Type | Nonprofit corporation |
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Industry | Broadcast relay station |
Founded | 1976[1] |
Headquarters | Alexandria, Minnesota |
Area served | Douglas County and area |
Key people | Jim Borgrud (President) |
Website | selectivetv |
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.
Channel | Callsign | Affiliation | Branding | Subchannels | Owner | |
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(Virtual) | Channel | Programming | ||||
4.1 | K32EB-D (WCCO Translator) | CBS | WCCO 4 | 4.2 4.3 | Start TV Dabl | CBS Corporation |
5.2 | K16CO-D (KSTC Translator) | Ind. | 45 TV | 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.7 | Me-TV Antenna TV This TV Heroes & Icons | Hubbard Broadcasting |
9.2 | K30AF-D (WFTC Translator) | MyNetworkTV | Fox 9 Plus | 9.3 9.9 | Movies! Fox | Fox Television Stations |
9.1 | K33DB-D (KMSP Translator) | Fox | Fox 9 | 9.4 9.5 | Buzzr Light TV | Fox Television Stations |
10.1 | K27KN-D (KWCM Translator) | PBS | Pioneer Public TV | 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 | Create Minnesota Channel World PBS Kids | West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company |
11.1 | K14LZ-D (KARE Translator) | NBC | KARE 11 | 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 | Court TV Justice Network Quest Circle TV | Tegna, Inc. |
18.1 | K18DG-D (KSAX Translator) | ABC | Channel 5 | Hubbard Broadcasting | ||
22.1 | K36KH-D (KAWB Translator) | PBS | Lakeland PBS | 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 | FNX PBS Kids Create Lakeland Plus Minnesota Channel | Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc. |
23.1 | K26CL-D (WUCW Translator) | The CW | The CW 23 | 23.2 23.3 23.4 | Comet Charge! TBD | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
41.1 | K34AF-D (KPXM Translator) | Ion Television | Ion | 41.2 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]
Selective TV's additional offerings include:
Channel | Callsign | Affiliation | Branding | Subchannels | Owner | |
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(Virtual) | Channel | Programming | ||||
17.1 | K17NW-D | NASA TV | Selective TV, Inc. | |||
20.1 | K20AC-D | Escape | 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 | Newsmax TV C-SPAN MSNBC Bounce TV | Selective TV, Inc. | |
21.1 | K21GN-D (K34HO simulcast) | Independent | KOOL TV | 21.2 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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