KEVN-LD
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Rapid City, South Dakota United States |
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| Branding |
Black Hills Fox (general) Black Hills Fox News (news) |
| Slogan | Real People. Real News. |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 7 () |
| Translators | KHSD-TV 11.2 (Lead) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | February 24, 2016 |
| Call letters' meaning | SEVeN |
| Sister station(s) |
KOTA-TV KSFY-TV |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 184 m (604 ft) |
| Facility ID | 182523 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°4′0″N 103°15′1″W / 44.06667°N 103.25028°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.blackhillsfox.com |
KEVN-LD, virtual channel 7 (UHF digital channel 23), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Owned by Gray Television, the station is a sister to ABC affiliate KOTA-TV, and the two stations have a co-located studio/office and transmitter facility located on Skyline Drive in Rapid City.
KEVN is also carried on virtual channel 11.2 on KOTA's full-power satellite in Lead, South Dakota, KHSD-TV, which can also be seen over the air in Rapid City. KHSD's transmitter is located near Spearfish, South Dakota.
Until 2016, the KEVN call sign, Fox affiliation, and virtual channel 7 assignment were used on the broadcast license presently associated with KOTA-TV. KEVN-TV had launched in 1976 as an ABC affiliate, replacing KRSD-TV, which had signed on in 1958 as an NBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation, switched to CBS in 1970, and was denied license renewal in 1971; KRSD shut down several months before KEVN began operations. KEVN switched to NBC in 1984 and Fox in 1996. The original KEVN was also seen on a satellite station in Lead, KIVV-TV (channel 5), which operated on the license now used by KHSD-TV; virtual channel 5 is presently used by KQME, a satellite of MeTV affiliate KHME (channel 23).
On September 14, 2015, Gray bought the non-license assets of the market's ABC affiliate KOTA-TV as part of its acquisition of Schurz Communications' television stations. Due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership restrictions, Gray established this new low-powered station to move the Fox affiliation, KEVN's call sign, virtual channel, and programming. KOTA's ABC affiliation and program streams including its existing PSIP channel 3 numbering was then moved to the old full-powered KEVN, transmitting on RF channel 7. The original KOTA-TV license was then sold to Legacy Broadcasting and became KHME.
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