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KEYC-TV

KEYC-TV
KEYC-12.png Keyc dt2.png
Mankato, Minnesota
United States
Branding KEYC News 12
FOX 12 Mankato (on DT2)
Slogan The One To Watch (also rendered as The 1·2 Watch)
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF/PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Translators see article
Affiliations CBS (1961–present)
Owner United Communications Corporation
First air date October 5, 1960
Call letters' meaning KEY City (city slogan
for Mankato)
Former callsigns KEYC (1960–1979)
Former channel number(s) 12 (VHF analog, 1960–2009)
38 (UHF digital, 2002–2009)
Former affiliations NBC (1960–1961)
UPN (secondary, 1995–2006)
Transmitter power 52.7 kW
Height 317 m (1,040 ft)
Class DT
Facility ID 68853
Transmitter coordinates 43°56′12.4″N 94°24′38.5″W / 43.936778°N 94.410694°W / 43.936778; -94.410694
Website www.keyc.com

KEYC-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Mankato, Minnesota & southwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter in Lewisville. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 782. Owned by the United Communications Corporation, KEYC News 12 has studios on Lookout Drive in North Mankato. Syndicated programming on the station includes Wheel Of Fortune, Dr. Phil, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show among others. However, it's the commitment to local programming the station prides itself on. It produces more than 17 hours of local news per week.

The Mankato market is within reach of some television stations based in the Twin Cities. CBS owned-and-operated station WCCO-TV has an over-the-air signal that reaches just short of Mankato proper. However, the station is offered locally on Charter channel 4.

On KEYC-DT2 and Charter channel 19 is the area's FOX affiliate. It is branded as FOX 12 Mankato. Syndicated programming on this station includes The Big Bang Theory, Judge Judy, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Doctors along with others. Although Fox owned-and-operated station KMSP-TV has an over-the-air signal that does not reach Mankato proper, it is offered locally on Charter channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 789. Due to the cable presence of KMSP, KEYC-DT2 can invoke the Federal Communications Commission's network non-duplication rule resulting in Charter blacking out programming from the former during network shows. KMSP's newscasts and some of its syndicated programs can be seen, however.


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