In the mid-1950s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed all of central and western North Dakota into one large television market. Accordingly, the Meyers bought the construction permit for KUMV-TV in Williston from its original local owners and signed it on the air in 1957. KMOT in Minot followed in 1958. KQCD-TV was the last of the four stations to sign on when it debuted on January 25, 1980, and has always been a semi-satellite of KFYR-TV. Collectively, all four stations became known as the "Meyer Television Network," with KFYR-TV as the flagship station.