KAWE

KAWE, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc. KAWE's studios are located on Grant Avenue Northeast in Bemidji, and its transmitter is located southeast of Blackduck, Minnesota.

KAWE
Bemidji, Minnesota
United States
BrandingLakeland PBS
ChannelsDigital: 9 (VHF)
Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
Translatorssee article
Affiliations9.1: PBS
9.2: First Nations Experience
9.3: Lakeland PBS Kids
9.4: Create
9.5: Lakeland Plus
9.6: Minnesota Channel
OwnerNorthern Minnesota Public Television, Inc.
First air dateJune 1, 1980 (1980-06-01)
Call sign meaningDerived from the Ojibwe word 'akawe' generally meaning 'first in a line of succession'
Former channel number(s)Analog:
9 (VHF, 1980–2009)
Digital:
18 (UHF, until 2009)
Transmitter power27.0 kW
Height334.7 m (1,098 ft)
Facility ID49578
Transmitter coordinates47°42′3″N 94°29′15″W
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license informationProfile
CDBS
Websitelptv.org
KAWB
(satellite of KAWE)
Brainerd, Minnesota
United States
Brandingsee KAWE infobox
ChannelsDigital: 28 (UHF)
Virtual: 22 (PSIP)
Translatorssee KAWE infobox
Affiliations22.1: PBS
22.2: First Nations Experience
22.3: Lakeland PBS Kids
22.4: Create
22.5: Lakeland Plus
22.6: Minnesota Channel
OwnerNorthern Minnesota Public Television, Inc.
First air dateMarch 1, 1988 (1988-03-01)
Call sign meaningKAWE Brainerd
Former channel number(s)Analog:
22 (UHF, 1988–2009)
Transmitter power137.5 kW
Height227 m (745 ft)
Facility ID49579
Transmitter coordinates46°25′21″N 94°27′42″W
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license information
(satellite of KAWE) Profile

(satellite of KAWE) CDBS

KAWB (virtual channel 22, UHF digital channel 28) in Brainerd operates as a full-time satellite of KAWE; this station's transmitter is located near East Gull Lake, Minnesota. KAWB covers areas of central Minnesota that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KAWE, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. KAWB is a straight simulcast of KAWE; on-air references to KAWB are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, KAWB does not maintain any physical presence locally in Brainerd.

The two stations are collectively branded as Lakeland PBS.[1] The network first took to the air on June 1, 1980 and was formerly known as Lakeland Public Television; it re-branded on January 8, 2018 to better align its brand with PBS. It is the only full-power television broadcasting operation based in north central Minnesota, an area that is served mainly by translators of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul television stations. It also airs the only local newscast in north central Minnesota.

Lakeland PBS utilizes KAWB's channel 22 position on DirecTV and Dish Network's Twin Cities local lineups to avert confusion with Fox owned-and-operated station KMSP-TV (channel 9) in Minneapolis.

Digital television

Lakeland PBS' television signals are multiplexed into six subchannels.

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
9.1/22.1720p16:9L-HDMain programming in high definition
9.2/22.2480iFNXFirst Nations Experience (Native American programs)
9.3/22.3L-KidsPBS Kids programming
9.4/22.4CreateCreate
9.5/22.5L-PlusEncore PBS and Lakeland PBS programming
9.6/22.6L-MNMinnesota Channel

Outlying translators

The broadcast areas of KAWE and KAWB are extended by way of seven digital translators in northern Minnesota and one in central Minnesota.

References
  1. "About". Lakeland PBS. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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