KAWE
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| KAWE: Bemidji, Minnesota KAWB: Brainerd, Minnesota |
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| Branding | Lakeland Public Television |
| Channels | Analog: KAWE: 9 (VHF) KAWB: 22 (UHF) |
| Translators | K42CU Roseau |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc. |
| First air date | KAWE: June 1, 1980 KAWB: March 1, 1988 |
| Call letters’ meaning | KAWE: an Ojibwe word generally meaning 'first in a line of succession' KAWB: KAWE Brainerd |
| Transmitter Power | KAWE: 316 kW (analog) 80 kW (digital) KAWB: 214 kW (analog) 46.8 kW (digital) |
| Height | KAWE: 334.7 m (analog) 303 m (digital) KAWB: 227 m (both) |
| Facility ID | KAWE: 49578 KAWB: 49579 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | KAWE: KAWB: |
| Website | www.lakelandptv.org |
KAWE is a television station in Bemidji, Minnesota, broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a PBS member station. KAWE first took the air on June 1, 1980. The station also has a satellite station in Brainerd, Minnesota, KAWB channel 22 and rebroadcasted on translator K42CU in Roseau, Minnesota. The stations brand together as Lakeland Public Television.
KAWE is the only TV station based in Bemidji, as well as producing local newscasts for the northern Minnesota area. Other stations in the area rebroadcast Minneapolis/St. Paul TV stations.
KAWE-TV is carried on channel 22 on DirecTV and Dish Network's Twin Cities feeds (which is KAWB's broadcast channel number) because KMSP-TV of Minneapolis also broadcasts on channel 9.
[edit] Digital channels
Lakeland PTV - Same programming as seen on Lakeland Public Television analog channel (Ch-9 or 22).
Lakeland High Definition - provides high definition programming
Lakeland Kids - a 24 hour channel devoted to children’s programming.
Lakeland Create - provides educational and "how to" programming.
Lakeland Plus - The best of Lakeland Public Television’s prime time series plus additional programming
Lakeland Xtra - MN Legislative coverage plus Lakeland News features and continuing education programming.
[edit] Screenshots
 End of news in 2002 |
 Screenshot in 2005 |
[edit] External links
- Lakeland Public Television
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAWE
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAWB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAWE-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAWB-TV
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