WDSE-TV
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| WDSE: Duluth, Minnesota WRPT: Hibbing, Minnesota |
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| Branding | PBS eight |
| Channels | Analog: WDSE: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | PBS Wisconsin Public Television Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Minnesota Public Television |
| Owner | Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation |
| First air date | WDSE: September 1, 1964 WRPT: not yet on air |
| Call letters’ meaning | WDSE:Duluth-Superior Educational WRPT: Iron Range Public Television |
| Former affiliations | NET (1964-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | WDSE: 316 kW (analog) 650 kW (digital) WRPT: 500 kW (digital) |
| Height | WDSE: 295 m (analog) 278 m (digital) WRPT: 212 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | WDSE: 17726 WRPT: 159007 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | WDSE: WRPT: |
| 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. WDSE is a "border station" serving residents of both Minnesota and Wisconsin. WDSE broadcasts (as well as contributes) an intensive schedule of programming.
Along with programming from PBS, Minnesota Public Television, Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and Wisconsin Public Television, locally produced programs such as Minnesota Legislative Report, WDSE Cooks, Almanac North, Venture North, Native Report, Great Gardening, Lawyers on the Line, and Doctors on Call are area favorites included in the broadcast schedule.
In addition to regular television programming, WDSE broadcasts computer data on a full time basis; a service called "datacasting." The stream consists of Datacast Wisconsin, a service of Wisconsin Public Television. One Mbs of WDSE's 19.3 Mbs digital stream is devoted to Datacast Wisconsin.
During the school year WDSE airs educational/instructional programming from the WECB 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.
WDSE holds a construction permit to construct digital facilities on channel 8 to replace the current digital facility on channel 38 in 2009.
WDSE also holds a construction permit to construct WRPT, a new digital station in Hibbing, Minnesota to serve the Minnesota Iron Range communities. WRPT is expected to go on the air in 2009 on channel 31.
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[edit] History
WDSE first went on the air on September 1, 1964. Its digital signal on channel 38 first went on the air on April 28, 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)
| Channel (aa/bb/cc) |
Name | Programming |
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| 8.1 / 38.1 / 31.1 | PBS WPT MPTA | Public & Educational Standard Definition |
| 8.2 / 38.2 / 31.2 | PBS HD | PBS HD Channel High Definition |
| 8.3 / 38.3 / 31.3 | Create TV | How-to, Cooking, Travel Standard Definition |
| 8.4 / 38.4 / 31.4 | MN Channel | Regional Programming Standard Definition |
[edit] Translator stations
- Grand Marais, Minnesota - K67CT
- Orr, Minnesota - K53BH
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDSE
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WRPT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WDSE-TV
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