Rocky Mountain PBS

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owner = Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Inc.
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homepage = [http://www.rmpbs.org/ www.rmpbs.org]

The Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, known on-air as Rocky Mountain PBS, is the flagship PBS member station in Colorado. It reaches one million viewers in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and New Mexico. The network is headquartered in downtown Denver.

History

The network's flagship station, KRMA-TV, channel 6 in Denver, signed on January 30, 1956 as an educational station owned by the Denver Public Schools. It is the oldest public television station in the Rockies. Originally broadcasting only two hours of programming a day during the week, KRMA soon became a key PBS member. It was available on cable in nearly all of Colorado and many of the surrounding states, bringing PBS programming to many areas that did not have their own public television stations. Denver Public Schools sold KRMA to Channel Six, Inc., a community group, in 1987.

In 1996, KRMA changed its on-air name to Rocky Mountain PBS to reflect plans for a satellite station in Grand Junction. That station, KRMJ, channel 18, was founded October 23 1995 and went on-air in August 1997. In 1999, KTSC, channel 8 in Pueblo joined the network. Formerly owned by Colorado State University - Pueblo, KTSC had been the PBS station for Pueblo and Colorado Springs since 1971.

On December 3 2004 KRMU, channel 20, in Durango, Colorado signed on to serve southwestern Colorado and a small portion of northwestern New Mexico. When KRMU received its license in 2001, it was the nation's first digital television station without a prior analog assignment. As of December 2006, KRMU was rebroadcasting KRMJ's signal, pending establishment of better network links with Denver.

On February 2 2007, Rocky Mountain PBS added its fifth full-service station and second station in western Colorado--KMAS-TV, channel 24 in Steamboat Springs. KMAS had been Denver's Telemundo station, and brought its programming into Denver itself by way of low-powered satellites. However, its status was placed in doubt when NBC purchased KDEN-TV and moved Telemundo programming there. NBC finally decided to donate KMAS to Rocky Mountain PBS rather than shut it down. On September 4 2007, the station's call letters were changed to KRMZ, reflecting its identity as a Rocky Mountain PBS station.

Programming

Rocky Mountain PBS produces several local programs, such as the weekly "Colorado State of Mind" and the seasonal "Spirit of Colorado" and "LifeWise." However, the network has focused much of its production efforts on local documentaries, which often take months or years to produce. Many of these documentaries, such as "La Raza de Colorado" and "Jewel of the Rockies," have earned multiple Emmy Awards over the years.

KRMJ and KTSC maintain their own studios at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction and CSU-Pueblo, respectively. The satellites occasionally break away from the master control center at KRMA to provide programming targeted for their communities, and each airs local promotions and underwriting. KRMU and KRMZ, however, are full satellites of KRMJ and KRMA, respectively. Citing costs at each station, Rocky Mountain PBS applied for and received waivers of the FCC's main studio rule, which requires that each full-service station maintain a main studio within its local service area. [cite web |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101071742&formid=2&fac_num=84224 |title=Request for Main Studio Waiver - KRMU |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |date=2005-07-08 |accessdate=2007-05-01] [cite web |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=451763 |title=Request for Main Studio Waiver - KMAS |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |date=2006-11-21 |accessdate=2007-05-01]

Rocky Mountain PBS is not affiliated with the other PBS member in Denver, KBDI-TV. KBDI is a "beta" or secondary PBS station serving the same market.

tations

Notes:
*1. KTSC joined RMPBS in 1999.
*2. KRMU is a digital-only station.
*3. KRMZ used the callsigns KSBS-TV from 1988 to 2000 and KMAS-TV from 2000 to 2007.
*4. KRMZ (then KMAS-TV) joined RMPBS in 2007.

Translators

In addition to its five full-service television stations, Rocky Mountain PBS operates one of the largest translator networks in the country, serving large portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Utah. Most of the translators directly repeat KRMA, though several are assigned to the other stations. Also, some of these translators assigned to KRMA may be located in a city or market where another full-powered RMPBS station is located (such as in Grand Junction or Colorado Springs).(all are analog stations unless otherwise specified)

KRMA translators

*Akron: K13XW, channel 13
*Anton: K57IL, analog channel 57; K39__-D, digital channel 39
*Ashcroft: K21HF, channel 21
*Banty Point: K07QE, channel 7
*Bethune: K55AX, channel 55
*Boulder: K44CT, channel 44
*Buford: K13QU, channel 13
*Collbran: K11PS, channel 11
*Crawford: K55DR, analog channel 55; K34__-D, digital channel 34
*Delta: K52BC, channel 52
*Divide Creek: K06GW, channel 6 (digital signal will be on channel 6)
*Dolores: K10MZ, channel 10
*Dove Creek: K23GF, channel 23
*Eagle: K44DF, channel 44 (digital signal will be on channel 44)
*Flagler-Siebert: K65AO, channel 65
*Dolores: K30CR, channel 30
*Glen Haven: K13ON, channel 13
*Glenwood Springs: K06LX, analog channel 6; K45KC-D, digital channel 45
*Grand Junction: K41AE, channel 41
*Grand Junction: K49IO, channel 49
*Grand Valley: K28HA, channel 28 (digital signal will be on channel 28)
*Haxtun: K39HM, channel 39
*Holyoke: K19EG, channel 19
*Idalia: K24EZ, channel 24
*Julesburg: K51IL, channel 51
*Lake George: K58FY, analog channel 62; K29__-D, digital channel 29
*Laramie, Wyoming: K57AF, channel 57
*Manderson, Wyoming: K03GF, channel 3
*Marvine Creek: K69GJ, channel 69
*Meeker: K64BH, channel 64
*Meeteetse, Wyoming: K63BO, analog channel 63; K29IH-D, digital channel 29
*Nucla: K13SN, channel 13 (digital signal will be on channel 13)
*Peetz: K13FN, channel 18
*Piceance Creek: K07QB, channel 7
*Pleasant Valley: K20GK, channel 20
*Rangely: K26DP, channel 26
*Rio Blanco Valley: K38AG, channel 38
*Roan Creek: K04KF, channel 4
*Rulison: K61BN, analog channel 61; K32__-D, digital channel 32
*Silt: K49AH, channel 49 (digital signal will be on channel 49)
*South Fork, Wyoming: K02LG, analog channel 2; K24HW-D, digital channel 29
*Steamboat Springs: K58AQ, channel 58
*Sterling: K52EW, channel 52
*Thomasville: K14LQ, channel 14
*White Sulphur Springs, Montana: K08LI, channel 8
*White Sulphur Springs, Montana: K57CX, channel 57
*Wolf Point, Montana: K61CP, channel 61
*Wood River, Wyoming: K07RT, analog channel 7; K31JO-D, digital channel 31
*Wray: K50FJ, channel 50
*Yuma: K36FC, channel 36

KTSC translators

*Aguilar: K04KB, analog channel 4; K46JN-D, digital channel 46
*Cheyenne Wells: K68AQ, channel 68
*Coaldale: K59CL, analog channel 59; K33__-D, digital channel 33
*Crested Butte: K43AH, channel 43
*Crested Butte: K47BL, channel 47
*Del Norte: K02KJ, analog channel 2; K46JO-D, digital channel 46
*Del Norte-South Fork: K41DJ, channel 41
*Deora: K51CL, channel 51
*Durango: K29CZ, channel 29
*Eads: K56AG, channel 56
*Gunnison: K06HN, channel 6
*Ignacio: K52GA, analog channel 52; K36__-D, digital channel 36
*Jack's Cabin: K69BU, channel 69
*La Veta: K03FR, analog channel 3; K42ID-D, digital channel 42
*Lamar: K59AH, channel 59
*Las Animas: K69AN, channel 69
*Manitou Springs: K07PA, channel 7 (digital signal will be on channel 7)
*Ouray: K09PJ, channel 9 (digital signal will be on channel 9)
*Ouray: K61BR, analog channel 61; K33__-D, digital channel 33
*Pitkin: K15ED, channel 15
*Salida: K02JH, channel 2
*Salida: K53AR, analog channel 53; K31__-D, digital channel 31
*San Luis: K02KI, analog channel 2; K44IX-D, digital channel 44
*San Luis Valley: K55CL, analog channel 55; K32__-D, digital channel 32
*South Fork: K18DE, channel 18
*SW Baca County: K07UN, channel 7
*Springfield: K62CT, channel 62
*Trinidad: K15GL, channel 15 (digital signal will be on channel 15)
*Waunita Hot Springs: K51DI, channel 51

KRMJ translators

*Aspen: K08HN, channel 8
*Basalt: K36GX, channel 36
*Blanding, Utah: K43IN, channel 43
*Carbondale: K31CW, channel 31
*Mancos: K26CI, channel 36
*Redstone: K11VC, channel 11
*Thomasville: K04PO, channel 4

References

External links

* [http://www.rmpbs.org/ Rocky Mountain PBS Web site]
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*TVQ|KTSC
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*TVQ|KRMU
*TVQ|KRMZ
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