WDSE (TV)
PBS member station in Duluth, Minnesota / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WDSE (channel 8), branded PBS North, is a PBS member television station in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Owned by the Duluth–Superior Area Educational Television Corporation, it is sister to adult album alternative radio station WDSE-FM (103.3). The two outlets share studios on rented space at the University of Minnesota Duluth; the television station's transmitter is located west of downtown Duluth in Hilltop Park.
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City | Duluth, Minnesota |
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Branding | PBS North |
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Owner | Duluth–Superior Area Educational Television Corporation |
WDSE-FM | |
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First air date | September 1, 1964 (59 years ago) (1964-09-01) |
Former call signs | WDSE-TV (1964–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Duluth–Superior Educational |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 17726 |
ERP | 34 kW |
HAAT | 295 m (968 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°47′29.7″N 92°7′21.4″W |
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Website | pbsnorth |
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WRPT | |
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First air date | December 27, 2008 (15 years ago) (2008-12-27) |
Call sign meaning | Iron Range Public Television |
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Facility ID | 159007 |
ERP | 250 kW |
HAAT | 167 m (548 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°22′53″N 92°57′16″W |
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WRPT (channel 31) in Hibbing, Minnesota, operates as a full-time satellite of WDSE; this station's transmitter is located at Maple Hill Park south of Hibbing. WRPT covers areas of Minnesota's Iron Range (including Grand Rapids, Virginia and Chisholm) that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WDSE, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WRPT is a straight simulcast of WDSE; on-air references to WRPT are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WRPT does not maintain any physical presence locally in Hibbing.