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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: KTTC, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a dual NBC/CW+-affiliated television station . the station is owned by Quincy media, which also operates Fox affiliate KXLT-TV . the station’s original studios and transmitter were located on Hennessey Hill, two miles (3.2 km) west of Rochester . the station carried programming from all four commercial networks of the 1950s: ABC, CBS, and KTTC-DT began broadcasting on channel 36 in September 2000 . station has been digital-only since February 17, 2009 . the FCC does not allow two of the four highest-rated stations to be owned by one company . Quincy took over KXLT’s operations under a shared services agreement . in 2002, KTTC relocated from the former KTTC studio on First Avenue SW was demolished to clear the way for the University of Minnesota Rochester’s future campus . prior to 1998, The WB’s programming was available in Rochester via WGN-TV KTTC provided local advertisement opportunities and performed promotional duties for the outlet . the letters would represent the first initial of the new network’s respective corporate parents . on january 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner bros. it provides over-the-air service of NBC to viewers in La Crosse unable to receive WEAU due to area topography . there are two signals from the same tower carrying The CW Plus national service as WXOW KTTC’s two analog translators left the air on december 29, 2011, due to the end of broadcasting on channels above 51 . a half-hour prime time newscast on KXLT is produced by KT KIMT added the market’s second prime time local news show at 9 to its second digital subchannel . the effort would be reduced to a five-minute weather cut-in featuring an updated forecast . on June 12, 2009 pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition newscasts were still seen in march 2011 . with the launch to HD came a brand new set and high definition graphics . KTTC performed an upgrade to full high definition news the 7 o’clock hour may be extended to offer a true local alternative to the national morning programs seen on the big three affiliates . like the prime time news at 9, the morning program on KXLT maintains separate anchor