WDSE (TV)

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WDSE

Duluth, Minnesota Superior, Wisconsin United States
City	Duluth, Minnesota
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	PBS North
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Duluth–Superior Area Educational Television Corporation
Sister stations	WDSE-FM
History
First air date	September 1, 1964 (60 years ago) (1964-09-01)
Former call signs	WDSE-TV (1964–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1964–2009) Digital: 38 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1964–1970)
Call sign meaning	Duluth–Superior Educational
Technical information[1]
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 / 46.791583°N 92.122611°W / 46.791583; -92.122611
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	pbsnorth.org
Satellite station
WRPT
Hibbing, Minnesota
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31
Programming
Affiliations	31.1: for others, see § Subchannels
History
First air date	December 27, 2008 (15 years ago) (2008-12-27)
Call sign meaning	Iron Range Public Television
Technical information[2]
Facility ID	159007
ERP	250 kW
HAAT	167 m (548 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	47°22′53″N 92°57′16″W / 47.38139°N 92.95444°W / 47.38139; -92.95444 (WRPT)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

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.

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.