Editing KSTC-TV (section)

==History==
The station began operations under the KVBM [[call signs in North America|call letters]]. Although [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) records indicate that a license for this station was granted in 1987, it did not take to the airwaves until June 1994. The station aired [[Minnesota Department of Transportation]] traffic information as well as the Home Shopping Network ([[HSN]]) until it was purchased by Hubbard Broadcasting on April 24, 2000. Hubbard relaunched the station as KSTC on September 1. To get attention for the switch from KVBM to KSTC, Hubbard ran an advertising campaign around the theme of people with an assortment of ages saying "I'm 45!" to build [[word of mouth]] about what the phrase meant, knowing few in the market ever watched KVBM (or even knew a channel 45 existed) and would be curious about what the phrase actually referred to.

In 2003, KSTC began broadcasting its digital signal. KSTC-DT, on [[ATSC]] channel 45.1 in [[standard definition]], simulcast the station's regular content. On 45.2 was [[HDnet]] in [[high-definition television|high definition]] (the network's only ever over-the-air presence outside of encrypted over-the-air [[pay television|subscription services]]). After its contract with the network ended, channel 45.2 was taken off-the-air. It signed-on again December 1, 2006, as a high definition sports channel which included a schedule of live [[Minnesota Wild]] and [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] games in the format, along with [[Minnesota State High School League]] sports. On or around June 30, 2010, KSTC began carrying [[This TV]] in standard definition, with KSTC's main channel beginning to be transmitted in high definition with sports content merged into the main KSTC schedule.

Until late 2008, KSTC heavily promoted its ties to KSTP-TV. It branded itself as "FORTY5," and used a logo in which the "Y" in "FORTY" was converted into a digital "4" superimposed on channel 5's longtime "groovy 5" logo.