Iowa Public Television

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = Iowa Public Television
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = see table below
digital = see table below
other_chs =
subchannels = .1 PBS (IPTV Digital)
.2 PBS (IPTV Plus)
.3 PBS (IPTV)
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = 1969
location = statewide Iowa
callsign_meaning = all stations:
K
2nd letter: see table below
Iowa
Network
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former_channel_numbers =
owner = Iowa Public Broadcasting Board
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1969-1970)
effective_radiated_power = see table below
HAAT = see table below
class =
facility_id = see table below
coordinates = see table below
homepage = [http://www.iptv.org/ www.iptv.org]

Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is a statewide network of television stations in the state of Iowa. A member of the Public Broadcasting Service, it is owned by the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board, an agency of the state education department which holds the licenses for all the PBS member stations in the state. IPTV's studios are located in Johnston, Iowa; a suburb of Des Moines.

History

IPTV began in 1969 as the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network, after the state of Iowa purchased the former KDPS-TV from the Des Moines Public Schools and renamed it KDIN-TV. KDPS had signed on in 1959, taking National Educational Television programming from WOI-TV.

KIIN-TV in Iowa City, serving most of eastern Iowa, became the network's second affiliate in 1970. By 1977 the newly-renamed Iowa Public Broadcasting Network had eight full-power stations. The Iowa Public Television name was adopted in 1982. In 2003, it purchased KQCT-TV in Davenport, which repeated the programming of Quad Cities PBS station WQPT-TV in the Iowa side of the Quad Cities. The calls were changed to KQIN.

IPTV was originally run by the state's General Services Department before then-Gov. Terry E. Branstad signed a bill creating the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board on May 16, 1983. In 1986 IPTV became part of the state's Cultural Affairs Department, and on July 1, 1992, IPTV became part of the Iowa Department of Education.

Combined, the nine IPTV stations reach almost all of Iowa, plus portions of Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri.

tations

Nine full-power TV stations make up the network, all stations have callsigns beginning with a K, as licensed by the FCC, & ending in IN "IN" stands for Iowa Network.Notes:
*1. KDIN-TV used the callsign KDPS-TV from its 1959 sign-on until 1969.
*2. KQIN used the callsign KQCT as a relay of WQPT from its 1991 sign-on until it was acquired by IPTV in 2003.

The network also has eight low-power repeater signals, located in Decorah (channel 14 K14AF), Ottumwa (channel 18 K18GU), Rock Rapids (channel 25 K25AA), Sibley (channel 33 K33AB), Fort Madison (channel 38 K38AB), Lansing (channel 41 K41AD), Keokuk (channel 44 K44AB), and Keosauqua (channel 54 K54AF). KIIN's transmitter, while listed as residing in Iowa City, is actually situated north of West Branch.

Programming

Although IPTV provides PBS programming, it also produces original programs such as [http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/ Iowa Press] , a panel discussion show; "Living in Iowa," a magazine show focusing on Iowa life; and [http://www.iptv.org/mtom/ Market to Market] , a nationally distributed show about agribusiness. Dan Wardell is the Host of the Children's Television block, featuring programs such as "The Big Comfy Couch" and "Sesame Street".

References

* [http://www.iptv.org/about_company_history.cfm IPTV History] from the Iowa Public Television web site, accessed April 1, 2006

External links

* [http://www.iptv.org Iowa Public Television's official website]
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