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.
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?)