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.
St. Paul Winter Carnival 1967
Independence Day 1968
Moon Landing 1969
Twins Championship Game Late 1960s
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.
Used until the ABC affiliation moved to KSTP-TV in 1979.
KMSP NewsWatch Bulletin
Newsnine title card (1972–1978)
200th Anniversary 7/4/1976
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).
Station ID seen during 9:00 p.m. newscast (1981–1983)
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.
Station ID
2D logo
Alternate logo with callsign
1999–2006
1999–2002
Alternate logo with call letters
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.