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KIMT history
KIMT company history timeline
The station signed on for the first time on May 15, 1954, as KGLO-TV, owned by Lee Enterprises along with the Globe Gazette and KGLO radio (AM 1300 and FM 101.1). On the station's first day, reception of its analog signal on VHF channel 3 was reported as far away as Gary, Indiana.
It was affiliated with CBS owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with CBS Radio, but also carried a secondary relation with DuMont until 1956, when that network ceased operations.
In August 1977, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that one company could not own all the media outlets in a city, forcing Lee Enterprises to break up its cluster in Mason City.
However, in 1984, they sold KIMT and WBTW in Florence, South Carolina, to Spartan Radiocasting Company (later to become Spartan Communications).
Early in the morning on June 27, 1995, KIMT news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted outside her apartment while on her way to work.
Spartan merged with Media General in 2000.
KIMT's digital signal on UHF channel 42 launched in May 2002 and added high definition capabilities from the network during that summer.
KIMT celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 15, 2004, with flashbacks and other special programming.
On April 6, 2006, Media General announced it would sell KIMT as part of the company's acquisition of four NBC owned-and-operated stations.
As part of the analog to digital transition in 2009, the station opted to keep its analog channel on-air until the revised June 12 deadline.
On October 2, the FCC approved the proposed sale to LIN TV. The transaction was finalized on October 12, 2012.
On March 21, 2014, Media General announced that it would acquire LIN. The merger was completed on December 19, making KIMT a Media General property once again, and marking the third ownership change for the station in less than a decade.
On July 14, 2015, KIMT and its digital subchannels were pulled from the North Iowa region's Mediacom cable systems due to a carriage dispute over retransmission consent fees between Mediacom and KIMT owner Media General.
However, on January 27, 2016, it was announced that the Nexstar Broadcasting Group would buy Media General for $4.6 billion.
On October 18, 2018, KIMT moved to channel 24 as part of the FCC repack.
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