KSPS-TV

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KSPS-TV
image:KSPS.gif
Spokane, Washington
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 8 (VHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Spokane Public Schools
(Spokane School District #81)
First air date April 24, 1967
Call letters’ meaning Spokane Public Schools
Former affiliations NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
21.6 kW (digital)
Height 558 m (both)
Facility ID 61956
Transmitter Coordinates 47°34′33.2″N, 117°18′1.7″W
Website www.ksps.org

KSPS-TV, channel 7, is the PBS station in Spokane, Washington. It also has significant viewership in the province of Alberta, Canada, including the cities of Edmonton and Calgary. The station broadcasts its main signal from its site at Krell Hill, a.k.a. "Tower Mountain".

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[edit] History

The station first signed on the air on April 24, 1967 from the basement of Spokane Public Schools' Adams Elementary. A series of school levy failures in the early 1970s forced the station to secure alternate funding through other sources, and in 1972, Friends of Seven was founded to provide financial support to KSPS.

[edit] Programming

KSPS provides a mix of diverse programing from PBS and local sources, as well as instructional programming. The station's main signal reaches parts of Washington and Idaho, and it operates a large translator network covering parts of Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. It is also carried on cable in parts of British Columbia and Alberta, and on satellite systems across western Canada.

The majority of the station's donations from telethons come from Calgary and Edmonton, and most of the station's members are from those two cities. Calgary and Edmonton both have populations which are far larger than the entire population of the Spokane market. It is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Star Choice satellite provider.

It was the first station to carry Mary Ann Wilson's Sit and Be Fit program.

[edit] Tower Collapse

On November 29, 2006, at approximately 2:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, the top 200 feet (60 meters) of the station's antenna at the Krell Hill transmission site collapsed, disrupting its off-air signal. The circumstances regarding the tower collapse are unknown. An engineering crew is surveying the site and the structure to determine the cause of the collapse, and if there is any way to save the tower. Other area television broadcasters, as well as Comcast cable, have promised to lend short-term support, in the event the tower is unsalvageable.

Cable and satellite feeds in the US and Canada were not affected, as fiber is used to transmit its signal to the headends. It is unclear if service via low-power repeaters has been affected. [1]

[edit] Digital Television

The station's over the air digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Virtual
Channel		 Physical
RF Channel		 Video Aspect Programming
7.1 8.1 1080i 16:9 Main KSPS programming / PBS HD
7.2 8.2 480i 4:3 World View
7.3 8.3 480i 4:3 Create

[edit] Translators

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Idaho

Montana

Oregon

Washington

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[edit] References

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Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market  (Nielsen DMA #77)

KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC, KXMN-LP on DT2) - KHQ 6 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KSPS 7 (PBS) - KXMN-LP 11 (MNTV) - KSKN 22 (The CW) - KCDT 26 (PBS) - KAYU 28 (Fox) - K32GS 32 / K53FF 53 (TBN) - KGPX 34 (ION) - KHBA-LP 39 (3ABN) - K43GZ 43 (ind.) - KQUP-LP 47 (RTN) - KTYJ 58 (A1) 
Lewiston / Clarkston / Pullman / Moscow: (Quad Cities)
KLEW 3 (CBS) - KWSU 10 (PBS, Research Ch. on DT2) - KUID 12 (PBS) - K15CH 15 (PBS) - K21CC 21 (CBS) - KQUP 24 (RTN)  - KIDQ-LP 27 (JCTV/A1) - K35BW 35 (NBC) - K40EE 40 / K45FZ 45 (ABC) - K46HV 46 (TBN) - K47BW 47 (Fox) - K51HY 51 (PBS) - K53GN 53 (PBS)
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Broadcast television in the Missoula market (Nielsen DMA #167)

KPAX 8 / K18AJ 18 (CBS/MTN, The CW on DT2) - KUFM 11 (PBS) - KECI 13 / KCFW 9 (NBC) - KMMF 17 / 34 (Fox) - KTMF 23 / 42 (ABC) - K32EU 32 (PBS) - K42EO 42 (TBN) - K50CP 50 (COR) - KMTM-LP 61 (Ind.)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Spokane: KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC)
Lethbridge: CISA 7 (Global)
See also: Broadcast Television in Great Falls, Helena, and Spokane
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Washington
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Washington
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Montana

KUSM 9 / KUFM 11 (Bozeman / Missoula) - K32EU 32* (Missoula)
*K32EU is a repeater of KSPS-TV, Spokane, Washington.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Montana