KDUL-LP

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Television station in Minnesota, United States

46°47′27.6″N 92°6′57.59″W / 46.791000°N 92.1159972°W / 46.791000; -92.1159972

KDUL-LP (channel 12) was a low-power television station in Duluth, 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 and master control were located in Fitger's Brewery Complex, a popular shopping and entertainment venue. Its transmitter was located on Duluth's Observation Hill.

History

KDUL-LP was originally K60EZ (channel 60), which carried a scrambled version of Nickelodeon as part of an eight-channel subscription TV service which operated between 1993 and 1998.

After several missed launch dates, KDUL-LP began regular broadcasting on October 1, 2000, carrying UPN, the American Independent Network, and Entertainment Tonight. It was also carried in Duluth and Superior on channel 16 via Charter Communications. The system also carried then-UPN affiliate KMSP-TV from Minneapolis–Saint Paul as a regional superstation and blacked out UPN 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 carried Pax TV. KWMN never signed on. There were also plans to rebroadcast KDUL-LP on W25CA (channel 25, later WAST-LP) in Ashland, 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 and laid off all 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 under construction permit program test authority. The construction permit for Channel 12 was canceled after KDUL-LP went silent. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) deleted KDUL-LP on May 15, 2008, nearly seven years after its last broadcast.

References

^ NorthPine.com Upper Midwest Broadcasting archive, http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive

External links

NorthPine.com screengrab of KDUL-LP from 2000

Broadcast television in Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin, including Duluth and Superior

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Duluth–Superior

KDLH (3.1 CW+, 3.2 Crime, 3.3 Laff, 3.4 Court, 3.5 Mystery, 3.6 Quest, 3.7 Story, 3.8 REW)
KBJR-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 CBS, 6.3 MNTV/H&I)
WDSE (8.1 PBS, 8.2 World, 8.3 Create, 8.4 MN Channel, 9.5 PBS Kids)
WDIO-DT (10.1 ABC, 10.2 MeTV, 10.3 Ion, 10.4 Defy, 10.5 Grit, 10.6 Scripps)
KQDS-TV (21.1 Fox, 21.2 ANT)
K23MQ-D (23.1 Circle)
KCWV (27.1 TCT, 27.2 SBN, 27.3 LC, 27.4 Bounce, 27.5 Start, 27.7 Get)

Hibbing–Virginia–
Grand Rapids
(Iron Range)

KRII (11.1 NBC, 11.2 CBS, 11.3 MNTV/H&I)
WIRT-DT (13.1 ABC, 13.2 MeTV, 13.3 Ion, 13.4 Defy, 13.5 Grit, 13.6 Scripps)
K15GT-D / K22MR-D / K29EB-D (21.1 Fox, 21.2 ANT)
WRPT (31.1 PBS, 31.2 World, 31.3 Create, 31.4 MN Ch., 31.5 PBS Kids)

International Falls

K18MB-D (9.1 Lakeland PBS, 9.2 FNX, 9.3 PBS Kids, 9.4 Create, 9.5 Plus, 9.6 MN Ch.)
K47NW-D (11.1 NBC, 11.2 CBS, 11.3 MNTV/H&I)
K24MT-D (13.1 ABC, 13.2 MeTV, 13.3 Ion, 13.4 Defy, 13.5 TrueReal, 13.6 Scripps)
K20NR-D (21.1 Fox, 21.2 ANT)
K38MM-D (39.1 3ABN, 39.2 3ABN Proclaim, 39.3 D2D, 39.4 3ABN-Latino, 39.5 3ABN Radio, 39.6 3ABN Radio Latino, 39.7 Radio 74)

Adjacent locals

CKPR-DT (2.1 CTV, Thunder Bay)
CBMT-DT (6.1 CBC, Montreal)
WLEF-TV 36 (PBS, Park Falls)

Defunct

KDUL-LP 12 (UPN, AIN)
WAST-LP 25 (UPN)
WFTV 38 (ABC/NBC/CBS/DuMont)

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Minnesota
ABC	KSTP-TV 5 / KSAX 42 / KRWF 43 (St. Paul/Alexandria/Redwood Falls) KAAL 6 (Austin) WDAY-TV 6 / WDAZ-TV 8 (Fargo/Devils Lake, ND) WDIO-DT 10 / WIRT-DT 13 (Duluth/Hibbing) KSFY-TV 13 (Sioux Falls, SD) WQOW 18 / WXOW 19 (Eau Claire/La Crosse, WI)
CBS	KIMT 3 (Mason City, IA) WCCO-TV 4 / KCCW-TV 12 (Minneapolis/Walker) KBJR-DT 6.2 / KRII-DT 11.2 (Superior, WI/Chisholm) WKBT-DT 8 / KQEG-CD 8 (La Crescent/La Crosse, WI) KELO-TV 11 (Sioux Falls, SD) KEYC-TV 12 (Mankato) KXJB-LD 30 / KVLY-DT 11.2 (Horace/Fargo, ND)
Fox	KMSP-TV 9.9 / WFTC-DT 9.1 / KFTC 26 (Minneapolis/Bemidji) KEYC-DT 12.2 (Mankato) KVRR 15 / KNRR 12 / KBRR 10 (Fargo/Pembina, ND/Thief River Falls) KQDS-TV 21 / K20NR-D 21 (Duluth/International Falls) WLAX 25 / WEUX 48 (La Crosse/Chippewa Falls, WI) KDLT-DT 46.2 (Sioux Falls, SD) KXLT-TV 47 (Rochester)
NBC	KBJR-TV 6 / KRII 11 (Superior, WI/Chisholm) KMNF-LD 7 (Mankato) KTTC 10 (Rochester) KARE 11 / K19HZ-D 11.4 (Minneapolis) KVLY-TV 11 / K21NF-D 11 (Fargo, ND/Roseau, MN) WEAU 13 / WECX-LD 13.10 (Eau Claire, WI) KDLT-TV 46 (Sioux Falls, SD)
The CW	KDLH 3 (Duluth) KMNF-LD 7.2 (Mankato) KTTC-DT 10.2 (Rochester) KSFY-DT 13.2 (Sioux Falls, SD) W34FC-D (WECX-LD) 14.1 / WEAU 14.10 (La Crosse/Eau Claire, WI) WUCW 23_{ATSC 3.0} (Minneapolis) KXJB-LD 30.2 (Horace, ND)
MyNetworkTV	KIMT-DT 3.2 (Mason City, IA) KBJR-DT 6.3 / KRII-DT 11.3_Secondary (Superior, WI/Chisholm) WKBT-DT 8.2 (La Crosse, WI) WFTC 9.2 / KFTC-DT 26.2 (Minneapolis/Bemidji) KELO-DT 11.2 (Sioux Falls, SD)
Ion Television	KIMT-DT 3.3 (Mason City, IA) WDAY-DT 6.4 / WDAZ-DT 8.4 (Fargo/Devils Lake, ND) KMNF-LD 7.3 (Mankato) WKBT-DT 8.3 (La Crosse, WI) WDIO-DT 10.3 / WIRT-DT 13.3 (Duluth/Hibbing) KELO-DT 11.3 (Sioux Falls, SD) KPXM-TV 41 (St. Cloud)
PBS	Minneapolis–St. Paul market KTCA-TV 2.1 / KTCI-TV 2.3_{ATSC 3.0} (St. Paul) KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (Bemidji/Brainerd) KWCM-TV 10 (Appleton) WHWC 28 (Menomonie, WI) Duluth market WDSE 8 / WRPT 31 (Duluth/Hibbing) Sioux Falls, SD market KSMN 20 (Worthington) Fargo–Grand Forks, ND market KGFE 2 / KFME 13 / KCGE-DT 16 (Grand Forks/Fargo/Crookston) Rochester–Mason City–Austin market KSMQ-TV 15 (Austin)
Other	KRDK-TV 4 (Cozi, Valley City, ND) KSTC-TV 5.2 (Ind., Minneapolis) WDAY-DT 6.3 / WDAZ-DT 8.3 (Ind., Fargo/Devils Lake) KTTW 7 (TCT, Sioux Falls, SD) WCMN-LD_{ATSC 3.0} (13.1 Rel. Ind., St. Cloud–Sartell) K31KV 16 (CTV, Mankato) WUMN-LD 17 (UNI, Minneapolis) KJNK-LD 25 (TMD, Minneapolis) KCWV 27 (TCT, Duluth) KNGF 27 (Ind./Sports, Grand Forks, ND) KSFL-TV 36 (Retro, Sioux Falls, SD)
Defunct	KCCO-TV 7 (NBC/ABC/CBS, Alexandria) KDUL-LP 12 (UPN, Duluth) KCPM 27 (MNTV, Grand Forks, ND) WFTV 38 (ABC/NBC/CBS/DuMont, Duluth)