broadcast on all four stations. All of the local newscasts are broadcast in high definition. For many years, KXMA placed inserts into KXMB's newscasts. However, recent cutbacks have resulted in KXMA's operations being largely merged with those of KXMB, and local inserts have been eliminated. As a whole, KX Television has long trailed NBC North Dakota in the ratings by a significant margin; the main stations and their satellites are counted as one station for ratings and regulatory purposes. However, KX News Morning has recently surged well ahead of NBC North Dakota's Country Morning Today—the only time in recent memory that NBC North Dakota has lost consecutive ratings periods in any time slot. On November 30, 2013, actor Will Ferrell, as a promotion for his film Anchorman 2, co-anchored the KX network's evening news as his character Ron Burgundy. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Starting in 2016, KXMA moved CBS programming to its second digital subchannel, with The CW on its primary channel. This is likely to ensure satellite carriage for The CW in the market. Analog-to-digital conversion KXMA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the stations virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2. See also KXMB-TV KXMC-TV KXMD-TV References External links CBS network affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1956 XMA-TV The CW affiliates Dickinson, North Dakota Nexstar Media Group