KWSU-TV

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KWSU-TV / KTNW
KWSU/KTNW logo
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:
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KTNW:
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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.

See also

External links

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