Selective TV, Inc.

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Selective TV
Company type Nonprofit corporation
Industry Broadcast relay station
Founded1976;48 years ago (1976) [1]
Headquarters Alexandria, Minnesota
Area served
Douglas County and area
Key people
Jim Borgrud (President)
Website selectivetv.org

Selective TV, Inc. is an American terrestrial broadcasting company in Alexandria, Minnesota. As a non-profit UHF translator it is funded by the voluntary contributions of its viewers in several counties of West Central Minnesota. Most of Selective TV's transmitters are licensed as low-power television stations; Channels 18, 27, 36, and 47 are licensed as translators, and all are digital transmitters.

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Broadcast Translators

Broadcast

ChannelCallsignAffiliationBrandingSubchannelsOwner
(Virtual)ChannelProgramming
4.1K32EB-D
(WCCO Translator)
CBS WCCO 44.2
4.3
Start TV
Dabl
CBS Corporation
5.2K16CO-D
(KSTC Translator)
Ind.45 TV5.3
5.4
5.6
5.7
Me-TV
Antenna TV
This TV
Heroes & Icons
Hubbard Broadcasting
9.2K30AF-D
(WFTC Translator)
MyNetworkTV Fox 9 Plus9.3
9.9
Movies!
Fox
Fox Television Stations
9.1K33DB-D
(KMSP Translator)
Fox Fox 99.4
9.5
Buzzr
Light TV
Fox Television Stations
10.1K27KN-D
(KWCM Translator)
PBS Pioneer Public TV10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
Create
Minnesota Channel
World
PBS Kids
West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company
11.1K14LZ-D
(KARE Translator)
NBC KARE 1111.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
Court TV
Justice Network
Quest
Circle TV
Tegna, Inc.
18.1K18DG-D
(KSAX Translator)
ABC Channel 5 Hubbard Broadcasting
22.1K36KH-D
(KAWB Translator)
PBS Lakeland PBS22.2
22.3
22.4
22.5
22.6
FNX
PBS Kids
Create
Lakeland Plus
Minnesota Channel
Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc.
23.1K26CL-D
(WUCW Translator)
The CW The CW 2323.2
23.3
23.4
Comet
Charge!
TBD
Sinclair Broadcast Group
41.1K34AF-D
(KPXM Translator)
Ion Television Ion41.2
41.3
41.4
41.5
41.6
Qubo
Ion Plus
Ion Shop
QVC
HSN
Ion Media

Until December 2017, WCCO-TV, Minneapolis's CBS owned-and-operated station, was omitted from Selective TV's lineup, as WCCO operated its own satellite station in Alexandria, KCCO-TV (channel 7), which shut down at the end of 2017. [2] On December 22, 2017, Selective TV announced that it struck a deal to add WCCO to its lineup. [3]

Additional channels

Selective TV's additional offerings include:

ChannelCallsignAffiliationBrandingSubchannelsOwner
(Virtual)ChannelProgramming
17.1K17NW-D NASA TV Selective TV, Inc.
20.1K20AC-D Escape 20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
Newsmax TV
C-SPAN
MSNBC
Bounce TV
Selective TV, Inc.
21.1K21GN-D
(K34HO simulcast)
Independent KOOL TV21.2
21.3
21.4
21.5
Reelz-TV
Grit
LALA-TV
Laff
Selective TV, Inc.

K44GH-D is included on Selective TV's lineup but is not owned by Selective TV. The station is owned by Edge Spectrum and is controlled by Three Angels Broadcasting Network, which occupies all of the station's subchannels.

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References

  1. "Minnesota Secretary Of State - Home". www.sos.state.mn.us.
  2. Beach, Jeff (November 17, 2017). "KCCO going away, but CBS signal may stay". Echo Press. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  3. Beach, Jeff (December 22, 2017). "Selective TV picks up CBS signal". Echo Press. Retrieved December 30, 2017.