KDUL-LP
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| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | UPN,AIN |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Duluth TV Partners,GP |
| Operator | ESI Broadcasting |
| History | |
| Founded | October 22, 1992 |
First air date | October 1, 2000 |
Last air date |
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Former call signs | K60EZ (1992–2000) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog:60 (UHF,1990s–2000) |
Call signmeaning | Duluth |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 52444 |
| Class | TX |
| ERP | 0.253 kW |
| HAAT | 290 m (951 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°47′27.6″N92°6′57.59″W/ 46.791000°N 92.1159972°W |
KDUL-LP(channel 12) was alow-power television stationinDuluth, Minnesota,United States, which operated from October 2000 to August 2001.[1]The station was owned by Duluth TV Partners and managed by ESI Broadcasting. KDUL-LP's office andmaster controlwere located in Fitger's Brewery Complex, a popular shopping and entertainment venue. Its transmitter was located on Duluth's Observation Hill.
History
[edit]KDUL-LP was originally K60EZ (channel 60), which carried a scrambled version ofNickelodeonas part of an eight-channelsubscription TVservice which operated between 1993 and 1998.
After several missed launch dates, KDUL-LP began regular broadcasting on October 1, 2000, carryingUPN,theAmerican Independent Network,andEntertainment Tonight.It was also carried in Duluth andSuperioron channel 16 viaCharter Communications.The system also carried then-UPN affiliateKMSP-TVfromMinneapolis–Saint Paulas a regionalsuperstationandblacked outUPN programming on KMSP at KDUL-LP's request.
KDUL-LP was to have been co-managed with KWMN-LP (channel 56) in Duluth, another former subscription TV station which was to have carriedPax TV.KWMN never signed on. There were also plans to rebroadcast KDUL-LP on W25CA (channel 25, laterWAST-LP) inAshland, Wisconsin,which also never materialized.
ESI Broadcasting severed its management relationship with the station in April 2001. Shortly thereafter, the owners put the station up for sale andlaid offall employees except one technician. The station left the air permanently on August 31, 2001, after news that Charter planned to drop KDUL-LP due to poor video and audio quality; the provider had also taken heavy criticism due to the compulsory blackouts of KMSP during UPN hours despite KDUL-LP barely having a viewable signal. No buyer was ever found.
During its entire run on Channel 12, KDUL-LP operated underconstruction permitprogram test authority.The construction permit for Channel 12 was canceled after KDUL-LP went silent. TheFederal Communications Commission(FCC) deleted KDUL-LP on May 15, 2008, nearly seven years after its last broadcast.
References
[edit]- ^NorthPine Upper Midwest Broadcasting archive,http:// northpine /broadcast/archive