KWSU-TV
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| City | Pullman, Washington |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Northwest Public Broadcasting |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 10.1: PBS (1970–present) 10.2: KWSU Create |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Washington State University |
| KWSU (AM), KRFA-FM, KJEM-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 24, 1962 |
Former call signs | KWSC-TV (1962–c.1969) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 10 (VHF, 1962–2008) Digital: 17 (UHF, until 2009) |
| NET (1962–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | Washington State University |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71024 |
| ERP | 23 kW 35 kW (application) |
| HAAT | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°51′42.3″N 117°10′32.5″W / 46.861750°N 117.175694°W |
| Translator(s) | 33 (UHF) Spokane K34QC-D Lewiston, ID |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KWSU-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Pullman, Washington, United States. The station is owned by Washington State University. KWSU-TV's studios are located in the Murrow Communications Center on WSU's main campus in Pullman, and its transmitter is located on Kamiak Butte near Palouse, Washington.
KWSU-TV serves a corner of the Spokane market as a "beta" station through the Program Differentiation Plan complementing KSPS-TV and Idaho Public Television. The station is carried on the Spokane DirecTV and Dish Network feeds, expanding its potential audience to over 600,000 people in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. KWSU-TV is also available on Xfinity systems in the Spokane area as a PEG channel, and operates a translator on UHF channel 33 in Spokane.
KWSU-TV operates sister station KTNW (channel 31) in Richland, Washington, which serves as a full PBS member for the Tri-Cities area. Although this station maintains its own studios on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland, master control and most internal operations are based at KWSU-TV's facilities.
Collectively branded as Northwest Public Broadcasting, the two stations cover southeastern Washington and north central Idaho as well as Wallowa County, Oregon.
History
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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.
KWSU has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming [2] |
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| 10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KWSU-DT | Main KWSU-TV programming / PBS |
| 10.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KWSU-RC | Create |
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWSU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KWSU#station
External links
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