In 1980, it was sold again to the Shott family of Bluefield, West Virginia and their Daily Telegraph Printing Company.
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Early in the morning on June 27, 1995, KIMT news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was abducted outside her apartment while on her way to work.
KIMT-DT2's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota.
KIMT-DT3's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota.
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She entered broadcasting by getting a job at KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the station's Iowa City bureau chief, then returned to Minnesota for a job at KSAX in Alexandria before returning to Iowa for her KIMT position.
On August 1, 2006, New Vision announced an agreement to acquire CBS affiliates WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama and KIMT in Mason City, Iowa from Media General for $35 million.
Their two television stations, WBTW and KIMT in Mason City, Iowa; went to Spartan Radiocasting Corporation (later Spartan Communications) of Spartanburg.