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Overview
In the Des Moines-Ames, IA TV market, KDSM-TV is the FOX station licensed to Des Moines, Iowa.
On screen it is channel 17, though KDSM-TV actually transmits on RF channel 16. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. KDSM-TV also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive.
KDSM Licensee, LLC holds the station's FCC license. It first signed on in 1983. It has used the KDSM-TV call letters since January 1986.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 4023 Fleur Drive in Des Moines, IA. You can reach the station online at kdsm.com.
Among the core children's programs KDSM-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Xploration Super Animals, Xploration Outer Space and Xploration Awesome Planet.
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KDSM-TV at a glance
- Call sign
- KDSM-TV
- Network
- FOX
- Virtual channel
- 17
- RF channel
- 16
- City of license
- Des Moines, Iowa
- TV market
- Des Moines-Ames, IA
- Licensee
- KDSM Licensee, LLC
- On the air since
- 1983
- Call sign since
- January 1986
- Studio address
- 4023 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA 50321
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 56527
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- kdsm.com
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KDSM-TV at a glance
- Network
- FOX
- Channel
- 17 (RF 16)
- Licensed to
- Des Moines, IA
- TV market
- Des Moines-Ames, IA
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