KELO-TV

KELO-TV is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls; its transmitter is located near Rowena, South Dakota. KELO-TV's programming is simulcast on two full-power semi-satellites—KDLO-TV in Florence and KPLO-TV in Reliance. The combined footprint of the three stations covers eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa, an area the station calls "KELOLAND". KELO-TV also operates KCLO-TV in Rapid City, the CW affiliate for western South Dakota and the Black Hills, as part of the KELOLAND Media Group. KELO-TV was the first television station in South Dakota, beginning broadcasting in May 1953, and was built by Midcontinent Broadcasting as an extension of KELO. Originally a primary affiliate of NBC, it switched to CBS in 1957. KDLO-TV and KPLO-TV were built in the mid-1950s, expanding the station's geographic reach, while an expansion to Rapid City took place in 1981. Young Broadcasting acquired the KELO television stations in 1996.