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Kare

KARE
KARE Logo.png
MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minnesota
United States
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Branding KARE 11
KARE 11 News
Slogan Minnesota's Own
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 ()
Subchannels 11.2 WeatherNation
11.3 Justice Network
Translators (see article)
Affiliations NBC (1979–present)
Owner Tegna, Inc.
(KARE, Inc.)
First air date September 1, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-09-01)
Call letters' meaning Sounds like the word "care".
Former callsigns
  • WTCN-TV (1953–1985)
  • WMIN-TV (shared operation, 1953–1955)
  • WUSA (1985–1986)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Digital:
35 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations
Transmitter power 45.3 kW
Height 455 m (1,493 ft)
Facility ID 23079
Transmitter coordinates 45°3′44″N 93°8′21″W / 45.06222°N 93.13917°W / 45.06222; -93.13917
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website kare11.com

KARE, VHF digital channel 11, is the NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States that serves the Twin Cities television market. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc. KARE's studios are located on Olson Memorial Highway (MN 55) in Golden Valley and its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota.

Channel 11 signed on the air in 1953 with its broadcast hours split between WTCN-TV in Minneapolis and WMIN-TV in St. Paul; the WTCN-TV callsign was originally used by the Minneapolis-licensed channel 4 from that station's sign-on in 1949 to 1952; channel 4 changed to WCCO-TV when, in August 1952, Twin Cities Newspapers (a partnership between the Minneapolis Tribune and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch) divested its broadcast properties. The television station was sold to a new company, Midwest Radio and Television, which was created for the purchase, with CBS as a minority partner. CBS at the time owned WCCO radio; with the purchase of the TV station, channel 4's calls were unified with the radio station. Meanwhile, the Twin Cities Newspapers radio properties, WTCN (1280) and WTCN-FM (97.1), were sold to the Minnesota Television Service Corporation headed by Saint Paul businessman Robert Butler, a former ambassador to Cuba and Australia. Soon afterward, Butler's group and the owners of WMIN 1400 AM both applied for the new channel 11 license. Because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a backlog of contested licenses, the two stations worked out an agreement for a joint application.


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