KDNL-DT STL Tower, St Louis MO USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 38° 38.161 W 090° 11.757
15S E 744068 N 4280116
The landmark tower at studios for KDNL-TV, Channel 30, an ABC affiliate stationed owned by the Sinclair Broadcasting serves as the Studio-Transmitter Link to the main TV transmitter located in Shrewsbury MO
Waymark Code: WM15N5Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member CADS11
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This 4-legged STL transmitter tower is located at the studios of KDNL-TV, Channel 30, in downtown St Louis MO. The studios are located at 1051 N Tucker Street, at the corner of North Tucker and Cole Streets. The tall 4-legged tower is a landmark on the west side of the City of St. Louis.

From the KDNL-DT website: (visit link)

"ABOUT KDNL
KDNL is a MO based station and a ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates."

The Sinclair Broadcast Group, is controversial because it is well known for injecting right-wing politics and editorial content disguised as news into their newscasts, and for promoting other media outlets that do not share their political viewpoint as "fake news." Sinclair was closely aligned with the Trump campaign in 2016.

From Wikipedia: (visit link)

"KDNL-TV, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 31), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group. KDNL-TV's studios are located on Cole Street in the Downtown West section of St. Louis, and its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury."

From the Wikipedia entry for the City of Shrewsbury: (visit link)

"Shrewsbury is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 6,254 at the 2010 census.

The city is home to the broadcast towers of KSDK and KDNL-TV."
Call signs/Frequencies/Channels/Broadcaster:
KDNL-DT


URL reference to transmitter tower/antenna: [Web Link]

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Backup transmitter tower/antenna: no

Legacy transmitter tower/antenna: no

URL Webcam: Not listed

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