KWSU-TV

KWSU-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Pullman, Washington, United States. The station is owned by Washington State University. KWSU-TV's studios are located in the Murrow Communications Center on WSU's main campus in Pullman, and its transmitter is located on Kamiak Butte near Palouse, Washington.

KWSU-TV
Pullman/Clarkston, Washington
United States
CityPullman, Washington
ChannelsDigital: 10 (VHF)
Virtual: 10 (PSIP)
BrandingNorthwest Public Broadcasting
Programming
Affiliations10.1: PBS (1970–present)
10.2: KWSU Create
Ownership
OwnerWashington State University
Sister stationsKWSU (AM), KRFA-FM, KJEM-FM
History
First air dateSeptember 24, 1962 (1962-09-24)
Former call signsKWSC-TV (1962–c.1969)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
10 (VHF, 1962–2008)
Digital:
17 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliationsNET (1962–1970)
Call sign meaningWashington
State
University
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID71024
ERP23 kW
35 kW (application)
HAAT408 m (1,339 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°51′42.3″N 117°10′32.5″W
Translator(s)33 (UHF) Spokane
K34QC-D Lewiston, ID
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.nwpb.org

KWSU-TV serves a corner of the Spokane market as a "beta" station through the Program Differentiation Plan complementing KSPS-TV and Idaho Public Television. The station is carried on the Spokane DirecTV and Dish Network feeds, expanding its potential audience to over 600,000 people in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. KWSU-TV is also available on Xfinity systems in the Spokane area as a PEG channel, and operates a translator on UHF channel 33 in Spokane.

KWSU-TV operates sister station KTNW (channel 31) in Richland, Washington, which serves as a full PBS member for the Tri-Cities area. Although this station maintains its own studios on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland, master control and most internal operations are based at KWSU-TV's facilities.

Collectively branded as Northwest Public Broadcasting, the two stations cover southeastern Washington and north central Idaho as well as Wallowa County, Oregon.

History
Old KWSU/KTNW logo, before rebranding as "nwptv".

KWSU signed on the air on September 24, 1962 as KWSC-TV, becoming KWSU-TV in the 1970s.

KTNW made its debut on October 18, 1987. Prior to 1987, channel 31 was KTRX-TV, based in Kennewick, Washington, which was on the air briefly in the late-1950s.

KWSU has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [1]
10.11080i16:9KWSU-DTMain KWSU-TV programming / PBS
10.2480i4:3KWSU-RCCreate
gollark: I don't know what, but definitely something!
gollark: I managed to hack into the global financial system by typing very fast with a terminal open, so now I have money for a domain. osmarksdomain™ *is* inevitable.
gollark: Great!
gollark: Hi.
gollark: Coral Shoe Transfer Protocol when?

See also

References
  1. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KWSU#station


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