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- History
- Programming
- Technical Information
WCCO-TV's roots originate with a radio station, but not WCCO (830 AM). Radio station WRHM, which signed on the air in 1925, is the station to which WCCO-TV traces its lineage. In 1934, two newspapers—the Minneapolis Tribune and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch—formed a joint venture named "Twin Cities Newspapers", which purchased the radio sta...
Sports programming
In 1961, with the establishment of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the station, via CBS, which held the rights to broadcast NFL games, became the 'unofficial' home station of the team. This partnership continued through the 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 AFC team, or, since 2014, with the institution of the new 'cross...
News operation
WCCO presently broadcasts 38½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6½ hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). 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 demo, the numbers are much more competitive with NBC affiliate KARE. WCCO began broadcasting local newscasts in high-definitionon May 28, 2009, becoming the third...
Subchannels
The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion
WCCO-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations 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. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channelas its former VHF analog channel 4.
Satellite stations and translators
WCCO-TV operates a satellite station northwest of the Twin Cities area: It formerly operated a second satellite station: Both of these stations were founded by the Central Minnesota Television Company and maintained primary affiliations with NBC and secondary affiliations with ABC from their respective sign-ons until the summer of 1982, when both stations switched to CBS.KCMT had originally broadcast from a studio in Alexandria, with KNMT operating as a satellite station of KCMT. Central Minn...
Aug 21, 2012 · WCCO-TV hires new weekend anchor/reporter. Edward Moody is moving back to Minnesota to join the CBS-affiliate as a weekend anchor/reporter. The Pioneer Press reports he will anchor the Saturday evening newscasts with Liz Collin.
Mar 14, 2024 · Join WCCO-TV and the Twin Cities Auto Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, April 4 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the chance to become a contestant on Survivor! Here are the...
Sep 13, 2023 · By WCCO Staff. September 13, 2023 / 2:08 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota. Emmy-winning local news executive Brian Nemitz has been named vice president and news director at CBS News and Stations'...
