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'''KMSP TV Tower''' is a 446.8 meter (1466 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 tower, which was built in [[1971]], is owned by [[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, [[KJZI]] 100.3, [[KDWB]] 101.3, [[KEEY]] 102.1 ("K102"), [[WLTE]] 102.9, and [[KZJK]] 104.1. The structure was apparently the tallest in [[Minnesota]] until the construction of the [[KPXM Tower]] in [[1997]]. | '''KMSP TV Tower''' is a 446.8 meter (1466 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 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, [[KJZI]] 100.3, [[KDWB]] 101.3, [[KEEY]] 102.1 ("K102"), [[WLTE]] 102.9, and [[KZJK]] 104.1. The structure was apparently the tallest in [[Minnesota]] until the construction of the [[KPXM Tower]] in [[1997]]. | ||
In [[2001]], a painter working on the tower was killed when he fell partway down the structure. | In [[2001]], a painter working on the tower was killed when he fell partway down the structure. | ||
Revision as of 07:33, 14 December 2005
KMSP TV Tower is a 446.8 meter (1466 feet) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Shoreview, Minnesota at Template:Coor dms. The tower, which was built in 1971, is owned by 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 stations are also on the tower: KQRS 92.5, KXXR 93.7 ("93X"), KTCZ 97.1 ("Cities 97"), KTIS 98.5, KSJN 99.5, KJZI 100.3, KDWB 101.3, KEEY 102.1 ("K102"), WLTE 102.9, and KZJK 104.1. The structure was apparently the tallest in Minnesota until the construction of the KPXM Tower in 1997.
In 2001, a painter working on the tower was killed when he fell partway down the structure.
See also
- Telefarm Towers Shoreview — another major broadcasting installation nearby
- List of masts