KQDS-TV

KQDS-TV (tashar 21) tashar talabijin ce a Duluth, Minnesota, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da cibiyar sadarwa ta Fox . Kamfanin Coastal Television Broadcasting Company ne ke da ita, kuma tana da ɗakunan studio a kan titin London a Duluth (tare da I-35 ), kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryenta yana yammacin tsakiyar gari a Hilltop Park. Babban iko da wasu ayyukan cikin gida suna fitowa ne daga wuraren studio na tashar da ke da haɗin gwiwa da kuma abokin hulɗar Fox KVRR a kan titin South 40th da kuma titin South 9th a Fargo, North Dakota .

 Tarihi 
Tashar ta fara sanya hannu a kan rediyo a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1995, a matsayin KNLD, tashar farko mai zaman kanta ta Duluth– Superior market . Mutane kalilan ne suka san cewa tana kan rediyo a wannan lokacin, domin tana watsawa da ƙarancin wutar lantarki tare da ƙarancin jadawalin shirye-shirye, yawanci tana watsawa na tsawon awanni uku kacal a kowace rana kowace safiya - mafi ƙarancin da Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya (FCC) ta buƙata don rufe lasisin, saboda ci gaba da tattaunawa da Granite Broadcasting, mai mallakar KBJR-TV .  Duk da cewa Northland ta girma sosai don tallafawa tashar mai zaman kanta aƙalla shekaru goma da suka gabata, kasuwa ce mai girma a fannin yanki. Tashoshin UHF ba sa rufe manyan yankuna sosai. Bugu da ƙari, manyan tashoshin da ke kasuwa suna buƙatar manyan hanyoyin sadarwa na masu fassara don rufe kasuwa yadda ya kamata, kuma farashin gina hanyar sadarwa ta masu fassara ya tsoratar da masu hangen nesa. Zuwa shekarun 1990, talabijin na kebul - wanda dole ne don talabijin mai karɓuwa a yawancin wannan kasuwa - ya sami isasshen shiga don sanya tashar mai zaman kanta ta zama mai dorewa. Bugu da ƙari, tashoshi biyu masu zaman kansu daga kasuwar Minneapolis-Saint Paul— KMSP-TV da WFTC —sun kasance a wasu daga cikin masu samar da kebul na yankin.

Duk da cewa jerin shirye-shiryenta sun taɓa haɗawa da ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji ta Big Ten (tun lokacin da aka dawo da ita a matsayin hanyar sadarwa ), yawancin jadawalin tashar ya cika da shirye-shirye daga Shop at Home Network a ƙarshen shekarun 1990.

A shekarar 1998, Red River Broadcasting (ta hanyar kamfanin 'yar'uwa KQDS Acquisition Corporation) ta sayi KNLD da wasu gidajen rediyo na yankin, ciki har da KQDS (1490 AM), KQDS-FM (94.9 FM), WWAX (92.1 FM) da KZIO (94.1 da 104.3 FM), daga baya kuma ta canza alamar kiran tashar talabijin zuwa KQDS-TV. Sabbin masu gidan sun fara gyaran fasaha nan da nan, amma ba tare da wata jayayya ba. Sun sami izinin gina sabuwar hasumiya don maye gurbin tsohon wurin watsa shirye-shiryenta da ke kusa da Makarantar Sakandare ta Duluth Central, wanda zai ba ta yankin ɗaukar hoto daidai da sauran tashoshin Duluth. Duk da haka, wasu jami'an makaranta da na birni sun nuna damuwa game da haɗarin faɗuwar ƙanƙara daga hasumiya zuwa wurin ajiye motoci na makarantar. Daga ƙarshe, Red River ta amince ta gina hasumiya nesa da wurin ajiye motoci fiye da yadda aka tsara tun farko.

A ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1999, KQDS-TV ta kunna sabuwar hasumiyar watsa shirye-shiryenta, tare da masu fassara takwas. A wannan rana, tashar ta zama kamfanin farko na Fox a kasuwar Duluth. Kafin ta haɗa kai da hanyar sadarwar, shirye-shiryen Fox suna samuwa ne kawai ta hanyar tsarin kebul waɗanda suka ɗauki hanyar sadarwar ta hanyar KMSP-TV (wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin kamfanin haɗin gwiwar cibiyar sadarwa daga 1986 zuwa 1988) daga baya kuma WFTC (wanda ya zama kamfanin haɗin gwiwar cibiyar sadarwa a ƙarshen 1988 kuma ya rasa hanyar sadarwar zuwa KMSP-TV a 2002), tare da ɗaukar Foxnet a yankunan da babu ɗayan tashar da ke samuwa ta hanyar kebul. Wasu sassan kasuwar sun karɓi Fox ta kebul daga KVRR daga Fargo (tashar 'yar'uwar KQDS), WLUK daga Green Bay (wanda ya maye gurbin WGBA-TV a 1995), WGKI daga Cadillac, Michigan, ko ma WKBD daga Detroit (kafin wannan tashar ta daina haɗin kai da hanyar sadarwa a 1994).

A ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 2021, Forum Communications (mai kamfanin ABC WDAY-TV da ke Fargo) ya sanar da niyyarsa ta siyan KQDS, da kuma KVRR da tauraron dan adam dinsa, daga Red River Broadcasting akan dala miliyan 24. Forum ta nemi sassauci daga FCC wanda ya ba ta damar mallakar tashar wutar lantarki ta biyu mafi girma a kasuwar Fargo-Grand Forks, kodayake ba za ta hada dakunan labarai na WDAY da KVRR ba.   Idan babu matakin FCC, an dakatar da yarjejeniyar a watan Yunin 2023.  A ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2023, an sanar da cewa Red River za ta sayar da tashoshin ga Coastal Television Broadcasting Group;  an kammala sayar da su a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 2024.  

 Mai fassara wanda ya daina aiki 
K39GG da ke Aitkin, Minnesota, ta yi shiru a wani lokaci a watan Yunin 2018, kuma FCC ta soke lasisinta a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2018. KQDS ta ce masu kallon mai fassara ba su isa su tallafa wa ci gaba da aikinta ba. Haka kuma tana cikin kasuwar talabijin ta Minneapolis-Saint Paul, wadda KMSP-TV ke ikirarin mallakarta, kuma Fox ta tilasta wa tashoshin da ke kan iyakokin DMA tun farkon shekarun 2010 a cikin yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa don dalilan lissafin ƙima. 

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