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KDSD-TV
Call Sign History
KDSD-TV from 12/14/1979
Channel 17DT
Virtual Channel 16

Aberdeen, SD
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KDSD-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 17 Zone: 2
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Nielsen DMA™:  Sioux Falls(Mitchell)
Network: PBS
Virtual Channel: 16
DTV TSID: 2609
Facility ID: 61064

Repacking Information:
  No changes


Status: License
Application Accepted: 08/16/2011
License Expires: 04/01/2022
File Number: BLEDT-20110816AAM
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational digital TV station

FCC Website Links:
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Site Location: 45-29-54.0 N 97-40-29.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 45-29-54.2 N 97-40-27.7 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 37.82 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 349 m (1145 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 305 m (1001 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 871 m (2858 ft.)

Site Elevation: 566 m. (1857 ft.)
Height Overall*: 325 m (1066 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Andrew ALP16L2-HSW-17
Antenna ID: 90196
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 90196
KDSD-TV DT File: BLEDT-20110816AAM
Andrew - ALP16L2-HSW-17
Service: DT
Standard Pattern: Y
Pattern and Field Values Include a 270° Clockwise Rotation
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.922100.845200.758300.680
400.605500.510600.397700.302
800.253900.2411000.2531100.302
1200.3971300.5101400.6051500.680
1600.7581700.8451800.9221900.975
2000.9972100.9902200.9592300.929
2400.9252500.9512600.9852701.000
2800.9852900.9513000.9253100.929
3200.9593300.9903400.9973500.975
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1049733

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DBA = SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK
Structure Address:
8 Mi E
Pierpont, SD
County Name: Day County
ASR Issued: 06/11/1998
Date Built: 06/01/1971
Site Elevation: 566.3 m (1858 ft.)
Structure Height: 304.8 m (1000 ft.)
Height Overall: 324.9 m (1066 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 891.2 m (2924 ft.)
FAA Determination: 04/16/1998
FAA Study #: 98-AGL-0629-OE
FAA Circular #:
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 8, 17, 21
RED LIGHTS/PAINT.
45-29-54.0 N 97-40-29.0 W (NAD 83)
45-29-54.2 N 97-40-27.7 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KDSD-TV Licensee Information

SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNIC
Cherry & Dakota Streets
Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5861
Applicant
20110816AAM Applicant Information

JULIE ANDERSEN
Date: 08/16/2011
Application Certifier
SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNIC
Cherry & Dakota Streets
Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069-5000
Applicant
JEROLD L. JACOBS, ESQ.
Cohn And Marks Llp
1920 N Street, N.w.
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-1622

DONALD E. FORSETH
Sd Public Broadcasting
555 N. Dakota Street, Box 5000
Vermillion, SD 57069-5000
STAFF ENGINEER
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Study Date: 4/19/2024; Study Duration: 0.1105 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/19/2024 FCC LMS,
4/16/2024 FCC ASR,
4/16/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/16/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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