KACV-TV
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KACV-TV is a public television station in Amarillo, Texas, broadcasting locally on channels 2.1 and 2.2 [1] as a PBS member station.
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KACV-HD | Main KACV-TV programming / PBS |
| 2.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KACV-SD | PBS Kids |
History
Founded in 1988, the station is owned by the city's community college, Amarillo College. KACV-TV is operated on Amarillo College's Washington Street campus, along with sister-station KACV-FM; the station's transmitter is located north of Amarillo in unincorporated Potter County.
Amarillo was one of the last major cities to get its own PBS station; prior to then, viewers in the Texas Panhandle watched PBS either on Amarillo's commercial stations (on a per-program basis; Sesame Street was on KVII-TV), via cable from KTXT in Lubbock, via translator from KRMA-TV in Denver, or even via Oklahoma's OETA or KENW-TV in Portales. In some areas of the eastern Texas Panhandle, cable operators continue to carry OETA instead of KACV. [3]
The station also produces local programming such as "artZONE," "A Conversation with Ken Burns" and "Braggin' Rights: The Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo."
On September 3, 2013, KACV announced its re-branding to "Panhandle PBS". [4]
See also
- Channel 8 digital TV stations in the United States
- Channel 2 virtual TV stations in the United States
References
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