K14RB-D is a digital low-power

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station operated by St. Michael Broadcasting, Inc. in

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, broadcasting locally on digital

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channel 14 atop the

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in downtown Minneapolis. It broadcasts from the IDS Center with a 15 kW signal that carried it to the

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, such as

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and

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. The channel broadcasts original programming on channel 14.3; the

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network on channels 14.2, 14.4, and 14.5; and text-based Catholic and local news, events, and information (including subchannel schedules) on 14.1. Due to the digital repack, the station signed off temporarily in May 2018, when KPXM moved transmitters from Big Lake to a tower shared with radio station

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, near the town of

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, along with moving to channel 16 (full-power stations are allowed to change channel positions and force low-power stations to find a new acceptable allocation). KPXM remapped to 41.1, mirroring the setup at Big Lake. St. Michael Broadcasting resumed broadcasting on digital UHF channel 14, with the new call letters K14RB-D, on July 9, 2018.St. Michael Broadcasting - Catholic Ch. 14 TV
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Digital channels

The station's signal is

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References

External links

www.smbtv.org
- Official website * Low-power television stations in the United States Television stations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Television channels and stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Minnesota {{Minnesota-tv-station-stub