KNPB
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| Reno, Nevada United States | |
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| Branding | KNPB |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 5 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see list below |
| Affiliations |
5.1: PBS 5.2: Create 5.3: PBS Kids |
| Owner | Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Founded | April 19, 1982 |
| First air date | September 29, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | Nevada Public Broadcasting |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1983–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 32.3 kW |
| Height | 149.4 m (490 ft) |
| Facility ID | 10228 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°35′1.6″N 119°47′58.6″W / 39.583778°N 119.799611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
www |
KNPB is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 (or virtual channel 5 via PSIP) from a transmitter facility shared with KAME-TV on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 785. Owned by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc., the station maintains studios on North Virginia Street in Reno.
History
In 1964, following authorization of federal matching grants for the construction of non-commercial educational television facilities, there was a proposal for a state network of educational television stations offering television programming originating from Las Vegas. The proposal was opposed by educators in other parts of the state of Nevada, and the Clark County School District's trustees gave up the proposal of a statewide service in 1966. KLVX signed on the air in March 1968 to serve Southern Nevada; Reno would not receive a public television station of its own until 1983. During that time, PBS programming was made available to Northern Nevada from the city's commercial stations on a per-program basis (i.e. Sesame Street was on KOLO); the network's full schedule could only be obtained by cable via KVIE in Sacramento, California (which served northwestern Nevada) or over-the-air via translators of KUED (which served northeastern Nevada, which is part of the Salt Lake City market).
KNPB began broadcasting on September 29, 1983, with the first program being Sesame Street. The station's studios and offices were located in the College of Education building on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
In the early 1990s, KNPB moved into its current facility on Virginia Street, also on the university campus. The station's main transmitter is located on Red Peak in Sun Valley. A low-power digital translator, licensed as KNPB-LD and also broadcasting on channel 15, serves the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe and the Truckee, California region from a location on the flanks of Mt. Rose. A network of other community translators retransmit KNPB's signal across much of northern Nevada and bordering portions of California.
KNPB Online went active on September 29, 1997.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming service |
Description of subchannel |
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| 5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNPB | The main schedule with programming from PBS, American Public Television, and other distributors. |
| 5.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Create | How-to and lifestyle programming sourced from the PBS, American Public Television, and National Educational Telecommunications Association libraries. |
| 5.3 | PBS Kids | 24/7 PBS Kids children's programming. | ||
On September 29, 2000, KNPB became the first TV station in Northern Nevada to offer digital broadcasts, and the smallest PBS station in the nation to do so (at this time).
Analog-to-digital conversion
KNPB shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on February 17, 2009, the original date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.[1] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5.
Translators
KNPB is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
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References
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.