KVCR-DT

KVCR-DT

Inland Empire Metropolitan Area
City of license	San Bernardino, California
Slogan	Widen Your Horizons
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF)
Subchannels	24.1 KVCR-TV HD 24.2 KVCR-TV SD 24.3 KVCR-TV Desert Cities 24.4 PBS Create
Translators	KVCR-DT3: K09XW Palm Springs KJHP-LP 18 Morongo Valley
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	San Bernardino Community College District
First air date	September 11, 1962
Call letters' meaning	Valley College Radio
Sister station(s)	KVCR-FM
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1962-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1962-1970)
Transmitter power	475 kW
Height	509.5 m
Facility ID	58795
Transmitter coordinates	33°57′57″N 117°17′5″W
Website	www.kvcr.org

KVCR-DT digital channel 26 is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. The District also operates sister station KVCR-FM. KVCR-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1962, making it the first successful UHF television channel for the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area TV market. The station originally had its transmitter on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980s, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to Box Springs Mountain overlooking Moreno Valley. The higher location along with increased effective radiated power greatly increased the grade A and grade B signal coverage area of the station.

KVCR-TV is also the first non-commercial, public television station in Southern California and the third in the State of California. Channel 24 was preceded only by KQED, San Francisco and KVIE, Sacramento. KVCR predated KCET, Channel 28 by more than two years, KPBS, San Diego, by five years, KOCE, Channel 50, by a decade and KLCS by eleven years. KVCR is available on both Dish Network and DirecTV satellite services.

In the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate transmitter failures knocked both the TV and radio stations off the air for extended periods.

In addition to its main programming, KVCR also programs an alternate feed specifically for the Coachella Valley area known as KVCR Desert Cities. This alternate feed is seen over-the-air in the Palm Springs area on low-power stations K09XW channel 9 and KJHP-LP channel 18.

KVCR-DT uses virtual channel 24.1 for its High Definition service and 24.2 for its Standard Definition service.

External links

• Official KVCR Website
• R-VCR: all about KVCR in earlier years
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KVCR
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K09XW
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KJHP-LP
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVCR-DT