WDSE-TV

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WDSE-TV / WRPT-DT

WDSE: Duluth, Minnesota WRPT: Hibbing, Minnesota
Branding	PBS eight
Channels	8 (WDSE) (VHF) analog, 38 (WDSE) (UHF) 31 (WPRT) (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS/WPT/MPTV
Owner	Duluth Superior Area Educational TV Corporation
Founded	1964
Call letters meaning	WDSE: W Duluth Superior Educational WRPT: W Range Public Television
Former affiliations	NET (1964-1970)
Transmitter Power	316 kW (analog) 700 kW (digital)
Website	www.wdse.org

WDSE-TV is an educational television station in Duluth, Minnesota, serving portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin as a PBS member station on channel 8, with studios located on campus at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Along with programming from PBS, locally produced programs such as Minnesota Legislative Report, WDSE Cooks, Almanac North, Venture North , and Doctors on Call are area favorites included in the broadcast schedule. WDSE is also member station of the Minnesota Public Television Association, and an affiliate of the Wisconsin Public Television network.

WDSE also holds a construction permit to construct WRPT-DT, a new digital station in Hibbing, Minnesota to serve the Minnesota Iron Range communities. WRPT-DT is expected to go on the air in 2007 on channel 31.

During the school year WDSE also airs educational/instructional programming from Wisconsin Public Television from 9AM to 11:30AM, and 1PM to 2:00PM during daytime hours, and the overnight "block feed" for pre-recording purposes from 1AM to 3AM.

1 History
2 Digital television
3 Translator stations
4 External links

[edit] History

WDSE first went on the air in 1964. Its digital signal on channel 38 first went on the air in 2003.

[edit] Digital television

The digital signals of WDSE are multiplexed:

Channel Column Note:
(aa/bb/cc)

aa = Virtual
bb = WDSE actual
cc = WRPT actual (not yet on-air)

**Digital channels**
Channel (aa/bb/cc)	Name	Programming
8.1 / 38.1 / 31.1	WDSE Standard-Definition	Regular WDSE programming
8.2 / 38.2 / 31.2	PBS HD	High-definition PBS programming
8.3 / 38.3 / 31.3	Create	How-to, travel, cooking, etc.
8.4 / 38.4 / 31.4	Second Chance	Repeat broadcasts of WDSE shows

[edit] Translator stations

Grand Marais, Minnesota - K67CT
Orr, Minnesota - K53BH

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Duluth/Superior market (Nielsen DMA #137)

KDLH 3 (CBS) (The CW via "KWBD" on DT2) - KBJR 6 / KRII 11 (NBC) (MNTV on KBJR DT2) (WX+ on KBJR DT3) - WDSE 8 / WRPT-DT 31 (PBS) - WDIO 10 / WIRT 13 (ABC) - KQDS 21 (FOX) - WLEF 36 (PBS / WPT) - K58CM 58 (TBN)
Defunct broadcast stations
WAST-LP 25 (UPN)

PBS Member Stations in the state of Minnesota

KTCA 2 / KTCI 17 (St. Paul) - WDSE 8 / WRPT-DT 31 (Duluth / Hibbing) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (Bemidji / Brainerd) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (Appleton / Worthington) - KSMQ 15 (Austin) - KCGE-DT 16 (Crookston)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Minnesota