KWSU-TV

KWSU-TV / KTNW
KWSU: Pullman/Clarkston, Washington KTNW: Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington United States

Branding	Northwest Public Television
Channels	Digital: KWSU: 10 (VHF) KTNW: 31 (UHF)
Subchannels	10.1 KWSU PBS-SD 10.2 Research Channel 31.1 PBS-HD 31.2 KTNW PBS-SD 31.3 KTNW World
Translators	K17JR-D Lewiston, ID
Affiliations	PBS (1970-present)
Owner	Washington State University
First air date	KWSU: September 24, 1962 KTNW: October 18, 1987
Call letters' meaning	KWSU: Washington State University KTNW: Television North West
Sister station(s)	KWSU (AM)
Former callsigns	KWSU: KWSC-TV (1962-c.1969) KTNW: none
Former channel number(s)	KWSU: 10 (VHF analog, 1962-2008) KTNW: 31 (UHF analog, 1987-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1962-1970)
Transmitter power	KWSU: 6.2 kW KTNW: 47.6 kW
Height	KWSU: 408 m KTNW: 361 m
Facility ID	KWSU: 71024 KTNW: 71023
Transmitter coordinates	KWSU: 46°51′42.5″N 117°10′32.7″W / 46.861806°N 117.175750°W / 46.861806; -117.175750 KTNW: 46°6′11.9″N 119°7′44.5″W / 46.103306°N 119.129028°W / 46.103306; -119.129028 (KTNW)
Website	www.nwptv.org

KWSU-TV digital channel 10 in Pullman, Washington and KTNW digital channel 31 in Richland, Washington are a simulcasting pair of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations covering southeastern Washington and north central Idaho as well as Wallowa County, Oregon. The two stations are owned by Washington State University.

KWSU's studios are located in the Murrow Communications Center on WSU's main campus in Pullman, while KTNW's studios are located on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland.

KWSU serves a corner of the Spokane market, while KTNW serves as the PBS member for the eastern portion of the Yakima/Tri-Cities market. The two stations are also carried on the Spokane and Yakima/Tri-Cities DirecTV and Dish Network feeds, expanding their potential audience to over 600,000 people in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.

History

KWSU signed on the air on September 24, 1962 as KWSC-TV, becoming KWSU-TV in the 1970s.

KTNW made its debut on October 18, 1987. Prior to 1987, channel 31 was KTRX-TV, based in Kennewick, Washington, which was on the air briefly in the late-1950s.

Digital television

KWSU and KTNW's digital channels (UHF 10 and 31, respectively) are multiplexed:

KWSU Digital channels

Channel	Programming
10.1	KWSU PBS
10.2	Research Channel/Create

KTNW Digital channels

Channel	Programming
31.1	KTNW PBS (HD)
31.2	Create TV
31.3	MHz Worldview

KWSU-DT moved back to VHF 10 after the shutdown of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009; KTNW-DT remains on UHF 38, using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 31.

Original programming

xConnectNW - Connecting you with the experts. A weekly netcast airing every Monday at 2:30pm LIVE on nwptv.org/xconnectnw.
Access Northwest
Our Hanford History - See & hear stories about Hanford, before Hanford.
Dutch Oven and Camp Cooking
Experience WSU - A series of one-minute programs documenting the various professors and the many research projects at Washington State University.
Fly Tying: The Angler's Art
WSU: On Campus
Just a Minute - A series of one-minute programs, hosted by Lucy Lugenbill, documenting life and people around the Lower Columbia Basin.
Painting the West
World War II: Our Neighbor's Stories - A series of one-minute recollections by local vetatans and others of their war memories, to coincide with the release of The War.

To watch NWPTV local programming and PBS programming head over to http://watch.nwptv.org/

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Broadcast television in Eastern Washington, the Idaho Panhandle, the Montana Flathead and Northeastern Oregon, including Spokane and Coeur d'Alene

Spokane	KREM (2.1 CBS, 2.2 Justice) KXLY-TV (4.1 ABC, 4.2 Me-TV) KHQ-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 SWX) KSPS-TV (7.1 PBS, 7.2 World, 7.3 Create) KXMN-LD (Me-TV) KXMN-LP 11 (ABC) KSKN (22.1 CW, 22.2 AccuWeather) KAYU-TV (28.1 Fox, 28.2 Antenna TV/MNTV) KDYS-LD (32.1 Daystar HD, 32.2 Daystar SD) KGPX-TV (34.1 Ion, 34.2 Qubo 34.3 Ion Life, 34.4 Ion Shop, 34.5 QVC, 34.6 HSN) KHBA-LD (39.1 Hope, 39.2 3ABN, 39.3 Open Book TV, 39.4 LLBN/Esperanza TV) K43GZ-D (43.1 HSN2)

Coeur d'Alene	KCDT (26.1 PBS/IPTV, 26.2 IPTV Plus, 26.3 Learn/Create, 26.4 World) KQUP-LD (47.1 Daystar)

Quad Cities (Lewiston/Clarkston/ Pullman/Moscow)	KLEW-TV (3.1 CBS) KWSU 10 (10.1 PBS, 10.2 Research/Create) KUID (12.1 PBS/IPTV, 12.2 IPTV Plus, 12.3 Learn/Create, 12.4 World) KQUP (24.1 Daystar) KIDQ-LP 27 (JUCE TV/A1)

Defunct	KPMT-LP 14 KTYJ-LP 58 (A1)

See also: List of TV stations in WA and List of TV stations in Idaho, plus Boise, Seattle, Yakima/Tri-Cities, Missoula, Alberta and BC TV

Broadcast television in Central Washington, including Yakima

Yakima	KUNW-CD (2.1 UNI) KNDO (23.1 NBC, 23.3 SWX) KIMA-TV (29.1 CBS, 29.2 The CW) KAPP (35.1 ABC, 35.2 KXMN-LD) KCYU-LD (41.1 Fox, 41.2 This TV) KYVE (47.1 PBS, 47.2 V-me, 47.3 Create, 47.5 PBS-HD) K51JG-D (73.1 3ABN, 73.2 3ABN Latino, 73.3 3ABN Radio, 73.4 Radio74)

Ellensburg	K25FP-D 25 (3ABN) K39DM 39 (TBN)

Tri-Cities	KFFX-TV (11.1 Fox, 11.2 This TV) KVVK-CA 15/KORX-CA 16 (UNI) KEPR-TV (19.1 CBS, 19.2 The CW) KNDU (25.1 NBC, 25.3 SWX) KTNW (31.1 PBS-HD, 31.2 V-me) KVEW (42.1 ABC, 42.2 KXMN-LD) KRLB-LD (49.1 TBN)

Walla Walla	KTVR 13 (PBS/OPB) K21JQ-D 22 (Hope/Worship) K33EJ-D (3ABN) KWWO-LP 47 (TBN)

Wenatchee	KNEE-LD 10 (Ind) KWCC-LD 47 (Ind)

Defunct stations	KCWK 9/KCWK-LP 27 (Fox/AZA/CW) KCWT 27 (Fox/CA/TBN) K34EM (TBN)

See also List of television stations in Washington List of television stations in Oregon Seattle Spokane Portland Boise TV

PBS member stations in the state of Washington

KSPS 7 (Spokane) KCTS 9 / KYVE 47 (Seattle / Yakima) KWSU 10 / KTNW 31 (Pullman / Richland) KBTC 28 / KCKA 15 (Tacoma / Centralia)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Washington

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KWSU-TV

History

Digital television

Original programming

See also

External links