KVRR
Fox affiliate in Fargo, North Dakota
KVRR (channel 15) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, the station maintains studios on South 40th Street and South 9th Avenue in Fargo, and its transmitter is located near Tansem, Minnesota. KVRR also handles master control and some internal operations for sister station and fellow Fox affiliate KQDS-TV in Duluth, Minnesota.
KVRR's programming is simulcast on three full-power satellite stations: KJRR (channel 7) in Jamestown, North Dakota, KBRR (channel 10) in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (serving the Grand Forks area), and KNRR (channel 12) in Pembina, North Dakota (which also covers parts of southern Manitoba, Canada, including Winnipeg).
KVRR was the flagship television property of previous owner Red River Broadcasting, which owned the station from its inception until its sale to Coastal in 2024.
History
The station first signed on the air on February 14, 1983, under the callsign KVNJ-TV, which was inspired by an FM station that launched in 1947. It was the first independent station in the Dakotas, as well as the first new standalone full-power commercial station to sign on in the Fargo–Grand Forks market in 29 years. WDAZ-TV (channel 8) in Grand Forks had signed on in 1967, but is co-owned with Fargo's WDAY-TV (channel 6).
The station changed its call letters to KVRR in 1985; that year, KBRR signed on from Thief River Falls as a satellite station serving Grand Forks. Satellite station KNRR signed on from Pembina in 1986, with intentions to target Winnipeg and southern Manitoba.
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