KVCR-TV
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| KVCR-TV | |
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| San Bernardino, California | |
| Slogan | Widen Your Horizons |
| Channels | Analog: 24 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 KVCR-TV HD 24.2 KVCR-TV SD 24.3 KVCR-TV Desert Cities 24.4 PBS Create |
| Translators | KVCR-DT3: K09XW Palm Springs KJHP-LP 18 Morongo Valley |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | San Bernardino Community College District |
| First air date | September 11, 1962 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Valley College Radio |
| Sister station(s) | KVCR-FM |
| Former affiliations | NET (1962-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 1320 kW (analog) 475 kW (digital) |
| Height | 509.5 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 58795 |
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| Website | www.kvcr.org |
KVCR-TV Channel 24 is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. The District also operates sister station KVCR-FM. KVCR-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1962, making it the first successful UHF television channel for the Los Angeles TV market. The station originally had its transmitter on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980s, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to Box Springs Mountain overlooking Moreno Valley. The higher location along with increased effective radiated power greatly increased the grade A and grade B signal coverage area of the station.
KVCR-TV is also the first non-commercial, public television station in Southern California and the third in the State of California. Channel 24 was preceded only by KQED, San Francisco and KVIE, Sacramento. KVCR predated KCET, Channel 28 by more than two years, KPBS, San Diego, by five years, and KOCE, Channel 50, by a decade. KVCR is available on both Dish Network and Directv satellite services.
In the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate transmitter failures knocked both the TV and radio stations off the air for extended periods.
In addition to its main programming, KVCR also programs an alternate feed specifically for the Coachella Valley area known as KVCR Desert Cities. This alternate feed is seen over-the-air in the Palm Springs area on low-power stations K09XW channel 9 and KJHP-LP channel 18. [1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official KVCR Website
- R-VCR: all about KVCR in earlier years
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVCR
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVCR-TV
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