WCCO-TV
CBS TV station in Minneapolis, Minnesota / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the CBS outlet for the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's 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.
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City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Branding | WCCO; WCCO News / CBS News Minnesota |
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Streaming: CBS News Minnesota | |
History | |
First air date | July 1, 1949 (74 years ago) (1949-07-01) |
Former call signs | WTCN-TV (1949–1952) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009) |
Secondary: ABC (1949–1953) | |
Call sign meaning | Derived from former sister station WCCO (AM) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 9629 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 455.9 m (1,495.7 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°3′45″N 93°8′22″W |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Website | www |
WCCO-TV's programming is also seen on full-power satellite station KCCW-TV (channel 12) in Walker (with transmitter near 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 (with transmitter near Westport).
WCCO is one of three owned-and-operated network affiliates in the Twin Cities market, the others being Fox O&O KMSP-TV (channel 9) and MyNetworkTV O&O WFTC (channel 9.2).