Editing WFTC (section)

===Switch to MyNetworkTV===
[[File:WFTC Minneapolis.jpg|thumb|right|Logo used as ''My29'' from 2006 until 2017]]
On January 24, 2006, [[CBS Corporation]] and [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] announced that UPN and [[The WB]] would shut down and be replaced by a new network that would carry programs from both networks, The CW.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seid |first=Jessica |date=2006-01-24 |title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown' |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl|title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 2006|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Despite affiliating with most of CBS Corporation's UPN stations and [[Tribune Broadcasting]]'s WB stations, Fox's UPN affiliates were not included in the new network. Although The CW did not sign its Twin Cities' affiliate until May 2006 (when KMWB-TV, which changed its calls to WUCW by the network's launch in September, was announced as the network's local affiliate-through an affiliation deal by its parent, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]), WFTC joined other Fox-owned UPN stations in scrubbing all UPN branding the following day, becoming branded as simply "WFTC 29". It also stopped promoting UPN programming outside of network hours. On February 22, less than a month after the announcement of The CW, Fox announced that it would (in conjunction with its syndication division [[Twentieth Television]]) launch a new network called [[MyNetworkTV]], with WFTC and the other Fox-owned UPN stations (plus included in this deal is [[KDFI|a Fox-owned independent station in Dallas-Fort Worth]]) as the nuclei.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php|title=News Corp. Unveils My Network TV|magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=February 22, 2006}}</ref> On June 2, 2006, WFTC officially changed its branding to "My29", following its impending switch to the newly launched Fox-owned network.

Although MyNetworkTV announced its launch date to be September 5, UPN continued to broadcast on stations across the country until September 15, 2006. While some UPN affiliates that switched to MyNetworkTV aired the final two weeks of UPN's programming outside its regular prime time slot, the Fox-owned stations (including WFTC) dropped the network entirely on August 31, 2006. On September 9, 2006, WFTC began carrying the [[4Kids TV]] lineup for the first time since 2002, when the station was a Fox affiliate airing what was then [[Fox Kids]]. The station continues to air the ''[[Weekend Marketplace]]'' [[infomercial]] block on Saturday mornings while sister station KMSP aired ''[[Xploration Station]]'' which started in the fall of 2014.

On August 11, 2017, WFTC rebranded as "Fox 9+", as a brand extension of KMSP-TV, and debuted a half-hour 7 p.m. newscast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/fox-rebrands-wftc-adds-7-p-m-newscast/|title=Fox Rebrands WFTC, Adds 7 P.M. Newscast|first=Mark K.|last=Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|date=August 28, 2017|accessdate=July 15, 2024}}</ref>