After three decades on KARE 11, classic outdoors show “Minnesota Bound” is decamping to KSTP starting this weekend.

Beginning Jan. 4, new episodes will air weekly at 11 p.m. Sunday nights on KSTP-TV (Channel 5) and again at 9:30 p.m. the following Saturday on KSTC-TV (Channel 45 or 5.2, depending on your provider).

The show was launched in 1995 by Ron Schara, then the Star Tribune’s outdoors columnist, who, alongside three generations of trusty black Labrador retrievers named Raven, hosted more than 850 episodes before retiring in 2018.

Since then, “Minnesota Bound” has been hosted by Schara’s daughter Laura Schara and outdoorsman and journalist Bill Sherck. The show’s format is not expected to change with the switch in networks.

“This move is the right step to broaden Minnesota Bound’s footprint and to continue our storytelling legacy for the next 30 years,” said Scott Fransen, CEO of “Minnesota Bound” production company Ron Schara Productions, in a statement.

Since his retirement, Ron Schara has continued to appear on the show and wrote a 2021 book called “Ron Schara’s Minnesota: Mostly True Tales of a Life Outdoors.”

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