![]() ![]() Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced its $44 million purchase of the Reiten Television stations, including KXMB-TV, on September 17, 2015. In 2008, 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. DakotaPolitics also launched weekly tracking polls for the 2008 elections. DakotaPolitics featured profile information, voting records and some analysis. In October 2007, along with Midkota Solutions launched, a web site focusing on North Dakota political news coverage. A consequence of this agreement has enabled KBMY-DT to begin broadcasting in July 2008 directly from KXMB's station, bringing a digital ABC television signal to Bismarck. KXMB houses sales and engineering personnel solely for KBMY's operations. In July 2008, Reiten Television began a joint agreement to sell television commercial slots on both KXMB and KBMY, Bismarck's ABC affiliate owned by Forum Communications Company. won the 2007 Teddy Award for Best Website and the 2007 Eric Sevareid Award for best website small market television in a six state region. combined the previous domains, , and under one umbrella. 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. In 2006, the stations began a web portal-like website called KX Net, with each station's website displaying a localized front page. Reiten Broadcasting purchased KNDX (previously KDIX-TV) in Dickinson in 1985 and converted it into a full-time semi-satellite of KXMB and changed the call letters to KXMA (It would have been KXME, but Prairie Public Television objected.) Before being sister stations, KNDX/KDIX would often pick up CBS programming from KXMB since 1970, when KHSD-TV ( KOTA-TV Rapid City, South Dakota satellite) dropped CBS programming.Īfter an ice storm on Apcaused the KXJB-TV mast to collapse, some cable systems replaced KXJB with KXMB, either temporarily or permanently, to maintain CBS service.Įlectronic news-gathering unit supporting KXMB and sister stations The KX stations formerly had a secondary affiliation with ABC shared with KFYR-TV before full-time ABC affiliate KBMY signed on. Reiten retained the western North Dakota stations. KXJB-TV in Fargo was co-owned with the KX stations (though programmed separately) until Boler sold his interest in the partnership to Reiten in 1971. This ad from TV Guide in 1973 shows the KXMB-TV news team, logo, and set as they existed at the time. Dish Network only provides KXMC, while DirecTV only provides KXMB, as central and western North Dakota's CBS affiliate. KXMC is the oldest station of the KX group, and was the flagship station originating programming until master control and internal operations were moved to KXMB in the 2000s. The four stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. KXMC-TV (channel 13) in Minot also produces local weather and sports inserts, KXMD-TV (channel 11) in Williston simulcasts KXMC's programming, and KXMA-DT2 in Dickinson (channel 2.2) simulcasts KXMB's programming. The three satellite stations clear all network and syndicated programming as provided through KXMB but air separate legal identifications and commercial inserts. KXMB-TV serves as the flagship station of KX Television, a regional network of four stations relaying CBS network and other programming provided by KXMB across central and western North Dakota, as well as bordering counties in Montana and South Dakota. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on North 15th Street in Bismarck its transmitter is located near St. KXMB-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus.
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