The KPXM Tower (formerly KXLI Tower) is the tallest structure in

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, a guyed aerial mast rising 1505 feet (458.72 meters). It formerly transmitted the signal for

KPXM-TV KPXM-TV (channel 41) is a television station licensed to St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E ...

(virtual channel 41 (40

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), which is an

Ion Television Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented enter ...

network affiliate licensed to serve

St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stear ...

. The tower is located about halfway between St. Cloud and the core of the

Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is commonly known as the Twin Cities ...

area, near the city of Big Lake. The tower was completed in 1982 and is the property of American Tower. KXLI was the

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of channel 41, which signed on the air the day before Thanksgiving of 1982, when the tower was built. It surpassed the height of the

KMSP Tower The KMSP Tower is a high aerial guyed mast used for the transmission of FM radio and over-the-air television in Shoreview, Minnesota. The structure was apparently the tallest in Minnesota until the construction of the KPXM Tower in 1997. The tow ...

, completed in 1971. The tallest non-guyed structures in the state are the

IDS Tower The IDS Center is an office skyscraper located at 80 South 8th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Completed in 1972, it is the tallest building in Minneapolis, and the tallest building in the state at a height of . It originally stood , thou ...

(792 ft/241.4 m or 910 ft/277.3 m with rooftop antennas) and the

Capella Tower Capella Tower (also 225 South Sixth) is an office skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The building opened in 1992 as First Bank Place, replacing One Financial Plaza as the headquarters for First Bank System. In 1997, First Bank S ...

(776 ft/236.5 m) in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

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* * {{coord, 45, 23, 00, N, 93, 42, 31, W, display=title Towers in Minnesota Radio masts and towers in the United States Towers completed in 1997 1997 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Sherburne County, Minnesota

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