KWSU-TV
KWSU: Pullman/Clarkston, Washington KTNW: Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington United States |
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Branding | Northwest Public Television |
Channels | Digital: KWSU: 10 (VHF) KTNW: 31 (UHF) |
Subchannels | 10.1 KWSU PBS-SD 10.2 Research Channel 31.1 PBS-HD 31.2 KTNW PBS-SD 31.3 KTNW World |
Translators | K17JR-D Lewiston, ID |
Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
Owner | Washington State University |
First air date | KWSU: September 24, 1962 KTNW: October 18, 1987 |
Call letters' meaning | KWSU: Washington State University KTNW: Television North West |
Sister station(s) | KWSU (AM) |
Former callsigns | KWSU: KWSC-TV (1962–c.1969) KTNW: none |
Former channel number(s) | KWSU: 10 (VHF analog, 1962–2008) KTNW: 31 (UHF analog, 1987–2009) |
Former affiliations | NET (1962–1970) |
Transmitter power | KWSU: 6.2 kW KTNW: 47.6 kW |
Height | KWSU: 408 m KTNW: 361 m |
Facility ID | KWSU: 71024 KTNW: 71023 |
Transmitter coordinates | KWSU: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. KTNW: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Website | www |
KWSU-TV digital channel 10 in Pullman, Washington and KTNW digital channel 31 in Richland, Washington are a simulcasting pair of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations covering southeastern Washington and north central Idaho as well as Wallowa County, Oregon. The two stations are owned by Washington State University.
KWSU's studios are located in the Murrow Communications Center on WSU's main campus in Pullman, while KTNW's studios are located on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland.
KWSU serves a corner of the Spokane market, while KTNW serves as the PBS member for the eastern portion of the Yakima/Tri-Cities market. The two stations are also carried on the Spokane and Yakima/Tri-Cities DirecTV and Dish Network feeds, expanding their potential audience to over 600,000 people in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
History
KWSU signed on the air on September 24, 1962 as KWSC-TV, becoming KWSU-TV in the 1970s.
KTNW made its debut on October 18, 1987. Prior to 1987, channel 31 was KTRX-TV, based in Kennewick, Washington, which was on the air briefly in the late-1950s.
Digital television
KWSU and KTNW's digital channels (UHF 10 and 31, respectively) are multiplexed:
KWSU Digital channels
Channel | Programming |
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10.1 | KWSU PBS |
10.2 | Research Channel/Create |
KTNW Digital channels
Channel | Programming |
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31.1 | KTNW PBS (HD) |
31.2 | Create TV |
31.3 | MHz Worldview |
KWSU-DT moved back to VHF 10 after the shutdown of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009; KTNW-DT remains on UHF 38, using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 31.
See also
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KWSU
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KWSU-DT
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KWSU-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTNW
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KTNW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWSU-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTNW-TV