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KSTP-TV

KSTP-TV
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Saint Paul - Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
City Saint Paul, Minnesota
Branding Channel 5 (general)
5 Eyewitness News (newscasts)
Slogan Minnesota's news leader
Channels Digital: 35 (UHF)
Virtual: 5 ()
Subchannels 5.1 ABC
5.2 KSTC-TV
5.3 MeTV
5.4 Antenna TV
5.6 This TV
5.7 Heroes & Icons
Affiliations ABC (1979–present)
Owner Hubbard Broadcasting
(KSTP-TV, LLC)
Founded May 1946
First air date April 27, 1948; 68 years ago (1948-04-27)
Call letters' meaning SainT Paul
Sister station(s) KSTC-TV, KSTP, KSTP-FM, KTMY
Former channel number(s) Analog:
5 (VHF, 1948–2009)
Digital:
50 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations Primary:
NBC (1948–1979)
Secondary:
DuMont (1948–1956)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 433 m (1,421 ft)
Facility ID 28010
Transmitter coordinates 45°3′43.9″N 93°8′22.2″W / 45.062194°N 93.139500°W / 45.062194; -93.139500
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website kstp.com

KSTP-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities television market. KSTP-TV is the flagship television property of Saint Paul-based Hubbard Broadcasting, which has owned the station since its inception. The station's offices and studios are located on University Avenue, on the Saint Paul-Minneapolis border, and are shared with sister stations KSTP Radio (1500 AM), KSTP-FM (94.5 FM), KTMY (107.1 FM), and KSTC-TV (channel 45). KSTP-TV's transmitter is located at Telefarm Towers in Shoreview, Minnesota.

KSTP-TV's programming is also seen on two full-power satellite stations: KSAX (channel 42) in Alexandria, Minnesota; and KRWF (channel 43) in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.

Stanley E. Hubbard, founder of KSTP radio, was one of broadcasting's foremost pioneers. In June 1939, he purchased one of the first television cameras available from RCA and began experimenting with television, but the television blackout brought on by World War II prevented any transmissions from being made. The first telecast by KSTP-TV reportedly occurred on December 7, 1947, when Jack Horner hosted a 25-minute program. On April 27, 1948, KSTP-TV signed on as the first commercial television station in Minnesota, although an experimental mechanical television station had been set up by WDGY station engineers more than a decade earlier. That station's license expired in 1938 as the Federal Communications Commission was not interested in continuing mechanical TV broadcasts.


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