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call_letters = KVIE|
call_letters = KVIE|
station_logo = [[Image:KVIE_6.jpg ]]|
station_logo = [[Image:KVIE_6.jpg ]]|
station_slogan = |
station_slogan = Northern California's PBS Station|
station_branding = ''KVIE-TV''|
station_branding = ''KVIE PBS 6''|
analog = 6 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])|
analog = 6 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])|
digital = 53 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])|
digital = 53 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])|
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location = [[Sacramento, California]]|
location = [[Sacramento, California]]|
callsign_meaning = '''K'''<br> '''VI''' = Roman numeral '''6'''<br>'''E'''ducation|
callsign_meaning = '''K'''<br> '''VI''' = Roman numeral '''6'''<br>'''E'''ducation|
owner = Independently Owned|
owner = PBS Stations Group|
former_affiliations = |
former_affiliations = CBS, Fox|
homepage = [http://www.kvie.org/ www.kvie.org]|
homepage = [http://www.kvie.org/ www.kvie.org]|
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'''KVIE''' is the local [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] station in [[Sacramento, California]], [[United States|USA]]. It operates on [[very high frequency|VHF]] channel 6. Its transmitter is located in [[Walnut Grove, California]]. The '''VI''' in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the '''E''' stands for ''education''.
'''KVIE''' is the local [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] owned and operated station in [[Sacramento, California]], [[United States|USA]]. It operates on [[very high frequency|VHF]] channel 6. Its transmitter is located in [[Walnut Grove, California]]. The '''VI''' in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the '''E''' stands for ''education''.


KVIE signed on the air on [[February 23]], [[1959]]. During its early years, it operated daily only in the afternoons and evenings (during the school year) and nearly all day on the weekends. By the end of the 1970s it was on all day throughout, and in the mid-1980s moved to 24-hour-a-day programming.
KVIE signed on the air on [[February 23]], [[1959]]. During its early years, it operated daily only in the afternoons and evenings (during the school year) and nearly all day on the weekends. By the end of the 1970s it was on all day throughout, and in the mid-1980s moved to 24-hour-a-day programming.

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KVIE is the local PBS owned and operated station in Sacramento, California, USA. It operates on VHF channel 6. Its transmitter is located in Walnut Grove, California. The VI in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the E stands for education.

KVIE signed on the air on February 23, 1959. During its early years, it operated daily only in the afternoons and evenings (during the school year) and nearly all day on the weekends. By the end of the 1970s it was on all day throughout, and in the mid-1980s moved to 24-hour-a-day programming.

In addition to PBS programming, KVIE produces in-house programs for distribution locally, regionally and nationwide, such as America's Heartland, ViewFinder, Central Valley Chronicles, and California Heartland.

Like other PBS stations, KVIE has held many fund-raising events. For over three decades until the early 1990s, it held an annual auction during the early summer months from many different venues, and emceed by numerous personalities from Sacramento broadcasting. The station also has (and continues to hold) occasional pledge drives.

Among KVIE's personalities have been former news anchors George Reading and Pat McConahay, former weather anchor Bette Vasquez, and Christina Dillon (the only key personality from the annual auction who still appears on KVIE today).

The station is independently owned and operated, governed by a volunteer board of directors.

Digital Television

KVIE-DT is an ATSC digital television signal broadcast over channel 53 from Walnut Grove. Effective October 1, 2005, two sub-channels are available:

HDTV:

  • KVIEHD - PBS National High-Definition

Standard-definition:

  • KVIE2 - Cable 7 simulcast on DT6.2 / 53.2

Past Logos

File:KVIE 6 old.JPG

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