KNCT (TV)

KNCT
Belton/Killeen/Temple/Waco, Texas
Slogan Deep in the heart of Texans
Channels Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Central Texas College
First air date November 23, 1970
Call letters' meaning North Central Texas
Former channel number(s) Analog:
46 (UHF, 1970-2009)
Digital: 38 (UHF)
Transmitter power 500 kW
Height 392 m
Facility ID 9754
Website www.knct.org

KNCT is a PBS member station serving the Waco / Killeen / Temple area on digital channel 46. Founded in November 1970, the station is owned by Central Texas College. Licensed to Belton, Texas, KNCT is based at studios at Central Texas College in Killeen. In the Waco area, it airs on cable channel 4 on Time Warner Cable and Grande Communications.

When KNCT signed on in 1970, it was the sole PBS station for the western portion of the market, with the eastern portion served by Texas A&M's KAMU-TV. In 1978, KNCT set up a low-powered translator in Waco. The main KNCT signal barely covered Waco, while KAMU's signal just missed it. In 1989, it was upgraded to a full-fledged station, KCTF, which was spun off as a separate station in 1994 and ultimately taken over by Baylor University in 2000 as KWBU-TV. However, in July 2010 KWBU-TV began winding down operations and dropped all PBS programming prior to going off the air entirely on July 31 (it has since become KDYW, with that station's purchase by Daystar pending). This left KNCT, once again, as the sole PBS station for the western side of the market. On July 1, KNCT took over KWBU's cable slots on Time Warner and Grande, and became available on DirecTV.

Digital television

Sub-channel Programming
46.1 main KNCT/PBS programming in HD
46.2 Pentagon Channel
46.3 Create (DIY programming)

KNCT added Create to 46.3 in July 2010, after the imminent closedown of KWBU-TV. However, KNCT does not offer the Spanish-language V-me network, which was seen on KWBU until that station's closedown.

See also

External links

Waco/Temple/Killeen

KCEN (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MyTX) • KWTX (10.1 CBS, 10.2 The CW) • KXXV (25.1 ABC, 25.2 TMD, 25.3 Weather Now) • KPLE 31 (TBN) • KDYW 34 (silent; to be Daystar) • KWKO 38 (Ind.) • KWKT (44.1 Fox/MNTV) • KNCT (46.1 PBS, 46.2 Pentagon, 46.3 Create) • KAKW (62.1 UNI)
Bryan/College Station

KYLE (28.1 Fox/MNTV) • KBTX (3.1 CBS, 3.2 The CW) • KAMU (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Weather, 12.3 PBS Kids) • KSCM 18 (A1) • KAGS (23.1 NBC) • KRHD (40.1 ABC) • K47ED 47 (TBN)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Houston: KUHT (8.1 PBS)
Dallas: WFAA (8.1 ABC) • KERA (13.1 PBS)

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PBS member stations in Texas

KACV 2 (Amarillo) - KTXT 5 (Lubbock) - KUHT 8 (Houston) - KLRN 9 (San Antonio) - KAMU 12 (College Station) - KCOS 13 (El Paso) - KERA 13/K44GS 44 (Dallas/Wichita Falls) - KEDT 16 (Corpus Christi) - KLRU 18 (Austin) - KPBT 36 (Odessa) - KMBH 38 (Harlingen) - KNCT 46 (Belton)
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