shares the Northland's NewsCenter branding with KBJR. Channel 3's weekday morning newscast is known as NewsCenter Morning Plus and is essentially a simulcast of KBJR.

At one point, it had been a separate broadcast. KDLH's NewsCenter at 5:30 is anchored by Pat Kelly who is the only channel 3 news team member remaining after the KDLH sellout. Its weeknight 10 o'clock newscast, which was also a separate production, had been known as NewsCenter Express and consisted of a 10 minute news "capsule". The other 25 minutes was a Seinfeld rerun. After 13 months of mediocre ratings, KDLH changed the 10 P.M. newscast to the traditional 35 minutes and now simulcasts KBJR. For years, KDLH has been at the bottom of the ratings with all of its' newscasts. Once again, in May 2007, the station came in last in all timeslots. KDLH's weeknight 10 o'clock show gathered about 1,000 viewers about 200 less than the 9 P.M. news on Fox affiliate KQDS-TV. KBJR produces a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast on its second digital subchannel that has MyNetworkTV affiliation. This is simulcasted on KDLH-DT2 "Northland's CW 2. On Sunday nights at 10, there continues to be a 10 minute NewsCenter Express update followed by Judge Judy. Otherwise, there are no weekend newscasts on KDLH. Saturday nights at 10, there is a local sports show that airs known as Sports Zone.

News team

Anchors

  • Laura Langemo - weekday mornings and The Early Show cut-ins
  • Kevin Jacobsen - weeknights at 5:30 and 10
  • Michelle Lee - weeknights at 9
  • Julie Pearce - Sunday nights and reporter

Northland's NewsCenter Meteorologists

  • George Kessler - weeknights
  • Shannon Murphy - weekday mornings and The Early Show cut-ins
  • Dave Anderson - Sunday nights and reporter

Sports

  • Tom Hansen - weeknights at 9 and 10
  • Joe Dufek - host of Sports Zone and sports reporter
  • Mark Lange - sports videojournalist and play-by-play announcer for University of Wisconsin at Superior hockey team

Reporters

  • Barbara Reyelts - News Manager and investigative
  • Chris Buckley - based at KRII
  • LeAnn Wallace - Assignment Editor and videojournalist
  • Tiffany Tarrolly - multimedia journalist

Former personalities

+ denotes the anchor being released at the KDLH sellout in 2004

  • Pat Kelly- Anchor 1992-2008. retired.
  • Karl Spring- Weather (Now At KQDS-TV)
  • Richard (Heatwave) Berler - Weather
  • Dan Hanger - Weekday Mornings / Weeknight Reporter
  • Edward Moody- Mornings (2002-07) (Now at WHAM-TV)
  • Matt Smith - Reporter (Now at WBAY-TV)
  • Jason Kuss- Sports
  • Rachel Slavik-Reporter/weekends (now at WVLA-TV Baton Rouge)
  • Kellie LaVoie- Reporter (now at WFFF-TV Burlington, Vermont)
  • Todd Nelson - Morning Weather
  • +Amy Rutledge - anchor
  • +Phil Johnson - meteorologist (now at WDIO in Duluth)
  • Chris Earl - sports (now anchor at KCRG in Cedar Rapids)
  • +Chris Long - sports (now sports director at WBBH in Fort Myers)
  • Erin Jordan - weekend meteorologist- became morning meteorologist briefly after 2004 sellout. (now at KOLD in Tucson)
  • +Matt Brode - morning meteorologist (now at KVOA in Tucson)
  • +Melissa Ellefson - weekend anchor
  • +Gil David - reporter (now reporter at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California)
  • +Trisha Volpe - reporter (now at KARE in Minneapolis)
  • +Zach Wells - weekend anchor / reporter (now a sports reporter at WXIX in Cincinnati)
  • +Eliabeth Ries - weekend and morning anchor / reporter (Now at KSTP-TV)
  • +Lauren Kalb - reporter (now working for CBS' Amazing Race)
  • Scott McLinden - morning anchor
  • Bill Van Dusen - weekend meteorologist
  • Sarah Carlstrom - morning news anchor (now at KPHO in Phoenix)
  • Andrew Green - reporter
  • Liz Brummond
  • Joe Thornton - anchor
  • Lisa Blegen - reporter
  • Marsh Nelson - sports
  • Paul Guggenheimer - sports
  • Michelle Lee - anchor (now at sister station KBJR)
  • Darren Danielson - anchor
  • Earl Henton - anchor (KDLH's first)
  • Sven Sundgaard - meteorologist (now at KARE in Minneapolis)
  • Bisi Onile-Ere- Mornings (now at WJRT-TV)
  • Christina Munoz- Reporter
  • Natasha Hassan- Reporter
  • E.D. Hill - Currently anchor at Fox News Channel.

References

  1. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=695008
  2. ^ Some Minn. stations switch to digital early, Associated Press, February 4, 2009

External links

Template:Northland's NewsCenter

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