KIMT is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Mason City, Iowa, United States, serving North Central Iowa and Southeastern Minnesota. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 (or virtual channel 3 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Meyer, Iowa (between Stacyville and McIntire) south of the Minnesota state line. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum and Mediacom channel 3. Owned by Heartland Media, the station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Mason City, a news bureau on Highway 52 North in Rochester, Minnesota, and a sales office on East William Street in downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Mason City, Iowa/ Albert Lea/Rochester/Austin, Minnesota | |
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City | Mason City, Iowa |
Branding | KIMT 3 (general)
KIMT 3 News (newscast) My 3.2 (on DT2) Ion Television (on DT3) |
Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On<br>Positively Entertaining (on DT3) |
Channels | Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP) |
Affiliations | 3.1 CBS 3.2 MyNetworkTV |
Owner | Heartland Media (Rochester TV License Company, LLC) |
First air date | May 15, 1954 (65 years ago) |
Call letters' meaning | Iowa Minnesota Television |
Former callsigns | KGLO-TV (1954–1977) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 3 (VHF, 1954–2009) |
Former affiliations | DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955) |
Transmitter power | 472 kW |
Height | 465.7 m (1,528 ft) |
Facility ID | 66402 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°28′32″N92°42′30″W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information | Profile CDBS |
Website | kimt.com |
The station operates the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate on a second digital subchannel. Known on-air as My 3.2, this can also be seen on Mediacom digital channel 15 and Spectrum digital channel 193. The station also operates the Ion Television affiliate on a third digital subchannel. Known on-air as Ion Television, this can also be seen on Mediacom digital channel 80.1 or 824 and Spectrum digital channel 21.