KAWE
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| KAWE: Bemidji, Minnesota KAWB: Brainerd, Minnesota United States |
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| 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 First Nations Experience 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: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. KAWB: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Website | http://www.lptv.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 north central Minnesota, an area that is served mainly by translators of the Minneapolis/St. Paul stations. It also airs the only local newscast in north central 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.
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-FNX | First Nations Experience (Native American programs) |
| 9.3/22.3 | 480i | 4:3 | L-Kids | PBS Kids programming |
| 9.4/22.4 | 480i | 4:3 | Create | 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 digital translators in northern Minnesota and one in central Minnesota.
- K36KH-D 36 Alexandria
- K38NP-D 38 Birchdale
- K29KE-D 29 Big Falls
- K21KY-D 21 Bigfork/Marcell
- K42CU-D 42 Roseau
Screenshots
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KAWB 2002 News A.jpg
End of news in 2002
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KAWB 2005.jpg
Screenshot in 2005
