FOX 21 News, KQDS-TV

FOX 21 KQDS-DT is the FOX Broadcast Network affiliate for the Duluth-Superior market, which covers northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We are owned by Red River Broadcast Co. of Fargo, North Dakota. Our market area: The Duluth-Superior market is about the size of the state of West Virginia. It includes Carlton, Cook, Koochiching, Itasca, Lake, and St. Louis Counties in Minnesota, Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, and Sawyer Counties in Wisconsin, and Gogebic County, Michigan. The market includes the cities of Duluth, Cloquet, Hibbing, Virginia, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Grand Marais in Minnesota, Ashland, Hayward, and Superior in Wisconsin, and Ironwood, Michigan. Our history: The station that is now FOX 21 KQDS-DT signed on as KNLD in 1994 under different ownership. Things changed drastically in 1999 when Red River Broadcast Co. purchased the station, increased its power, and turned it into KQDS-TV, the Northland's first primary FOX affiliate. KQDS-DT signed on in 2003 and upgraded to 1,000,000 Watts in 2006. The analog KQDS-TV channel 21 signal left the air on Feb. 1, 2009, as part of the nation's transition to digital television. FOX 21 News at 9 launched March 12, 2007, and was nominated for numerous awards in its first year on the air. A Sunday newscast was launched in August 2007, followed by a Saturday newscast in November 2008 and fox21online.com in March 2009. Our news philosophy: FOX 21 believes in quality, in-depth, local coverage. We strive to deliver a high-quality newscast with the look of a large market but with a local hometown feel. We are the voice of the people of northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and the Twin Ports. Because there are plenty of other places to get national news, we fill our newscast with local news.