The KMSP Tower is a high aerial
guyed mast used for the transmission of
FM radio
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and
over-the-air television
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in
Shoreview, Minnesota. The structure was apparently the tallest in
Minnesota until the construction of the
KPXM Tower in 1997.
The tower, which was built in 1971, is owned by
KMSP ("Fox 9") parent
Fox Television Stations but is shared by several area broadcasters;
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
WFTC ("Fox 9+") and the
Twin Cities Public Television
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stations, KTCA and KTCI. Several
FM stations are also on the tower:
KQRS-FM 92.5 ("KQ92"),
KXXR 93.7 ("93X"),
KTCZ
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97.1 ("Cities 97"),
KTIS-FM
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98.5,
KSJN 99.5 ("