KERA-TV

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KERA-TV

Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas
Slogan	Television Unlimited
Channels	13 (VHF) analog, 14 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc.
Founded	September 11, 1960
Call letters meaning	New era in broadcasting
Former affiliations	None
Website	www.kera.org/tv

KERA-TV channel 13 is a Dallas-based member station of the Public Broadcasting Service. It primarily serves the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex from a transmitter located in Cedar Hill, but its viewing area includes Abilene, San Angelo, Texarkana, Tyler, Waco, and Wichita Falls, as well as parts of southern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. [1] Since 2003, it has also broadcast a digital signal on channel 14.

The station's call letters, which are said to represent a "new era in broadcasting," are shared with Dallas National Public Radio affiliate KERA 90.1 FM; both are owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. While there is cross-promotion between stations, each operates its own pledge drives.

KERA contributes original programming to the nationwide PBS system, including documentaries such as JFK: Breaking the News and the national Emmy Award-nominated Matisse and Picasso.

In 1974, KERA became the first American television station to air Monty Python's Flying Circus.

1 See also
2 References
3 Station Slogans
4 External links

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Shannon, Mike (January, 2004). Dallas-Fort Worth TV Station History. The History of Dallas–Fort Worth Radio and Television.

[edit] Station Slogans

TV Worth Watching (1990-2000)

Television Unlimited (2001- )

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Broadcast television in the Dallas / Fort Worth market (Nielsen DMA #6)

KDTN 2 (DS) - KDFW 4 (Fox/4 Warn Weather Radar on DT 2) - KXAS 5 (NBC/WX+ on DT 2) - WFAA 8 (ABC/Xpress 8.2 on DT 2/DFW Airport Towercam on DT 3) - KTVT 11 (CBS) - KERA 13 (PBS) - KTXA 21 (Ind) - KNAV 22 (Genesis) - KUVN 23 (UNI) - K25FW 25 (HSN) - KODF 26 / KLEG 44 (AZA) - KDFI 27 (MNTV) - KHPK 28 (Genesis) - KMPX 29 (Ind) - K31GL 31 (Ind) - KDAF 33 (The CW/The Tube on DT 2) - KJJM 34 (LAT TV) - KVFW 38 (Religious) - KXTX 39 (TEL) - KTAQ 47 (Religious) - KSTR 49 (TFU) - KATA 50 (Multimedios) - KFWD 52 (Ind) - KSEX 57 (Ind) - KDTX 58 (TBN) - KPXD 68 (ION/qubo on DT 2/ION Life on DT 3/Worship on DT 4)
Local digital television channels KLDT 54 (Gems TV)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Texas
KACV 2 (Amarillo) - KTXT 5 (Lubbock) - KUHT 8 (Houston) - KLRN 9 (San Antonio) - KCOS 13 (El Paso) - KERA 13 (Dallas) - KAMU 15 (College Station) - KEDT 16 (Corpus Christi) - KLRU 18 (Austin) - KWBU 34 (Waco) - KPBT 36 (Odessa) - KDTN-DT 43.2 (Denton) - KNCT 46 (Belton) - KMBH 60 (Harlingen)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas