KPBS (TV)

KPBS

San Diego, California
Slogan	A broadcast service of San Diego State University
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP)
Translators	K59AL La Jolla K67AM La Jolla
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	San Diego State University (The Board of Trustees of the California State University for San Diego State University)
First air date	June 25, 1967
Call letters' meaning	Public Broadcasting Service
Sister station(s)	KPBS-FM
Former callsigns	KEBS-TV (1967-1970)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 15 (UHF, 1967-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter power	350 kW
Height	567.4 m
Facility ID	6124
Transmitter coordinates	32°41′53″N 116°56′3″W
Website	www.kpbs.org/tv

KPBS television is a PBS Public television member station based in San Diego, California, broadcasting on digital channel 30. The station is owned by San Diego State University. KPBS can be found on Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T U-verse on cable channel 11 in standard definition. The three San Diego area cable companies also carry KPBS' HD signal. Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable carry the HD channel on cable channel 711, while AT&T U-verse broadcasts it on channel 1011. Cablemás in Tijuana carries the HD signal on channel 129. The station is also available on DirecTV and Dish Network's Local Channels package on channel 15 in standard definition. However DirecTV is the only satellite company that offers KPBS' high definition signal, also available on channel 15.

The TV station was founded in 1967 as KEBS-TV. The station changed its callsign to the current KPBS in 1970.

KPBS is not an O&O or flagship station like KCBS, KNBC and KABC in Los Angeles; PBS does not engage in those practices. The KPBS callsign reflects the station's affiliation and programming, but not any special status within the PBS network.

Like Watertown, New York's WPBS-DT, KPBS-TV is a border station—in this case, serving viewers in both the US and Mexico.

Digital television

Channel	Video	Aspect	Programming
15.1	1080i	16:9	Main KPBS programming / PBS
15.2	480i	4:3	V-me

At the time of the analog television shutdown, which took place on June 12, 2009, KPBS's digital signal remained on its pre-transition period channel 30. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KPBS's virtual channel as 15. KPBS had indicated that it might terminate analog service on April 30, 2009, in advance of the June 12, 2009 nationwide analog-digital conversation date. The station's website, however, states that KPBS continued analog transmissions until the June 12, 2009 mandatory full power TV station analog/digital conversion date. KPBS-TV broadcasts in 1080i high definition.

When KCET in Los Angeles dropped PBS at the end of 2010, KPBS became available on cable systems in Bakersfield, alongside San Bernardino PBS member KVCR-DT and Fresno PBS member KVPT. It is also one of three PBS affiliates serving Palm Springs, the others being KVCR-DT and Huntington Beach PBS member KOCE.

External links

• KPBS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KPBS
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K59AL
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K67AM
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPBS-TV