Editing WFTC (section)

===Early history===
The station signed on air in October 1982 as WFBT (for "Family Bible Television"). Channel 29 originally maintained a schedule offering [[rerun]]s of classic family-oriented series and [[Christianity|Christian]]-based [[religious programming]]. The station was started by a group led by Danny Koker, a gospel musician and father of Danny Koker II, star of [[History (American TV channel)|History]]'s ''[[Counting Cars]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=danny-koker&pid=142269857|title=Danny Koker Obituary|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=2008}}</ref> It first operated from studio facilities located on Aspen Lane North in [[Brooklyn Park, Minnesota]]. On May 6, 1984, the station was sold to the [[Beverly Hills Hotel]] Corporation, headed by prominent arbitrageur [[Ivan Boesky]], who changed its call letters to KITN-TV (which although it actually stood for "Independent Twenty-Nine", colloquially meant "[[Kitten]]" as in, "The KITN That Roars!"). At that time, it transitioned into the market's second mainstream [[independent station]] (and first on the [[UHF]] dial), airing syndicated programs such as ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''. It also acquired broadcast rights to the [[NHL]]'s [[Minnesota North Stars]], as well as [[University of Minnesota]] [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|college football]] games. In 1985, BHHC sold the station to [[Nationwide Communications]], the broadcasting subsidiary of [[Columbus, Ohio]]–based [[Nationwide Insurance]].