KWSU-TV

KWSU-TV / KTNW

KWSU: Pullman, Washington KTNW: Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington
Branding	KWSU & KTNW 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 MHz Worldview
Translators	K15CH Lewiston ID
Affiliations	PBS
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)	Analog: KWSU: 10 (VHF, 1962-2008) KTNW: 31 (UHF, 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: 46°51′42.5″N 117°10′32.7″W KTNW: 46°6′11.9″N 119°7′44.5″W
Website	www.kwsu.org

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. 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
10.1	KWSU PBS
10.2	Research Channel

KTNW Digital channels

Channel	Programming
31.1	KTNW PBS (HD)
31.2	KTNW PBS (CreateTV) Create (TV network)
31.3	KTNW PBS (MHz Worldview)

KWSU-DT returned to VHF 10 after the shutdown of analogue broadcasting on February 17, 2009; KTNW-DT remains on UHF 38, but continues to display as channel 31 by use of PSIP.

Original Programming

• Dutch Oven and Camp Cooking
• Experience WSU - A series of one minute programs documenting the various professors and the many research projects at Washington State University.
• Fly Tying: The Angler's Art
• Just a Minute - A series of one minute programs, hosted by Lucy Lugenbill, documenting life and people around the Lower Columbia Basin.
• Painting the West
• World War II: Our Neighbor's Stories - A series of one minute recollections by local vetatans and others of their war memories, to coincide with the release of The War.

See also

• Northwest Public Radio

External links

• KWSU/KTNW
• 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