KNME-TV

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KNME-TV
KNME-TV Station Logo
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Branding KNME, New Mexico PBS
Channels Analog: 5 (VHF)

Digital: 35 (UHF)

Affiliations PBS
Owner University of New Mexico
and Albuquerque Public Schools
(The Regents of the University of New Mexico & the Board of Education of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico)
First air date May 1, 1958
Call letters’ meaning Keeping
New
Mexico
Educated
Sister station(s) KNMD-TV
Former affiliations NET (1958-1970)
Transmitter Power 26.9 kW (analog)
250 kW (digital)
Height 1289 m (analog)
1287 m (digital)
Facility ID 55528
Transmitter Coordinates 35°12′44″N, 106°26′59″W (analog)
35°12′50.2″N, 106°27′1.7″W (digital)
Website www.knme.org

KNME is a television station based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a PBS station, and broadcasts on channels 5, 9 (call letters KNMD) and 35 that produces high quality documentaries, shorts and weekly television series.

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[edit] Television programs produced by KNME

KNME produces several television programs, including:

  • ¡Colores! - a documentary series devoted to the art, culture, and history of New Mexico.
  • New Mexico in Focus - a weekly public affairs newsmagazine

[edit] WestLink

KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink ([1]), which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients. Satellite interviews from New Mexico on news networks like CNN often originate at KNME.

[edit] TALNET

TALNET logo
TALNET logo

KNME also operates TALNET, the educational access cable channel for Albuquerque. It broadcasts a mix of PBS programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.

TALNET's name is an acronym for Teach and Learn Network.

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