KPBT-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPBT-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Basin PBS
analog = 36 (UHF)
digital = 38 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = March 24, 1986
location = Odessa/Midland, Texas
callsign_meaning = Permian Basin Television
former_callsigns = KOCV-TV (1986-2006)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Permian Basin Public Telecommunications, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 513 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 88 m (analog)
80 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 50044
coordinates = coord|31|51|57.8|N|102|22|58|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|31|51|59.4|N|102|22|51|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kpbt.org/ www.kpbt.org]

KPBT-TV is a public television station in Odessa, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 36 as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Permian Basin Public Television, Inc.

The station signed on March 24, 1986 as KOCV-TV, and was owned by Odessa College (callsign meaning: Odessa College Voice) and later by the Ector County Independent School District. First Lady Laura Bush was one of the station's 500 original members. The station changed its calls to KPBT in 2006 after being transferred to community ownership.

External links

* [http://www.kpbt.org/ Official site]
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