Pioneer Public Television
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KWCM-TV / KSMN-TV | |
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KWCM: Appleton, Minnesota KSMN: Worthington, Minnesota |
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Branding | Pioneer Public Television |
Slogan | Proudly Serving (insert local town name here) |
Channels | Analog: KWCM: 10 (VHF) KSMN: 20 (UHF) |
Affiliations | PBS |
Owner | West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company |
First air date | KWCM: January 21, 1966[1] KSMN: March 2, 1997 |
Call letters’ meaning | KWCM: West Central Minnesota KSMN: Southern MiNnesota |
Former affiliations | NET (1966-1970) |
Transmitter Power | KWCM: 316 kW (analog) 288 kW (digital) KSMN: 2400 kW (analog) 200 kW (digital) |
Height | KWCM: 381 m (analog) 364.3 m (digital) KSMN: 332 m (analog) 290.1 m (digital) |
Facility ID | KWCM: 71549 KSMN: 71558 |
Transmitter Coordinates | KWCM: KSMN: |
Website | www.pioneer.org |
Pioneer Public Television is a regional public television network in the U.S. state of Minnesota, primarily serving the southwest and west-central portions of the state. Signals from the stations can also be received in parts of Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.
The organization is based in Appleton, Minnesota. The primary stations are KWCM channel 10 (31 digital) in Appleton and KSMN channel 20 (15 digital) in Worthington. Several other broadcast translators carry the signal into other communities. Pioneer Public TV is a member of the PBS network. It is operated by the West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company.
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[edit] Pioneer-produced shows
Some locally-produced shows includePrairie Sportsman,Funtime Polka,Your Legislators,Country Spires and programs produced with the University of Minnesota Morris, Prairie Yard and Garden, Academic Challenge,Echoes of Cry of the Marsh and Minnesota Rivers and Fields. Some of these shows have also been shown on KTCI channel 17 in the Twin Cities as part of that station's "Minnesota Channel," which carries local shows on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
[edit] Broadcast Translators
In addition to its two primary transmitters, Pioneer Public TV also uses a network of broadcast translators to carry its signal:
- Alexandria K30AF
- Jackson K45EH
- Fergus Falls K49FA
- Windom K60AD
- Frost K65FW
[edit] External links
- Pioneer Public Television
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KWCM
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KSMN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K30AF
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K45EH
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K49FA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K60AD
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K65FW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWCM-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSMN-TV
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KWCM signed on February 7, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on January 21.
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