KWSU-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KWSU-TV / KTNW
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = KWSU & KTNW Public Television
analog =
KWSU: 10 (VHF)
KTNW: 31 (UHF)
digital =
KWSU: 17 (UHF)
KTNW: 38 (UHF)
other_chs = K15CH Lewiston ID
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = KWSU: September 24, 1962
KTNW: October 18, 1987
location = KWSU: Pullman, Washington
KTNW: Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington
callsign_meaning = KWSU:
Washington
State
University
KTNW:
Television
North
West
former_callsigns = KWSU:
KWSC-TV (1962-c.1969)
KTNW: none
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Washington State University
licensee =
sister_stations = KWSU (AM)
former_affiliations = NET (1962-1970)
effective_radiated_power = KWSU:
117 kW (analog)
10 kW (digital)
KTNW:
70.8 kW (analog)
47.6 kW (digital)
HAAT = KWSU:
408 m (analog)
255 m (digital)
KTNW:
370 m (analog)
361 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = KWSU: 71024
KTNW: 71023
coordinates = KWSU:
coord|46|51|42.5|N|117|10|32.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
KTNW:
coord|46|6|11.9|N|119|7|44.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KTNW
homepage = [http://www.kwsu.org/ www.kwsu.org]

KWSU-TV channel 10 in Pullman, Washington and KTNW channel 31 in Richland, Washington are a simulcasting pair of PBS member stations covering southeastern Washington and north central Idaho.

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.

History

KWSU and KTNW are operated by Washington State University. 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 are multiplexed:

Original Programming

* "Dutch Oven and Camp Cooking"
* "Experience WSU" - A series documenting the various professors and the many research projects at Washington State University.
* "Fly Tying: The Angler's Art"
* "Just a Minute"
* "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 co-encide with the release of The War.

ee also

* Northwest Public Radio

External links

* [http://kwsu.publictelevision.org/stations/kwsu/kwsu.asp KWSU/KTNW]
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