KNME-TV
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| Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
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| Branding | KNME, New Mexico PBS |
| Channels | Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 5 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools (The Regents of the University of New Mexico & the Board of Education of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| First air date | May 1, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning | Keeping New Mexico Educated |
| Sister station(s) | KNMD-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 5 (VHF, 1958-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1958-1970) |
| Transmitter power | 250 kW |
| Height | 1287 m |
| Facility ID | 55528 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′50.2″N 106°27′1.7″W / 35.213944°N 106.450472°W |
| Website | www.knme.org |
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KNME is a television station based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a PBS station, and broadcasts on digital channel 35 (virtual Ch. 5) that produces documentaries, shorts and weekly television series.
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[edit] Television programs produced by KNME
KNME produces several television programs, including:
- ¡Colores! - a documentary series devoted to the art, culture, and history of New Mexico.
- New Mexico in Focus - a weekly public affairs newsmagazine
- Mark Kistler's Imagination Station, a kids educational program which teaches kids to draw, and other fun arts and cultures(originally produced by KIXE-TV).
[edit] WestLink
KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink ([1]), which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients. Satellite interviews from New Mexico on news networks like CNN often originate at KNME.
[edit] TALNET
From 1995-2010, KNME operated TALNET (an acronym for Teach and Learn Network.), an educational cable channel for Albuquerque. It broadcast a mix of PBS and Annenberg media programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.
[edit] Digital television
KNME was the first television station in New Mexico to broadcast digitally. It began broadcasting its digital signal on UHF channel 35 in late 2001.
There are two program streams from KNME
| Channel | Programming |
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| 5.1 | Main KNME Programming / PBS (HD) |
| 5.2 | V-Me |
[edit] External links
- KNME website
- Documentary Film, Villa de Albuquerque
- Documentary Film, From Curandera to Chupacabra
- Documentary Film, The Sandias
- Documentary Film, Georgia O'Keeffe
- Documentary Film, Frida Kahlo
- Documentary Film, Billy the Kid
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNME-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNME-TV
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