KCPM

:''This article is about the Grand Forks, ND TV station. For the Chico, CA TV station formerly called KCPM, see KNVN. For FAA Identifier KCPM, see Compton/Woodley Airport.''
'KCPM' is a MyNetworkTV affiliate located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It broadcasts on UHF channel 27 and on cable channel 9 throughout the Red River Valley region. KCPM also has a sales office located in Fargo, North Dakota.
KCPM also rebroadcasts on low-power station KVNJ-LP, channel 33, in Fargo, ND and translator K35HT, channel 35, in Jamestown, ND. KCPM and all of its rebroadcasters are owned by Guaranteed Impressions Group (G.I.G.), known on-air as Central Plains Media.

Contents

General information

History

My Network TV

Former logos

Translators

References

General information

KCPM is a semi-satellite (partial rebroadcsater) of KCPO-LP in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, though it airs local commercial inserts and sometimes has different programming. KCPO-LP is also partially rebroadcasted on KCPL-LP in Rapid City, South Dakota.
The station currently does not have a local newscast and its programs include syndicated programs (off-network comedy, court shows, talk shows, and movies), infomercials and religious programming past midnight. Popular syndicated shows on KCPM include ''The Jerry Springer Show'', ''Maury'', and ''South Park''. KCPM also simulcasts KSTC broadcasts of MSHSL high school football, hockey, and basketball tournaments.

History

KCPM signed on the air in 2003 as the first full-time UPN affiliate in North Dakota (Fox affiliate KNDX/KXND of the western region of the state aired UPN programming after primetime), replacing Minneapolis-St. Paul's KMSP-TV on cable after it became a Fox affiliate.
Its owner, Central Plains Media (G.I.G. on the FCC licence), also owns and operates low power stations KCPO 26 in Sioux Falls and KCPL 52 in Rapid City, both in South Dakota. They were both UPN affiliates before the network shut down, and are now independent stations.

My Network TV

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN networks announced they would merge. The newly combined network would be called 'The CW', the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. The merger would take effect on-the-air on September 18, 2006. In response to the merger, News Corporation (the owner of Fox) launched another network called 'MyNetworkTV' on September 5, 2006.
KCPM rejected The CW and affiliated with MyNetworkTV. In September 2005, KCPM replaced the UPN logo in its logo with the logo of Central Plains Media. The new KCPM MyNetworkTV logo was introduced in August 2006, and KCPM dropped UPN entirely on September 4, 2006. WDAY-TV launched a digital subchannel to carry The CW, which replaced cable-only station WBFG on September 18, 2006.
KCPM is currently the only MyNetworkTV affiliate in North Dakota, as KNDX/KXND has not decided whether to have a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV.

Former logos

Translators

KCPM rebroadcasts on the following translators (low-powered rebroadcasters):

★ 'KVNJ-LP' Channel 33 Fargo, ND

★ 'K35HT' Channel 35 Jamestown, ND

References

★ NorthPine.com: North Dakota TV Translators and Satellite Stations

★ North Dakota Broadcasting

★ northpine.com Screengrabs of KCPM

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