KSPS-TV

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KSPS-TV
Spokane, Washington
Channels	7 (VHF) analog, 8 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Spokane Public Schools (Spokane School District No. 81)
Founded	1967
Call letters meaning	Spokane Public Schools
Website	http://www.ksps.org/

KSPS-TV, channel 7, is the PBS station in Spokane, Washington. It also has a significant presence in the cities of Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta. The station broadcasts its main signal from its site at Krell Hill, a.k.a. "Tower Mountain".

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Tower Collapse 4 External links

[edit] History

The station first signed on the air on April 26, 1967 from the basement of Spokane Public Schools' Adams Elementary. A series of school levy failures in the early 1970s forced the station to secure alternate funding through other sources, and in 1972, Friends of Seven was founded to provide financial support to KSPS.

[edit] Programming

KSPS provides a mix of diverse programing from PBS and local sources, as well as instructional programming. The station's signal coverage can be seen in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and in parts of British Columbia and Alberta. It is available on both cable and satellite systems in Western Canada. The majority of the station's private donations from telethons come from Calgary and Edmonton, despite the fact that the station is based in Spokane. Also, it is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider.

[edit] Tower Collapse

On November 29, 2006, at approximately 2:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, the top 200 feet of the station's antenna at the Krell Hill transmission site collapsed, disrupting its off-air signal. The circumstances regarding the tower collapse are unknown. An engineering crew is surveying the site and the structure to determine the cause of the collapse, and if there is any way to save the tower. Other area television broadcasters, as well as Comcast cable, have promised to lend short-term support, in the event the tower is unsalvageable.

Cable and satellite feeds in the US and Canada were not affected, as fiber is used to transmit its signal to the headends. It is unclear if service via low-power repeaters has been affected. [1]

[edit] External links

• KSPS - Public Television
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSPS-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K32EU

Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market  (Nielsen DMA #77)
Spokane / Coeur d'Alene: KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC) - KHQ 6 (NBC) - KSPS 7 (PBS) - KXMN-LP 11 (MNTV) - KSKN 22 (The CW) - KCDT 26 (PBS) - KAYU 28 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - KGPX 34 (i) - K43GZ 43 (AS) - KQUP-LP 47 (RTN)  - KHBA-LP 52 (3ABN) - K55EB 55 / K53FF 53 (TBN) - KTYJ 58 (A1)
Pullman / Moscow / Lewiston: KLEW 3 (CBS) - KWSU 10 (PBS) - KUID 12 (PBS) - KQUP 24 (RTN)  - K46HV 46 (TBN) - KIDQ-LP 61 (JCTV/A1)