KDMI

KDMI is an RDN affiliate that serves the Des Moines, IA market. It broadcasts on Channel 8.

History
KDMI signed on the air on October 21, 1980 and was locally owned by the Des Moines city government. As an independent station it aire a variety of programming such as religious and general entertainment and was the Des Moines home of the Iowa State Cyclones. KDMI was an independent station for 8 years until 1988 when it became the affiliate of TNT. In 1993, the city government sold KDMI to Argyle Television (which later merged to Hearst Television). From the late 90s until its disaffiliation, it was the highest rated TNT station in Iowa. In 2011, KDMI was sold to RainbowDash72 and was immediately a Rainbow Dash Network station.