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| '''KMSP TV Tower''' is a 446.8 [[meter]] (1466 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of [[FM radio]] and [[television]] programs in [[Shoreview, Minnesota]] at {{coor dms|45|03|30|N|93|07|28|W|}}. The structure was apparently the tallest in [[Minnesota]] until the construction of the [[KPXM Tower]] in 1997.
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| The tower, which was built in 1971, is owned by [[KMSP-TV|KMSP]] channel 9 of [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota]] but is shared by several area broadcasters; [[WFTC]] channel 29 (KMSP's sister station) and the [[Twin Cities Public Television]] stations, KTCA 2 and KTCI 17. Several [[FM band|FM]] stations are also on the tower: [[KQRS]] 92.5, [[KXXR]] 93.7 ("93X"), [[KTCZ]] 97.1 ("Cities 97"), [[KTIS]] 98.5, [[KSJN]] 99.5, [[KTLK-FM|KTLK]] 100.3, [[KDWB]] 101.3, [[KEEY]] 102.1 ("K102"), [[WLTE]] 102.9 ("Lite FM"), and [[KZJK]] 104.1 ("Jack FM").
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| In 2001, a painter working on the tower was killed when he fell partway down the structure.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Telefarm Towers Shoreview]] — another major broadcasting installation nearby
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| *[[List of masts]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=124434 FCC records for KMSP tower]
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| [[Category:Guyed masts]]
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| [[Category:Towers in Minnesota]]
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