KELO-TV signed on air in 1953 as South Dakota's first television station. The station was a NBC affiliate carrying secondary affiliations with ABC, CBS and DuMont. In 1955, KELO would open a sister station: KDLO-TV (channel 3) in Florence. Both stations were owned by Midcontinent Media at that time.
1955–1960
In 1957, KELO opened KDLO-TV (channel 6) in Reliance serving Pierre. In 1960, KSOO-TV (channel 13, now KSFY-TV) signed on which led to KELO becoming a sole CBS affiliate.
1960–1990
In 1981, KELO would open K15AC in Rapid City. Previously, select CBS programming was carried on KOTA-TV and KEVN while KMGH-TV (currently a ABC affiliate) from Denver was carried on cable in Rapid City. In 1988, K15AC was converted to a full-power signal as KCLO-TV.
1960–1968
1968–1970
LOGO MISSING
1970–1979
1979–1990
1990–present
In 1995, Midcontinent sold KELO-TV and its sister stations to Young Broadcasting. In 2004, KELO would debut a UPN affiliate called UTV on their Sioux Falls stations. UTV replaced KCPO-LP as the UPN affiliate for the Sioux Falls area. However, UTV wasn't available in Rapid City as UPN was carried on KCPO's sattelite station, KCPL-LP. In 2006, CBS Corporation (UPN's then-owner) and Time Warner (owner of UPN's then-rival The WB) announced that both UPN and The WB would merge to become The CW. KWSD (channel 36) was selected to become a charter affiliate for The CW in Sioux Falls while KWBH-LP (channel 27) was selected as a charter affiliate for The CW in Rapid City. That same year, Fox announced that they would launch MyNetworkTV as a new network to compete with The CW. KELO-TV announced in February of 2006, that UTV was selected to join MyTV on all of its Sioux Falls stations. KELO renamed UTV to MyUTV in anticipation for the network's launch in September 5 of that year. In 2013, Young Broadcasting (including KELO-TV) was sold to Media General. In 2017, Nexstar Media Group merged with Media General. That same year, CW programming would move to KCLO-TV on a digital subchannel.
Modern version of logo script
2D version
KELO-DT2 (2004–2006)
Logo used for MyNetworkTV programming (KELO/KDLO/KPLO only)
1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 2Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 3Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 5Predecessor company of LIN Media. 6Currently a repeater for WWLP. 7Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
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.
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