Satellite Stations and Translators
KELO serves the largest viewing area of any station in the United States. It calls this vast area - which consists all of South Dakota as well as large parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa - KELOLAND. It covers this region with a network of three full-power satellites, known as the "KELOLAND Television Network."
| Station | City of license | Channels | First air date | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| KDLO-TV | Florence (Watertown/Aberdeen) |
Digital: 3 (VHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP) |
September 24, 1955 | 3.7 kW | 240.6 m | 41975 | 44°57′56.2″N 97°35′23.3″W / 44.965611°N 97.589806°W / 44.965611; -97.589806 (KDLO-TV) |
| KPLO-TV | Reliance (Pierre) |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 6 (PSIP) |
July 15, 1957 | 40 kW | 317.8 m | 41964 | 43°57′56.7″N 99°36′12″W / 43.96575°N 99.60333°W / 43.96575; -99.60333 (KPLO-TV) |
| KCLO-TV1 | Rapid City | Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP) |
November 28, 1988 | 150 kW | 154 m | 41969 | 44°4′13.3″N 103°15′2.6″W / 44.070361°N 103.250722°W / 44.070361; -103.250722 (KCLO-TV) |
Notes:
- 1. KCLO-TV does not offer MyUTV on its digital signal.
The three full-power stations air separate commercials. KCLO, because it is in a separate market, get certain shows fed to it specifically.
The programming of KELO-TV is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
- K24DT (Channel 24) Aberdeen (repeats KDLO)
A unique feature of KELO's coverage area is that it covers two time zones -- Central and Mountain. This means that viewers of Rapid City's KCLO watch CBS's prime-time schedule from 6 to 9 p.m. (instead of 7 to 10 p.m.), with the Late Show with David Letterman at 9:35 p.m. MT. KCLO, because it is in a separate market, also gets certain shows fed to it specifically. KELO cannot air myUTV or other products aired by Rapid City stations on KCLO. All four KELO stations do get separate advertising as needed.
A late ice storm on April 6, 1997 caused the KXJB-TV mast to collapse. As a result, several cable systems in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota were unable to receive CBS programming. Some cable systems temporarily or permanently replaced KXJB with KDLO.
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