KJNK-LD
Telemundo Affiliated Station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
KJNK-LD (channel 25) is a low-power television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned by Innovate Corp. KJNK-LD's transmitter is located at the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis.
KJNK-LD also serves the Mankato market (via K28OH-D in nearby St. James through the local municipal-operated Cooperative TV (CTV) network of translators.)
History
The station began as K58BS upon signing on the air for the first time on April 9, 1984, as a local translator for the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It became K65GC in 1994 when it was moved to UHF channel 65. The station was K65GV from 1997 to 1998.
They got their original K58BS callsign back in 1998 and it stayed with them until 2005, when the station moved to UHF channel 25 and became K25IA. Their digital counterpart, K25IA-D, signed on in 2009 in order for the station to upgrade to digital.
On April 13, 2012, TBN sold 36 of its translators, including K25IA-D, to Regal Media, Inc. Regal Media is headed by George Cooney, the CEO of the EUE/Screen Gems studios.
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