The KPXM Tower (formerly KXLI Tower) is the tallest structure in

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, a guyed aerial

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rising . It formerly transmitted the signal for KPXM-TV (virtual channel 41 (16

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), which is an

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network affiliate licensed to serve St. Cloud, Minnesota. The tower is located about halfway between St. Cloud and the core of the

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area, near the city of Big Lake. The tower was completed in 1982 and is the property of American Tower. KXLI was the

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of channel 41, which signed on the air the day before Thanksgiving 1982, when the tower was built. It surpassed the height of the

KMSP Tower The KMSP Tower is a high aerial guyed mast used for the transmission of FM radio and terrestrial television, over-the-air television in Shoreview, Minnesota. The structure was apparently the tallest in Minnesota until the construction of the KPXM ...

, completed in 1971. The tallest non-guyed structures in the state are the

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( or with rooftop antennas) and the

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() in

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* * {{coord, 45, 23, 00, N, 93, 42, 31, W, display=title Towers in Minnesota Radio masts and towers in the United States Towers completed in 1997 1997 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Sherburne County, Minnesota

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