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<p>70.57.193.210: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Telefarm Towers Shoreview''' is a transmission site for [[FM radio]] and [[television]] [[broadcasting]] in [[Shoreview, Minnesota]] consisting of two guyed towers. The towers are owned by '''Telefarm, Inc.''', which is a company jointly owned by the [[Twin Cities]] stations [[WCCO-TV|WCCO]] channel 4, [[KSTP-TV|KSTP]] channel 5, and [[KARE]] channel 11. The towers are used for both analog and [[digital television]] broadcasts, plus the transmission of [[KSTC-TV|KSTC]] channel 45 (owned by the same company as KSTP) and [[KMWB]] channel 23. Some area radio stations also use the facility. The towers were initially built in the [[1970s]]. In [[1971]], one of the towers collapsed when it was partially completed, killing seven workers.<br /> <br /> The towers were upgraded at the turn of the century to allow the addition of digital TV transmitters to meet [[Federal Communications Commission]] requirements. Because each antenna assembly weighs many [[ton]]s, the towers had to be strengthened. Work took a bit longer than expected, and KSTP notably used its original broadcast tower along [[University Avenue (Minneapolis-St. Paul)|University Avenue]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] for digital transmission for about a year starting in late [[1999]] before the construction was finished.<br /> <br /> Upgrades to the first tower were completed in [[2000]]. It now rises 437.7 meters (1436 feet) from the ground. Its geographical coordinates are {{coor dms|45|03|44.0|N|93|08|22.0|W|}}.<br /> <br /> Work on the second tower, which rises 438.3 m (1438 ft), was finished in [[2001]]. It is located at {{coor dms|45|03|45.0|N|93|08|22.0|W|}}.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[KMSP TV Tower]] &amp;ndash; another major tower in Shoreview<br /> *[[List of masts]]<br /> ==References==<br /> *(November 8, 1999). [http://www.contelec.com/11-08-99-2.php KSTP-TV to flip the switch for DTV.] (press release)<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=101520 FCC records for tower 1]<br /> * [http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=125253 FCC records for tower 2]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Guyed masts]]<br /> [[Category:Towers in Minnesota]]</div>

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