KVCR-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KVCR-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Widen Your Horizons
station_branding =
analog = 24 (UHF)
digital = 26 (UHF)
subchannels = 24.1 KVCR-TV HD 24.2 KVCR-TV SD 24.3 KVCR-TV Desert Cities 24.4 PBS Create
other_chs = KVCR-DT3:
K09XW Palm Springs
KJHP-LP 18 Morongo Valley
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = September 11, 1962
location = San Bernardino, California
callsign_meaning = Valley
College
Radio
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = San Bernardino Community College District
licensee =
sister_stations = KVCR-FM
former_affiliations = NET (1962-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 1320 kW (analog)
475 kW (digital)
HAAT = 509.5 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 58795
coordinates = coord|33|57|57.5|N|117|17|8.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kvcr.org/ www.kvcr.org]

KVCR-TV Channel 24 is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. The District also operates sister station KVCR-FM. KVCR-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1962, making it the first successful UHF television channel for the Los Angeles TV market. The station originally had its transmitter on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980s, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to Box Springs Mountain overlooking Moreno Valley. The higher location along with increased effective radiated power greatly increased the grade A and grade B signal coverage area of the station.

KVCR-TV is also the first non-commercial, public television station in Southern California and the third in the State of California. Channel 24 was preceded only by KQED, San Francisco and KVIE, Sacramento. KVCR predated KCET, Channel 28 by more than two years, KPBS, San Diego, by five years, KOCE, Channel 50, by a decade and KLCS by eleven years. KVCR is available on both Dish Network and DirecTV satellite services.

In the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate transmitter failures knocked both the TV and radio stations off the air for extended periods.

In addition to its main programming, KVCR also programs an alternate feed specifically for the Coachella Valley area known as KVCR Desert Cities. This alternate feed is seen over-the-air in the Palm Springs area on low-power stations K09XW channel 9 and KJHP-LP channel 18. [ [http://kvcr.org/pages/163.asp KVCR.org - Coverage Area] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kvcr.org/ Official KVCR Website]
* [http://www.r-vcr.com/~television/TV/TV24.htm R-VCR: all about KVCR in earlier years]
*TVQ|KVCR
**TVQ|K09XW
**TVQ|KJHP-LP
*BIA|KVCR|TV|TV