WFTC

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WFTC (channel 9.2), branded as Fox 9+, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. It is programmed primarily as an independent station, but maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. WFTC is owned by Fox Television Stations alongside KMSP-TV (channel 9) and the two stations share studios on Viking Drive in Eden Prairie; WFTC's transmitter is located at the KMSP Tower in Shoreview, Minnesota. KFTC (channel 26) in Bemidji, Minnesota, rebroadcasts the main subchannels of WFTC and KMSP-TV, alongside a network of translators across Minnesota. This station began broadcasting on October 6, 1982, as WFBT-TV on channel 29. Owned by Channel 29 Television and the Faith Broadcasting Network, it intended to be a family-friendly independent station with Christian ministry programming and classic TV shows. Ratings were low, and in 1984 the Beverly Hills Hotel Corporation acquired the station. It relaunched in May 1984 as a more conventionally programmed independent under the KITN-TV call sign. KITN became a major sports station under the ownership of Beverly Hills and Nationwide Communications, at various times in its history holding rights to telecast games of the Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Minnesota Twins.…

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