KTWU

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KTWU
Topeka, Kansas

Branding	KTWU
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels	11.1 PBS 11.2 MHz Worldview 11.3 KTWU Enhance (Create and PBS Encore)
Translators	(construction permits) 36 (UHF) Emporia 36 (UHF) Lawrence 47 (UHF) Manhattan (on air) K30AL-D Iola
Affiliations	PBS (since 1970)
Owner	Washburn University (Washburn University of Topeka)
First air date	October 21, 1965
Call letters' meaning	Kansas Topeka Washburn University
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1965-2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 2003-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1965-1970)
Transmitter power	25 kW
Height	302 m
Facility ID	70938
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′50.2″N 95°45′49.6″W / 39.063944°N 95.763778°W / 39.063944; -95.763778
Website	ktwu.washburn.edu

KTWU, on digital channel 11, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television station in Topeka, Kansas. The station is operated by Washburn University and provides public television service to eastern Kansas. The station also is carried by some cable systems in the Kansas City metro area.

In its on-the-hour ID, KTWU actively promotes its repeater, K30AL-D channel 30, licensed to Iola, Kansas, with its transmitter located near Moran. K30AL serves the Iola, Fort Scott, and Chanute areas in southeast Kansas. It switched to digital-only rebroadcast of KTWU's signal in 2009.

On October 21, 1965, KTWU signed on as the first public television station in the state.

Digital Television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
11.1	720p	16:9	KTWU-HD	Main KTWU programming / PBS
11.2	480i	4:3	KTWU-DT2	MHz Worldview (8pm-6pm) PBS Kids (6pm-8pm)
11.3	480i	4:3	KTWU-DT3	Enhance/PBS

KTWU's broadcasts are digital-only, effective as of February 17, 2009^[2]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTWU shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on February 17, 2009, the original date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 23 to its former analog VHF channel 11.^[3]

KTWU had applied for construction permits for Lawrence, Manhattan and Emporia for UHF translator stations, but due to the high cost of purchasing, installation and operating the proposed translators, combined with the loss of state and federal funding, they were unable to proceed with the construction.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTWU
↑ http://cjonline.com/stories/021409/loc_387794849.shtml
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

v t e Washburn University

Academics	Schools College of Arts & Sciences School of Applied Studies School of Business School of Law School of Nursing Washburn Institute of Technology Location Topeka, KS People Washburn Alumni

Athletics	Teams Washburn Ichabods Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Mascot Ichabod Facilities Yager Stadium Lee Arena People Bob Chipman Craig Schurig Misc Turnpike Tussle

Student Life	KTWU Crane Observatory Mulvane Art Museum

v t e Television stations in northeastern Kansas, including Topeka

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Create, 11.3 PBS HD) WIBW (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV/This) KKSU-LP 21 (Ind.) KSQA (22.1 Ind.) KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 KTMJ-CD) K31BW 31 (silent) K33IC 33 (TBN) KTMJ-CD 43 / KTLJ-CA 6 / KMJT-LP 15 / KETM-CA 17 (Fox) KTKA (49.1 ABC, 49.2 Weather, 49.3 The CW)

Adjacent locals	Kansas City WDAF (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna) KCTV (5.1 CBS) KMBC (9.1 ABC, 9.2 Me-TV) KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS-HD, 19.3 Create) KMCI (38.1 Ind., 38.2 Bounce) KSHB (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Cozi TV) Omaha KMTV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 LWN) WOWT (6.1 NBC, 6.2 AccuWeather) KETV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Me-TV) St. Joseph KQTV (2.1 ABC) KTAJ (16.1 TBN, 16.2 Church, 16.3 JCTV, 16.4 Enlace, 16.5 Smile)

Defunct stations	K25DS 25 (TBN)

See also Wichita TV Kansas City TV St. Joseph TV Tulsa TV Omaha TV Lincoln TV Joplin TV

v t e Television stations in the Four State Area, including Joplin, Missouri and Pittsburg, Kansas

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	KOAM (7.1 CBS, 7.2 KFJX) K30AL-D (11.1 PBS) KODE (12.1 ABC, 12.2 KSNF) KFJX (14.1 Fox) KSNF (16.1 NBC) KGCS-LD (22.1 A1) KOZJ (26.1 PBS, 26.2 PBS West, 26.3) KCLJ-LP 30 (TBN) KCLG-LD (32.1 ION) K36II-D (36.1 Here's Help) KJPX-LP 47 (RTV) KELF 48 (Ind) K64FW 64 (CTN/FN)

Cable channels	KSXF (CW)

Adjacent locals	Tulsa KJRH (2.1 NBC) KTUL (8.1 ABC) KOED (11.1 PBS)

Defunct	K33HZ 33 (TBN) KSPJ 59 (Ind)

Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city Ada/Sherman, TX Amarillo, TX Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK) Joplin, MO (Northeast OK) Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX Oklahoma City Metro Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA Tulsa (East Central OK) See also Kansas City TV Columbia/Jefferson City TV Fort Smith TV Springfield TV Topeka TV Wichita TV

v t e PBS Member Stations in the state of Kansas

KPTS 8 (Hutchinson) KOOD 9 / KSWK 3 / KWKS 19 / KDCK 21 (Hays / Lakin / Colby / Dodge City) KTWU 11 / K30AL 30 (Topeka / Iola)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kansas

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