KCOS (TV)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KCOS
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 13 (VHF)
digital = 30 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = August 18, 1978
location = El Paso, Texas
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers = 7 (1978-1981)
owner = El Paso Public Television Foundation
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 224 kW (analog)
393 kW (digital)
HAAT = 265 m (analog)
226 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 19117
coordinates = coord|31|47|15.4|N|106|28|48.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KCOS
homepage = [http://www.kcostv.org/ www.kcostv.org]
:"This article is about a PBS-member television station in El Paso, Texas.":"For the unrelated religious television station in Phoenix, Arizona, see KCOS-LP. ":"KCOS" is also the ICAO airport code for Colorado Springs Airport."KCOS channel 13 is a PBS member station based in El Paso, Texas. It also operates on cable channel 12 and digital channel 30. The station is owned by El Paso Public Television Foundation, a non-profit agency.

History

KCOS began broadcasting on August 18, 1978 on channel 7. It swapped channels with KVIA-TV in July 1981, moving from channel 7 to channel 13.

Prior to KCOS's debut, El Paso was the largest city in the United States without a PBS member station. Some viewers did receive KRWG-TV in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but most of the market was unable to receive it due to the Franklin Mountains blocking the signal coverage. Thus, KTSM-TV aired Sesame Street to El Pasoans from the show's debut in 1969 until KCOS's launch in 1978. Cable-viewers in El Paso did receive PBS coverage from both Las Cruces and from Albuquerque's KNME until 1978.

KCOS-LP channel 28 Phoenix, Arizona is unrelated to KCOS.

External links

* [http://www.kcostv.org/ KCOS Homepage]
*TVQ|KCOS
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