K45AR

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K45AR
Channels
Programming
Affiliations Educational Independent
Ownership
Owner
  • Eagle Bend schools
  • (Independent School District No. 790)
History
Founded1980;44 years ago (1980)
First air date
January 1980;44 years ago (1980-01)
Last air date
1998;26 years ago (1998)
Former call signs
KXG2CB
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 28512
Class TX
ERP 1 kW
Transmitter coordinates 46°9′59.90″N95°2′41.10″W / 46.1666389°N 95.0447500°W / 46.1666389; -95.0447500 (K45AR)
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K45AR (channel 45) was a low-power television station in Eagle Bend, Minnesota, United States. It started in the late 1970s under the call sign KXG2CB, then transmitting on a 100-watt transmitter under an experimental license from the FCC. K45AR was used for the first educational instructional television (ITV) system in the state. The station was run by the schools of BerthaHewitt, Clarissa, and Eagle Bend. [2]

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History

K45AR was the idea of Eagle Bend High School principal Richard Lundgren. Lundgren was in search of getting a way to provide more educational opportunities to his students for a low cost. Instructional television allowed schools to share teachers without the teachers or students leaving their respective schools.

When K45AR first went on the air it operated under the experimental license KG2XCB. Its first transmitter was located in Eagle Bend. Its power was 100 watts and its tower was about 190 feet (58 m). Along with Eagle Bend Public School, the Bertha–Hewitt and Clarissa public schools each owned an ITFS microwave transmitter to broadcast via closed circuit between schools. Each school was located approximately five miles (8 km) apart from each other. With this system the schools could teach classes from each site and the students could interact with the teachers at each site. Because KG2XCB broadcast on a conventional UHF channel in the clear, people with a regular antenna could receive the signal at home and watch the classes being offered by the schools. The station also broadcast adult and children's educational programs when the three schools were not broadcasting, [3] including PBS programs furnished by WDSE in Duluth. [4]

In January 1980, the system was dedicated, attended by people from all over Minnesota and the United States.

In October 1984, the FCC granted a license to upgrade KG2XCB to become K45AR, a regular low-power UHF TV station. It now had a new 365-foot (111 m) tower and a new transmitter capable of 1,000 watts. Because of its new height and power, two more school districts were added to the ITV system: Parkers Prairie and Staples Public Schools.

Because of growing cost issues to the station's upkeep, the station was taken off the air and sold in 1998.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for K45AR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. KCMT news report on KXG2CB, 1982
  3. KSTP news report on KXG2CB, 1982
  4. Parsons, Jim (January 19, 1981). "Tiny state TV network creates budding stars". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 3B, 6B . Retrieved November 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.