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KEYD-TV
1955–1956
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
1972–1999
This "9" design would later be influenced by KUSA in Denver and WUSA in Washington, D.C., long after nearly five decades.
1972–1978
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This was from KMSP's period where their newscasts were branded as "Newsnine".
1978–1983
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On March 5, 1979, ABC moved its affiliation to KSTP, leaving KMSP as an independent station.
1983–1984
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
Following another six-year tenure as an independent station, KMSP became a charter affiliate 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 KMSP from Chris-Craft Industries 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.
2006–present
This logo branding, currently in use by most of the Fox O&Os, is based on the Fox News logo; with their website names ("myfox(city name).com") based off the domain for the social network Myspace, which former Fox parent News Corporation briefly owned. This design first debuted in early 2006.
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TV stations in Minneapolis-St. Paul
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