and KXMB produced separate daily local newscasts at noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays, 6 and 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 p.m. on Sundays. However, after Nexstar bought the KX stations, KXMC's noon and weeknight newscasts, as well as all weekend newscasts, were dropped. It now places sports and weather inserts into KXMB's newscasts in those timeslots. KXMC co-produces two newscasts with KXMB—a morning show at 6 a.m., Good Day Dakota (formerly KX News Morning) and a 5 p.m. newscast. Both are simulcast on all four stations. KXMD simulcasts KXMC, while KXMA simulcasts KXMB. All of the local newscasts are broadcast in high definition. For many years, KXMD placed inserts into KXMC's newscasts. However, recent cutbacks have resulted in KXMD's operations being largely merged with those of KXMC, 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, KXMC has historically been well ahead of KMOT in the ratings for the northern part of the market. This was largely because it was the only station airing a full schedule of local news for the northern part of the market. Also, Good Day Dakota 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. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KXMC-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 45 to VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations. See also KXMA-TV KXMB-TV KXMD-TV References External links CBS network affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1953 XMC-TV 1953 establishments in North Dakota The CW affiliates Nexstar Media Group