KNPB

KNPB

Reno, Nevada
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF)
Subchannels	5.1 PBS 5.2 Create 5.3 V-me
Translators	see list below
Owner	Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
First air date	September 29, 1983
Call letters' meaning	Nevada Public Broadcasting
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1983-2009)
Transmitter power	32.3 kW
Height	149.4 m
Facility ID	10228
Transmitter coordinates	39°35′2″N 119°47′55″W
Website	www.knpb.org

KNPB is a PBS member television station in Reno, Nevada, broadcasting locally on digital channel 15. Founded April 19, 1982, the station is owned by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc, a community licensee.

History

KNPB began broadcasting on September 29, 1983, with the first program being "Sesame Street." The station's studio's and offices were located in the College of Education building on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to 1983, PBS programming was made available to Reno either from the city's commercial stations (on a per-program basis) or via cable from KVIE in Sacramento, the nearest PBS station available.

In the early 1990s, KNPB moved into its current facility at 1670 North Virginia Street, also on the university campus. The station's main transmitter is located on Red Peak in Sun Valley. A low-power digital translator, licensed as KNPB-LD and also broadcasting on channel 15, serves the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe and the Truckee, California region from a location on the flanks of Mt. Rose. A network of other community translators retransmit KNPB's signal across much of northern Nevada and bordering portions of California.

KNPB Online went active on September 29, 1997.

Productions

• A Gathering of Gamblers
• A Gathering of Governors
• A Gathering of Speakers
• Art Beat
• Book Talk
• Capitol Issues
• Corporate Quiz
• Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest
• Great Expectations
• High School Academic Challenge
• House With A History
• Kitchen Coach
• Lights, Camera, Auction
• Open Line
• Teen Driving Minutes
• The Nevada Experience
• Wild Nevada

Digital television

On September 29, 2000, KNPB became the first TV station in Northern Nevada to offer digital broadcasts, and the smallest PBS station in the nation to do so (at that time). The station's digital channel is multiplexed, with three subchannels. KNPB shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009, electing to remain on its pre-transition channel 15. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display KNPB's virtual channel as 5 (its prior analog location).

Channel	Programming
5.1	Main KNPB Programming / PBS HD
5.2	Create
5.3	V-me

Translators

KNPB is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

• K02KS Channel 2 Ryndon, etc.
• K04JR Channel 4 Starr Valley
• KNPB-LD Channel 15 Truckee/Lake Tahoe
• K15AL-D Channel 15 Winnemucca
• K15EE Channel 15 Elko (Spring Creek area)
• K16FV Channel 16 Ryndon
• K18DP-D Channel 18 Lovelock
• K19EU Channel 19 Winnemucca
• K20JQ-D Channel 20 Wells
• K22GM Channel 22 Battle Mountain
• K23FC Channel 23 Elko
• K28EI Channel 28 Austin
  (applications for digital Ch. 23 & 28)
• K29ES-D Channel 29 Carson City
• K31BM-D Channel 31 Silver Springs
  (replaced K25AK Fallon)

• K34KK-D Channel 34 Litchfield, California
  (replaced K13RZ Herlong, CA and
  K36HH Susanville, CA)
• K38EH Channel 38 Walker Lake
• K39EZ Channel 39 Mina/Luning
• K45EY Channel 45 Round Mountain
• K46FB Channel 46 Austin (Reese River area)
• K47KJ-D Channel 47 Verdi/Mogul
  (formerly K42IL)
• K47DG Channel 47 Eureka
• K50AI-D Channel 50 Hawthorne
• K55GR Channel 55 Fish Lake Valley
• K58CY Channel 58 Schurz
  (moving to Ch. 39)

External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KNPB
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNPB-TV