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Full-power digital · channel 23 · ST. PAUL, MN
| Facility ID | 68597 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC. |
| Community of licence | ST. PAUL, MN
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 45.05833, -93.12444 |
| Effective radiated power | 325 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 690.8 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-24.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
No website is on file for this station, so there is nothing to check. Websites come from Wikidata; a station missing there is absent from this section rather than scored zero.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| K04SN-D | 4 | LPT | |
| facility 794618 | 6 | LPT | |
| K13ABG-D | 13 | LPD | |
| K14RB-D | 14 | LPD | ST. MICHAEL BROADCASTING, INC. |
| KMWE-LD | 17 | LPD | SAGAMOREHILL OF MINNEAPOLIS, LLC |
| KTCA-TV | 34 | DTV | TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC. |
| KSTP-TV | 35 | DTV | KSTP-TV, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KTCI-TV | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KTCI-TV | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.