The station opened on September 26, 1981 as K15AC as a satellite of KELO-TV from Sioux Falls and was originally owned by KELO's original owners Midcontinent Communications.
Station ID (1985)
Station ID (1986)
KBLO-TV[]
1987–1988[]
LOGO MISSING
In 1987, the station was converted to full-power status as KBLO-TV.
KCLO-TV[]
1988–1990[]
SVG NEEDED
In 1988, the station was renamed to the current KCLO-TV.
1990–present[]
1990–1997[]
SVG NEEDED
1997–2016[]
SVG NEEDED
In 1995, Midcontinent sold KELO-TV and its sister stations (including channel 15) to Young Broadcasting.
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Skydance Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery. 2Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%. 3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 5Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.
Notes Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area. +Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus. +1Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel. 1Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.
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