KMSP-TV
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Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota United States |
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| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Branding | Fox 9 KMSP (general) Fox 9 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | The most powerful name in local news (news) Stay connected with Fox 9 (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 () |
| Subchannels | 9.4 Buzzr 9.5 Light TV 9.9 Fox |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox (O&O) (1986–1988, 2002–present) |
| Owner |
Fox Television Stations (Fox Television Stations, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 9, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning | Minneapolis and Saint Paul (MSP is also the IATA code for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with KMSP as its ICAO code) |
| Sister station(s) |
WFTC Fox Sports North |
| Former callsigns | KEYD-TV (1955–1956) KMGM-TV (1956–1958) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 26 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1955) Independent (1955–1961, 1979–1986, 1988–1995) ABC (1961–1979) UPN (1995–2002) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Facility ID | 68883 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°3′29.5″N 93°7′28.2″W / 45.058194°N 93.124500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KMSP-TV, channel 9, is a Fox owned-and-operated television station, licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. KMSP-TV is owned by the Fox Television Stations division of 21st Century Fox, and operates as part of a television duopoly with WFTC (channel 29), the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area's MyNetworkTV station. The two stations share studios located on Viking Drive in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and KMSP's transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota.
The station is also carried in Canada on Shaw Cable's Thunder Bay, Ontario system and on Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) in the province of Manitoba.
The station grew out of an AM station, KEYD (1440 AM, now KYCR), with which it was co-owned until mid-1956. When the FCC opened up bidding for the channel 9 construction permit, WLOL and WDGY (now KTLK) also expressed interest. However, they withdrew their applications in 1954, assuring that the new station would go to KEYD and its owner, Family Broadcasting.KEYD-TV began broadcasting on January 9, 1955 and was affiliated with the DuMont Television Network. During this time, Harry Reasoner, a graduate of Minneapolis West High School and the University of Minnesota, was hired as the station's first news anchor and news director. However, DuMont shut down in late 1955, leaving the station as an independent outlet; on June 3, 1956, the KEYD stations were sold to United Television, whose principals at the time included several stockholders of Pittsburgh station WENS, for $1.5 million. The new owners immediately sold off KEYD radio, refocused KEYD-TV's programming on films and sports, and shut down the news department; Reasoner was hired by CBS a few months later. Reasoner became a host for CBS's 60 Minutes when it launched in 1968.
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