KSTP-TV (Channel 5) originally signed on the air on April 27, 1948 in Saint Paul, owned by Hubbard Broadcasting since its inception. It was also formerly a primary NBC affiliate until it picked up the ABC affiliation in 1979. KSTP-TV is the first television station in the state of Minnesota, and the 22nd of the nation.
1952–1956[]
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1956–1961[]
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1961–1965[]
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1965–1969[]
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1969–1990[]
First used by KSTP-TV in April 1969, this is the original variation of what has been affectionately known as the "Groovy 5" logo. This same logo would be used by Mexican television network XHGC-TV (Canal 5, Mexico City) from 1980 to 1986, as well as by Canal 5 (HRTG, Tegucigalpa) in Honduras from 1981 to 1996 (the latter network, as Canal 5 El Líder, has used a slightly modified version since 1996).
1969–1979[]
1976–1979
Station ID (1976–1979)
ID from 1978, one year before it switched to ABC.
The color-swapped NBC logo and thin-lettered ABC logo appeared with the KSTP logo on a black rectangle during the March 4, 1979, edition of Eyewitness News promoting the changes coming to the station.
Eyewitness News logo
1976 news ad
1979–1982[]
Callsign variant
Monochrome version
"Channel 5, still the one!"
1980 news ad #1
1980 news ad #2
In 1979, KSTP switched its affiliation to the then-high-rated ABC, which at the time was seen on KMSP-TV (VHF channel 9, now a Foxowned-and-operated station). NBC later affiliated with Metromedia's independent station WTCN-TV (VHF channel 11, now KARE).