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KESD-TV
Call Sign History
KESD-TV from 12/11/1979
KESD from ???
Channel 8DT
Virtual Channel 8

Brookings, SD
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KESD-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 8 Zone: 2
Brookings, South Dakota
Nielsen DMA™:  Sioux Falls(Mitchell)
Network: PBS
Virtual Channel: 8
DTV TSID: 2611
Facility ID: 61067
FRN: 0002404358

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 05/27/2009
License Expires: 04/01/2030
File Number: BLEDT-20090527AGV
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational digital TV station

FCC Website Links:
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  This Application
  Other KESD-TV Applications
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Site Location: 44-20-16.0 N 97-13-43.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 44-20-16.1 N 97-13-41.8 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 15 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 229 m (751 ft.)
R/C AGL: 230.8 m (757 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 763.9 m (2506 ft.)

Site Elevation: 533.1 m. (1749 ft.)
Height Overall*: 243.8 m (800 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: General Electric TY-70-H
Antenna ID: 87227
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1049729

Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DBA ,SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK
Structure Address:
Nw, Nw, S17, T110n, R53w, Kingsbury County, Sd
Hetland, SD
County Name: Kingsbury County
ASR Issued: 11/27/2024
Date Built: 11/01/1967
Site Elevation: 533.5 m (1750 ft.)
Structure Height: 243.9 m (800 ft.)
Height Overall: 243.9 m (800 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 777.4 m (2551 ft.)
FAA Determination: 08/22/2018
FAA Study #: 2018-AGL-15462-OE
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 6, 15, 21
PRIOR STUDY 1998-AGL-632-OE
44-20-16.3 N 97-13-42.2 W (NAD 83)
44-20-16.4 N 97-13-41.0 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KESD-TV Licensee Information

South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications
Cherry & Dakota Streets
Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5861
Applicant
20090527AGV Applicant Information

Julie Andersen
Date: 05/27/2009
Application Certifier
South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunic
Cherry & Dakota Streets
Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069-5000
Applicant
Donald E. Forseth
SD Public Broadcasting
555 North Dakota Street, Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069-5000
Staff Engineer
Jerold L. Jacobs, Esq.
Cohn and Marks LLP
1920 N Street, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-1622

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


 KOQ58 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 KOQ59 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WDT970 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WGR794 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLI760 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay

Study Date: 4/01/2025; Study Duration: 0.0604 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/01/2025 FCC LMS,
4/1/2025 FCC ASR,
4/1/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/1/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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