KVPT

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KVPT

Fresno, California
Branding	Valley Public Television
Slogan	Irreplaceable
Channels	18 (UHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	KVPT: Valley Public Television, Inc. KVPT-LP: Cocola Broadcasting
Founded
Call letters meaning	KValley Public Television
Former callsigns	KMTF (1977-90)
Website	kvpt.org

KVPT channel 18 known on-air as Valley Public Television, is the sole source of public television broadcasting in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley. Based in Fresno, California, Valley Public Television is licensed to operate UHF Channel 18 and Digital Channel 40 (which appears on Channel 18.1). It also operates a low-powered repeater in Bakersfield, KVPT-LP, on channel 34, which is owned by Valley broadcasting veteran Gary Cocola (owner of several low-powered television stations in central California and Boise, Idaho). KVPT's broadcast signal reaches homes from Merced to Bakersfield providing local and PBS programming that is relevant to all Central Valley residents.

The station debuted in 1977 as KMTF, a service of the Fresno County public schools. It became a community license in 1987. In 1990, it added a low-power translator in Bakersfield on channel 65, making Bakersfield one of the last markets to receive public television terrestrially. Later that year, the calls were changed to KVPT.

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KVPT's prior logo, used until early 2006.

Logo for Cocola-owned KVPT-LP, when it was KJOI-LP (since reassigned to Cocola-owned channel 12 in Caliente, California).

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Broadcast television in the Fresno / Visalia market (Nielsen DMA #56)
KVHF-LP 4 (JTV) - K12OZ 12 (3ABN) - KCWB-LP 13 / KVVG-LP 54 (Tvida) - KHMM-CA 14 (MTV Tr3s) - KHSC-LP 16 (HSN) - KVPT 18 (PBS) - KFTV 21 (UNI) - KZMM-CA 22 (MTV Tr3s) - KSEE 24 (NBC) - KMPH 26 (Fox) - KFSN 30 (ABC) - KJEO-LP 32 / KBID-LP 31 (A1) - KSDI-LP 33 (TSC) - KMCF-LP 35 (AS) - KMSG-LP 39 / KFAZ-LP 8 (AZA) - KGMC 43 (Ind/JTV/A1) - KGPE 47 (CBS) - KNXT 49 (Ind) - KNSO 51 (TEL) - KAIL 53 (MNTV) - KFRE 59 (The CW) - KTFF 61 (TFU)

Broadcast television stations in the Bakersfield market (Nielsen DMA #126)
KTFB-CA 4 / KBTF-CA 31 (TFU) - K08MM 8 (3ABN) - KKEY-LP 11 (TEL) - KGET 17 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - K18HD 18 (Multimedios) - KBBV-CA 19 (Ind) - K21FP 21 (TBN) - KERO 23 (ABC) - KFRE-CA 27 (Ind) - KBAK 29 (CBS) - KVPT 34 (PBS) - KBFK-LP 36 (AS) - KABE-LP 39 (UNI) - KPMC-LP 42 (AZA) - KUVI 45 (MNTV) - KNXT-LP 57 (Ind) - KBFX 58 (Fox)
Local cable & satellite television channels
KWFB (The CW/The CW Plus)

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.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California