KAWE

KAWE / KAWB
KAWE: Bemidji, Minnesota
KAWB: Brainerd, Minnesota
Branding Lakeland Public Television
Channels Digital: KAWE: 9 (VHF)
Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
Digital: KAWB: 28 (UHF)
Virtual: 22 (PSIP)
Subchannels 9.1/22.1 PBS (HD)
9.2/22.2 PBS (SD)
9.3/22.3 PBS Kids
9.4/22.4 Create
9.5/22.5 Lakeland Plus
9.6/22.6 MN Channel
Translators see article
Affiliations PBS
Owner Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc.
First air date KAWE: June 1, 1980
KAWB: March 1, 1988
Call letters' meaning

KAWE: an Ojibwe word generally meaning 'first in a line of succession'

KAWB: KAWE Brainerd
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KAWE:
9 (1980-2009)
KAWB:
22 (1988-2009)
Digital:
KAWE: 18
Transmitter power

KAWE:
27.0 kW

KAWB:
137.5 kW
Height

KAWE:
334.7 m

KAWB:
227 m
Facility ID KAWE: 49578
KAWB: 49579
Transmitter coordinates KAWE:

KAWB:
Website ltpv.org

KAWE is a television station in Bemidji, Minnesota, broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a PBS member station. KAWE first took to the air on June 1, 1980. The station also has a satellite station in Brainerd, Minnesota, KAWB, operating on digital channel 28 but remapping to channel 22, the station's former analog channel. The stations brand together as Lakeland Public Television.

KAWE is the only full-power station based in northern Minnesota, an area that is served mainly by translators of the Minneapolis/St. Paul stations. It also airs the only local newscast in northern Minnesota.

KAWE is carried on channel 22 on DirecTV and Dish Network's Twin Cities feeds because KMSP-TV of Minneapolis also broadcasts on channel 9.

Contents

Digital television

KAWE and KAWB's television signals are multiplexed into six subchannels.

Channel Video
Resolution		 Aspect
Ratio		 Name Description
9.1/22.1 720p 16:9 L-HD Main programming in high definition
9.2/22.2 480i 4:3 L-PTV Simulcast of 9.1/22.1 in standard definition
9.3/22.3 480i 4:3 L-Kids PBS Kids programming
9.4/22.4 480i 4:3 Create PBS Create
9.5/22.5 480i 4:3 L-Plus Encore PBS and Lakeland Public Television programming
9.6/22.6 480i 4:3 L-MN Minnesota Channel

Outlying translators

The broadcast areas of KAWE and KAWB are extended by way of four translators in northern Minnesota and one in central Minnesota. All are broadcast in digital.

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External links

Twin Cities

KTCA (2.1 PBS, 2.2 MN, 2.4 WX) • KTCI (2.3 tptLIFE) • WCCO (4.1 CBS) • KSTP (5.1 ABC, 45.5 News)• KSTC (5.3 Me-TV, 5.4 This TV, 5.45 Ind) • KMSP 9.1 / WFTC 9.2 (Fox) • KARE (11.1 NBC, 11.2 WX) • WUMN-LP 13 (UNI) • K14KH (33.1 3ABN, 33.2 3ABN-Proclaim, 33.3 3ABN-Latino, 33.4 3ABN Radio, 33.5 Radio 74, 33.6 3ABN Radio Latino) • K16HY-D (16.1 Text Info, 16.2,4-5 EWTN], 16.3 Local Catholic) • WUCW (23.1 The CW, 23.2 TheCoolTV, 23.3 TCN) • K25IA-D (25.1 TBN, 25.2 TCC, 25.3 JCTV, 25.4 SOAC, 25.5 Enlace) • W47CO-D (28.1 PBS, 28.2 WIS, 28.3 Kids/Create - River Falls, WI) • WFTC 29.1 / KMSP 29.2 (MNTV) • KPXM (41.1 ION, 41.2 Qubo , 41.3 ION Life) • K43HB (HSN) • KHVM-LD (48.1 GCN) • KTCJ-LD (50.1 COR) • WDMI-LD (62.1 Daystar)
Alexandria
Appleton

KCCO (7.1 CBS) • KWCM (10.1 PBS, 10.2 Create, 10.3 MN, 10.4 HD) • KSAX (42.1 ABC) • Selective TV, Inc.
Bemidji
Brainerd

KCCW (12.1 CBS) • KAWE / KAWB (9/22.1 PBS, 9/22.1 HD, 9/22.3 Kids, 9/22.4 Create, 9/22.5 Plus, 9/22.6 MN) • K21HX-D (21.1 KMSP/Fox, 21.2 KARE/NBC, 21.3 KSAX/ABC) • KFTC (26.1 MNTV)
Other areas

K05IV/KVRR (15.1 Fox - Park Rapids / Fargo) • KSMN (20.1 PBS, 20.2 Create, 20.3 MN, 20.4 HD - Worthington) • WCMN-LP (13 - St. Cloud) • K19BG (TBN - St. Cloud) • WHWC (28.1 PBS, 28.2 WIS, 28.3 Kids/Create - Menomonie, WI) • K34HO-D (34.1 TWC - Willmar) • KRWF (43.1 ABC - Redwood Falls/Mankato)
Defunct
See also Red River Valley TV, Duluth TV, Mankato TV, Eau Claire/La Crosse TV, Rochester/Mason City TV, Eastern SD TV, UHF-TV Inc.
Fargo

KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAY (6.1 ABC, 6.2 CW, 6.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KFME (13.1-2 PBS, 13.3 MN, 13.4 Lifelong) • KVRR (15.1 Fox) • KVNJ-LP 33 (MNTV) • K35KD 35 (TBN)
Grand Forks

KGFE (2.3 MN) • KXJB (4.1 CBS) • WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KBRR (10.1 Fox) • KVLY (11.1 NBC, 11.2 This TV) • KCGE (16.1-2 PBS, 16.3 MN, 16.4 Lifelong) • K17HG 17 (3ABN) • KCPM (27.1 MNTV)
Outlying Areas

Pembina/Lake Region: WDAZ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • KNRR (12.1 Fox) • KMDE (25.1-2 PBS, 25.3 MN, 25.4 Lifelong)
James River Valley: KJRR (7.1 Fox) • KJRE (19.1-2 PBS, 19.3 MN, 19.4 Lifelong)
Fergus Falls: K49FA 49 (PBS)
Roseau/Lake of the Woods: K50AM-D / K53BL-D / W59AX-D (4.1 CBS) • K48CQ / K57AR-D / K61AR-D (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 WX/WDAY Radio) • K42CU-D (9.1-2 PBS, 9.3 Kids, 9.4 Create, 9.5 Plus, 9.6 MN) • K46BV (10.1 Fox) • K52AM-D / K55BH-D / K63AS-D (11.1 NBC, 11.2 this TV)
Defunct
KNOX-TV (10 ABC, Grand Forks) • KCND-TV (12 ABC/NBC - Pembina) • KXJC-LP (35 CBS, Grand Forks) • K49FF (49 TBN, Grand Forks)
Cable channels

Bek Sports Network • FSSN • KCSI-TV 10 / CSI Weather (Jamestown)
PBS Member Stations in the state of Minnesota

KTCA 2.1 / KTCI 2.3 (St. Paul) - WDSE 8.1 / WRPT 31.1 (Duluth / Hibbing) - KAWE 9.1 / KAWB 22.1 (Bemidji / Brainerd) -
KWCM 10.1 / KSMN 20.1 (Appleton / Worthington) - KSMQ 15.1 (Austin) - KCGE 16.1 (Crookston / Grand Forks, ND)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Minnesota