KPBS

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KPBS
San Diego, California
Branding	KPBS, a broadcast service of San Diego State University
Slogan	(KPBS-FM): Home to growing minds
Channels	15 (UHF) analog, 30 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	California State University, San Diego State University (SDSU)
Founded	1967
Call letters meaning	Public Broadcasting Service
Former affiliations	Independent
Transmitter Power	3310 kW/572 m (analog) 350 kW/567.4 m (digital)
Website	www.kpbs.org

KPBS is a public broadcasting organization based in San Diego, California. It serves the San Diego County market with high-definition digital television and radio broadcast services. It is one of the West Coast flagship stations for the Public Broadcasting Service and is also a National Public Radio (NPR) member station. The KPBS-FM radio broadcast license is owned by the California State University system; the KPBS-TV/DT broadcast and digital television licenses are owned by San Diego State University (SDSU). Both the television and radio broadcast services are operated locally at the KPBS Copley Telecommunications Center, an integrated facility on the SDSU campus.

Both the television (KPBS-TV) and radio (KPBS-FM) broadcasts started as KEBS. EBS stood for Educational Broadcasting Service. The call letters were changed to KPBS in 1970, one year after the creation of PBS, to reflect a broader vision for both the station and the network on the West Coast.

KPBS also offers video production services. Check out website at www.kpbs.org/vps to find out more information.

KPBS-TV is not part of the famed "big three" group of Los Angeles network flagship stations (KCBS-TV, KNBC, KABC); its call letters merely express the nature of the station's programming and affiliation.

Like Watertown, New York's WPBS-TV (PBS has no special affiliation with either), KPBS-TV is a border station -- in this case, serving viewers in both the US and Mexico.

[edit] Broadcasts

KPBS is an NTSC television signal on UHF Channel 15 that began broadcasting in 1967 as KEBS Television. It is carried on Channel 11 on local cable systems. In addition, KPBS operates HDTV Channel DT30, the world's first digital television station. The station is also available on pay satellite in the U.S. KPBS Television produces Full Focus, a news-analysis program about current events.

KPBS-FM is an FM radio signal broadcast at 89.5 MHz which began in 1960 as KEBS. Two additional transmitting locations exist; these are Borrego Springs, California (a "booster" transmitter, using the same frequency and callsign) and Calexico, California (on 97.7 MHz as KQVO). KPBS-FM is also provided as an audio stream on the Internet. KPBS-FM carries content from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, BBC World Service and KQED, in addition to local content. KPBS Radio produces shows such as These Days and A Way With Words; the latter is also carried in the Madison, Wisconsin, market. The Lounge, an original program hosted by Dirk Sutro about culture and the arts, was cancelled in November 2004. The main FM signal in San Diego is digital hi fi FM from IBOC. KPBS is also broadcast on a low power translator (on 89.1 MHz as K206AC) to cover parts of La Jolla that do not get good reception from the main 89.5 MHz transmitter, most likely due to interference from high power Clear Channel radio stations with antennas atop Mount Soledad.

[edit] Donations

In 2003, KPBS received a donation of $5 million from the estate of Joan Kroc after her death. An avid KPBS fan, Kroc donated more than $8 million to the station and $200 million to NPR.

[edit] External links

• KPBS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KPBS
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KPBS
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KQVO
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K206AC

PBS Member Stations in the state of California
KVIE 6 (Sacramento) -  KIXE 9 (Redding) -  KQED 9 (San Francisco) -  KEET 13 (Eureka) -  KPBS 15 (San Diego) -  KVPT 18 / KVPT-LP 34 (Fresno / Bakersfield) -  KRCB 22 (Cotati) -  KVCR 24 (San Bernardino) -  KCET 28 (Los Angeles) -  KCSM 431 (San Mateo) -  KOCE 50 (Huntington Beach) -  KTEH 54 / KCAH 25 (San Jose / Watsonville) -  KLCS 58 (Los Angeles)
1-- KCSM is a digital-only station.
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San Diego State University

Colleges: College of Arts & Letters • College of Business Administration • College of Education • College of Engineering • College of Health & Human Services (and Graduate School of Public Health) • College of Sciences • College of Professional Studies & Fine Arts • College of Extended Studies • American Language Institute • Imperial Valley Campus People: List of San Diego State University alumni and faculty Media: KPBS (TV/DT/FM) • KCR (AM) • San Diego State University Press Research: SDSU Research Foundation • Facilities: Biological Field Stations • Mount Laguna Observatory Athletics: SDSU Aztecs • Arenas/Stadiums: Qualcomm Stadium • Cox Arena • Tony Gwynn Stadium