KENW (TV)

KENW
Portales, New Mexico
United States
Branding KENW PBS New Mexico
Slogan Public Media for the High Plains
Channels Digital: 32 (UHF)
Virtual: 3 (PSIP)
Subchannels .1 PBS (HD)
.2 PBS
.3 PBS Kids/Encore
.4 FNX
Affiliations PBS
Owner Eastern New Mexico University
First air date September 1, 1974
Sister station(s) KENW-FM
Former channel number(s) 3 (VHF analog, 1974–2009)
Transmitter power 82.6 kW
Height 190.2 m
Facility ID 18338
Transmitter coordinates 34°15′8.4″N 103°14′22.4″W / 34.252333°N 103.239556°W / 34.252333; -103.239556
Website www.kenw.org

KENW is a Public television station in Portales, New Mexico, broadcasting locally on digital channel 32 (virtual channel 3) as a PBS member station. The digital sub-channels are PBS HD, PBS SD, PBS Kids/PBS Encore, and FNX. The station also broadcasts on channel 3 on Dish Network and DirecTV. The station is owned by Eastern New Mexico University.

History

The station signed on on September 1, 1974 as the first public television station in eastern New Mexico. For the first 14 years of its existence, it was the only PBS member station to indirectly serve both Amarillo and Midland-Odessa, although most public television programming in those areas was broadcast by the region's commercial television stations. This situation was remedied when KPBT-TV and KACV-TV launched in 1986 and 1988, respectively.

Programming

This station is unique in that it provides local regional news to southeastern New Mexico with an entirely college student produced newscast entitled "News 3 New Mexico." The newscast includes hard news, local, and regional news pertinent to people in southeast New Mexico and rarely covers what a traditional college campus newscast covers.

Shows produced by KENW-TV include the nationally-syndicated show Creative Living with Sheryl Borden, Report from Santa Fe hosted by Lorene Mills, Cultura, You Should Know (with host Don Criss), and Sportslook, a weekly regional sports show.

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