In 1959, Des Moines Technical High School was moved from the old West High building at 15th and Center Streets to the remodeled Solar Aircraft building at 18th and Grand (earlier and Ford Motor Company plant).
KDPS radio was moved into the new facility and the new KDPS-TV, channel 11 went on the air.
Here are a Series of newspaper clippings and pictures depicting KDPS at 15th and Center and the new TV facility on Grand Avenue.
1958 -- Old 1000 watt Western Electric FM
Transmitter at 15th and Center
Same transmitter
Amateur Radio Station in old facilityNewspaper clippings
August 13, 1958
Summer 1958
December 12, 1958
January 31, 1959
Early 1959
Spring 1959
May 6, 1959
June 6, 1959Courtesy of Wayne Kochheiser
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