KSDK TV has a storied history as the second oldest TV station west of the Mississippi River in the US.
My Dad and I explore the history and the present for this 50,000 Watt broadcast TV tower-which was built in the 50s to spread KSDK's signal further West from the downtown area.
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Contents:
00:00 - TV and... golf?
00:48 - Transmitter room
02:29 - Lots of packets
04:13 - Transmitter up close
05:37 - Feed lines, filters, and waveguides
08:11 - 10 massive water cooling pumps
09:41 - Remote room and old-school HD CRT
11:02 - Power feed and filtering
13:21 - Motorized multi-band satellite
13:55 - Massive generator, multi-kV transformers
14:43 - A fine weathered feed line
15:42 - The red elevator
16:38 - Low-power TV and an AM translator
18:27 - Tx protection
18:55 - If only these walls could talk (could they?)