KRSC-TV

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KRSC-TV
Image:KRSC-TV-35.jpg
Claremore, Oklahoma
Branding RSU-TV
Channels Analog: 35 (UHF)

Digital: 36 (UHF)

Affiliations independent
Owner Rogers State University
(Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges)
First air date 1987[1]
Call letters’ meaning Rogers
State
College
Former callsigns KXON-TV (1987-1992)
Former affiliations TLC
Transmitter Power 2750 kW (analog)
144 kW (digital)
Height 256 m (analog)
255 m (digital)
Facility ID 57431
Transmitter Coordinates 36°24′3.2″N, 95°36′31.6″W
Website www.rsu.edu/krsc/tv

KRSC-TV is an educational television station in Claremore, Oklahoma, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 35 as an independent station. It broadcasts cultural and educational programming from its 2.75 million watt tower from 6 a.m. until 12 a.m. daily. The station is also carried on local cable systems, and is available on Cox Cable Channel 19 in Claremore and Tulsa. It is home to many telecourses and interactive courses, part of RSU's distance learning programs. It also produces in house documentaries, general interest programming and children's shows. It is operated by a paid staff, with assistance from RSU students. The station signed on in 1987, and is owned by Rogers State University, the only full-powered public station licensed to a public university in the state.

[edit] Trivia

  • The call letters KRSC-TV were once held by KING-TV in Seattle, Washington. In 1948, Ed Parsons made KRSC-TV the first station ever to be seen on cable television.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says July 1, while the Television and Cable Factbook says June 1.