Dakota News Now is set to go live Monday. Anchors will still use them to tease upcoming segments if its on a different channel, and events such as the Olympics will still be unique to the affiliate.KSFY and KDLT joining forces under one ownership group turns a new page for both local TV stations.Both have decades-old roots as South Dakota TV broadcasters. '”The final KDLT broadcast will wrap Monday morning, but when the studio goes dark it won’t be so much an end as a beginning.The NBC affiliate’s 60-year history isn’t coming to a close as much as it is undergoing a metamorphosis.Branding will change. "Moreover, we could use the combined over-the-air broadcast facilities for both stations to bring free, over-the-air television service to approximately 80,000 people in South Dakota that previously could not receive either ABC or NBC programming with an antenna.”The acquisition did not include KDLT’s old studio building, tucked away behind a commercial district near the intersection of 41st Street and Louise Avenue.Dakota News Now staff will continue to move equipment out of the space for the next couple of months, even after the newly branded newscast goes live.Berman said he had 17 months to chart a path forward for the two properties before sharing Dakota News Now with the world.The merger could have taken any number of directions, the simplest of which would have been to simulcast all broadcasts to both channels and continue with the pre-existing TV schedule for local news. KDLT News will be no more.Dakota News Now is set to go live Monday as two of the city's largest network affiliates join forces under one brand, a model of TV news that will test new regulatory waters recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission.Broadcasts will use a new team of anchors and reporters selected from both stations and assigned by management as part of a staff restructuring. "KDLT was the perfect choice. Kim Reynolds is pushing back against criticism that she has been slow to respond to a wind storm that devastated the state.The South Dakota Department of Health reported 127 new COVID-19 cases as the state surpasses 10,000 total cases and 150 deaths.During the pandemic, it can be a pretty good feeling to help others by donating blood. He declined to give the specific number of jobs cut.Launching a new brand and approach to TV news allowed both stations to retain more staff, while also bringing something new to the market.It also increases competition for KELO-TV, which leads the Sioux Falls-based stations in ratings. Kristi Noem’s office is repudiating an article in the New York Times regarding her recent interactions with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, saying the newspaper got “several basic pieces of information wrong.” The meteorologist will be Aaron Doudna.
The old studio will close, and its daily broadcasts will take shape not in the studio at 3600 S. Westport Ave., but at an anchor desk in the newer KSFY studio in downtown Sioux Falls.One of the main Dakota News Now personalities will be familiar to Sioux Falls viewers. The country has had more than 5 million confirmed cases and more than 167,000 deaths over the course of the pandemic.Dakota News Now felt in this broader conversation the nation is having right now about systemic racism, the Native voice in our state and region needed to be heard.A Sioux Falls man is behind bars after a hard drive allegedly containing child pornography was turned over to police.Policy changes to slow delivery at the U.S. Brian Allen has anchored KSFY broadcasts on the ABC affiliate for the last 13 years and has 17 years of experience in South Dakota's largest market.Allen doesn’t think he’s ever seen anything like what is about to hit Sioux Falls’ airwaves.
The move comes coincidentally just as KSFY blends in members of KDLT-TV’s news team to form Dakota News Now. Postal Service has warned 46 states and the District of Columbia it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday.Police say the person of interest should be considered armed and dangerous.Health officials say an individual who attended a concert at the Sioux Empire Fair has tested positive for COVID-19.The City of Sioux Falls is reinstating utility service disconnections after waiving it and late fees for residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Funds raised will be used for museum renovations, a new exhibit, and a historic marker at the site of an early African American settlement in Sully county.A group called Bikers for Trump is defying public health recommendations in an effort to get people voting.Authorities say a grand jury has indicted a man on an attempted first-degree murder charge in the shooting of a Pierre man in July.Iowa Gov. The South Dakota Department of Health reported 94 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths related to the virus.As students and teachers return to school during a pandemic, contact tracing will be an important process in tracking the spread of the COVID-19 virus.The U.S.
Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.An Aberdeen family is on the mend after dealing with COVID-19 for the last couple of weeks.Several Sioux Falls restaurants say they have not partnered with Grubhub, yet their information is up on the Grubhub website, including M. B. Haskett Delicatessen and McNally's Irish Pub.An adult bison charged a motorcycle passenger after approaching a calf Wednesday.The NCAA will not conduct fall championship events — a move that does not affect major college football — because not enough schools are competing in sports such as men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.The figures show that the crisis continues to throw people out of work just as the expiration of an extra $600 a week in federal jobless benefits has deepened the hardship for many — and posed another threat to the U.S. economy.Great Plains Zoo: Working to Save Animals from ExtinctionPostal Service warns states across US about mail votingSioux Falls Police search for person of interest in shootingDOH: Sioux Empire Fair concert attendee tests positive for COVID-19City reinstating utility disconnection in Sioux FallsLive stream concert to benefit South Dakota African American history museumAvera Medical Minute: A child life specialist offers insight to prepare kids for school yearAt Sturgis, Trump supporters look to turn bikers into votersMan indicted on attempted murder charge in Pierre shootingIowa governor defends response to devastating wind stormSouth Dakota surpasses 10K COVID-19 cases, 150 deathsCourt documents: Sioux Falls man hid camera in bathroom used by juvenilesOrganization assisted by United Way helps keep families safe during pandemicAMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopeningWoman charged by bison in Custer State Park WednesdayNCAA cancels fall championships as major football marches onUS jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high