ABC 6

KAAL is a full service television station in Austin, Albert Lea and Rochester, Minnesota and Mason City, Iowa, broadcasting on local digital UHF channel 36 ... See more and on virtual channel 6. Founded in 1953, it is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KAAL is affiliated with ABC (American Broadcasting Company), airing ABC's primetime shows in the evening. In the morning, the station airs ABC's morning news and information program, with spots for local news and weather; in the afternoon, it airs ABC's soap operas; in the early evening, it shows ABC's national news broadcast and ABC 6 News. After primetime, it airs its own local newscasts, followed by ABC's late-night programming. KAAL also airs local sports broadcasts.