KMSP-TV

Contents

1955–1956	1956–1958	1958–1961	1961–1962	1962–1965	1965–1969


1969–1972	1972–1983	1979–1984	1984–1985	1985–1989	1985–1993


1993–1999	1995-1999	1999–2002	2002–2006	2006–2020	2020–present

KEYD-TV

1955–1956

Originally signed on the air as KEYD-TV, a short-lived primary DuMont affiliate on VHF channel 9.

KMGM-TV

1956–1958

KMSP-TV

1958–1961

1961–1962

The "ABC" logo shown here was replaced in 1962.

1962-1965

1965–1969

Notice the different typeface used for the ABC logo shown here.

1969–1972

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

Note the non-standard ABC logo typeface in this logo.

1972–1999

This "9" design would later be influenced by KGUN-TV in Tucson KUSA in Denver and WUSA in Washington, D.C., long after nearly five decades.

1972–1983

On March 5, 1979, ABC moved its affiliation to KSTP, leaving KMSP as an independent station; after the switch, the ABC logo was removed from the station's logo.

1979–1984

Following the loss of its ABC affiliation, KMSP began referring to themselves as Receptive Channel 9; in on-air and in print advertisements, an antenna was added onto the "9" logo in most cases (sometimes added to the "circle 9" variant).

1984–1985

1985–1989

KMSP would resume its status as a network affiliate on October 9, 1986, when it became a charter outlet of the upstart Fox network. The station disaffiliated from the network in 1988, due to dissatisfaction with the network's low-rated programming and its effect on KMSP's primetime viewership; the Fox affiliation in the Twin Cities subsequently moved to KITN (now sister station WFTC).

1989–1993

1993–1999

1995-1999

Following another six-year tenure as an independent station, KMSP became a charter O&O station of UPN when that network launched on January 16, 1995, joining the network by way of the station's ownership under UPN co-parent Chris-Craft/United Television.

1999–2006

1999–2002

2002–2006

KMSP-TV once again became a Fox station on September 8, 2002, as part of an affiliation swap between the two stations following WFTC's 2001 acquisition by Fox Television Stations Group from Clear Channel Communications; They also purchased BHC Communications (which included KMSP) on July 31, 2001, but kept the UPN affiliation on KMSP until after the expiration of its affiliation agreement with that network on September 8, 2002, when the affiliation swap took effect. The station kept its 1999 '9' logo with the change of affiliation and ownership.