KNME-TV

KNME-TV (channel 5), branded on-air as NM PBS, is a PBS member television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Jointly owned by the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools, it is a sister station to Santa Fe–licensed KNMD-TV (channel 5). Both stations share studios on UNM's North Campus on University Boulevard Northeast in Albuquerque, while KNME-TV's transmitter is located atop Sandia Crest.

KNME-TV
CityAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Channels
BrandingNM PBS
Programming
Affiliations5.1: PBS
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KNMD-TV
History
First air date
May 1, 1958 (1958-05-01)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
5 (VHF, 1958–2009)
NET (1958–1970)
Call sign meaning
New Mexico Education
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55528
ERP250 kW
HAAT1,287 m (4,222 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′49.8″N 106°27′3.3″W
Translator(s)See below
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.newmexicopbs.org

History

In 1957, the University of New Mexico Board of Regents and Albuquerque Public Schools reached a deal to jointly file for the channel 5 educational allocation in Albuquerque.[2] The application was filed with the Federal Communications Commission on July 19 and granted on October 23.[3] Plans were drawn up to use the new station to beam junior college classes to outlying areas,[4] while a studio was set up in a converted sorority house on the UNM campus.[5]

Edith Buchanan's English class was the first program broadcast over KNME-TV on May 1, 1958.[6] By 1960, the station had expanded from college courses to provide programs for Albuquerque public school students in science and Spanish.[7] That same year, a Ford Foundation grant enabled the station to purchase its first video tape equipment.[8] In 1969, KNME began live coverage of the New Mexico state legislature.[8]

Television programs produced by New Mexico PBS

New Mexico PBS produces several television programs, including:

  • ¡Colores! – a weekly art series with stories devoted to the creative spirit.
  • New Mexico in Focus – a weekly, prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest.
  • Public Square – community engagement through meaningful dialogue.

Local programs have also included reports leading up to and after the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot and the Peabody Award-winning series Surviving Columbus on the Pueblo Indians (1992).[8]

Other initiatives

KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink, which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients. Satellite interviews from New Mexico on news networks like CNN often originate at New Mexico PBS. Shows distributed on WestLink include Democracy Now! and Creative Living with Sheryl Borden.[8]

From 1995 to 2010, KNME operated TALNET (an acronym for "Teach and Learn Network"), an educational cable channel for Albuquerque. It broadcast a mix of PBS and Annenberg Media programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KNME-TV[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
5.1 1080i16:9NMPBSMain KNME-TV programming / PBS
5.2 480iPBSKidsPBS Kids
5.3 FNXFNX
5.4 1080iWorldWorld
5.5 480iCreateCreate

KNME-TV was first in New Mexico to broadcast a digital signal, signing on KNME-DT in 2001.[8] On January 18, 2017, PBS Kids replaced the Spanish-language V-me network, which had aired on channel 5.2 for about ten years, with V-me planning to transition to a commercial cable channel in 2017.[10] The channel, however, had never caught on with Spanish-speaking audiences. Since Fall 2016, KNME carries First Nations Experience (FNX), a channel devoted to Native American programming.

On February 15, 2021, World Channel began airing on channel 5.4 and Create debuted on 5.5. These channels, simulcasts of KNMD-TV 9.1 and 9.2, were added in preparation for KNMD-TV's planned June 30 conversion to ATSC 3.0 format; KNMD-TV simulcasts the entire KNME multiplex.[11]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNME-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35.[12] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5.

Translators
City of license Call sign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Angel FireK33FK-D 330.36 kW661.1 m (2,169 ft)5555936°33′36.1″N 105°11′42″W
AztecK10CG-D 100.3 kW145 m (476 ft)5388136°40′17″N 108°13′55.2″W
K22NT-D 220.395 kW248.9 m (817 ft)5554136°48′53″N 107°53′33.2″W
Capulin, etc.K33GC-D 330.34 kW624.8 m (2,050 ft)5553336°42′19″N 103°52′36.8″W
ChamaK15JO-D 150.208 kW96.2 m (316 ft)5553836°53′59″N 106°36′12.1″W
CimarronK28GF-D 283.82 kW661.1 m (2,169 ft)5552736°33′36.1″N 105°11′42″W
Conchas DamK18HR-D 180.115 kW233.1 m (765 ft)1354435°16′11.1″N 104°13′20.9″W
CubaK34HF-D 340.647 kW336.7 m (1,105 ft)12796136°0′48″N 106°50′40.1″W
FarmingtonK31PM-D 313.17 kW167.1 m (548 ft)5556536°40′17″N 108°13′56.8″W
K36PP-D 360.403 kW239.8 m (787 ft)5554036°24′53.8″N 107°50′42.5″W
GallinaK31HB-D 310.373 kW330.1 m (1,083 ft)2304836°13′15″N 106°45′43.1″W
GallupK23FE-D 230.356 kW363.3 m (1,192 ft)5554535°36′16″N 108°40′51.2″W
Grants
Milan		K33GA-D 330.373 kW48.5 m (159 ft)5555835°7′9.1″N 107°54′4.2″W
Las VegasK33FL-D 0.345 kW131 m (430 ft)5555035°36′12.8″N 105°15′32.2″W
Moon RanchK23OO-D 230.56 kW539 m (1,768 ft)18346335°3′4.1″N 104°56′35.4″W
MoraK31EO-D 310.39 kW131.2 m (430 ft)2227535°57′36.1″N 105°21′14″W
MountainairKNME-TV (DRT) 0.2 kW697.3 m (2,288 ft)5552834°41′49″N 106°24′17.3″W
PenascoK33OE-D 330.62 kW351.5 m (1,153 ft)5556136°14′6″N 105°43′35″W
Quemado
Pie Town		K15HC-D 150.947 kW420.6 m (1,380 ft)16767334°17′0.2″N 107°54′46.1″W
RamahK31OX-D 310.339 kW87.5 m (287 ft)18465134°53′32.3″N 108°24′59.7″W
RatonK20CV-D 200.398 kW437.9 m (1,437 ft)5557936°40′59.1″N 104°24′52.9″W
Red RiverK15FV-D 150.042 kW2.6 m (9 ft)1345136°41′0.1″N 105°22′23″W
RoweKNME-TV (DRT) 310.2 kW183.4 m (602 ft)5552835°27′46.1″N 105°39′16″W
RoyK34FQ-D 340.361 kW117.2 m (385 ft)5554635°58′4.1″N 104°13′52.9″W
Santa RosaK30FP-D 300.34 kW29.7 m (97 ft)5934534°57′20.2″N 104°40′55″W
ShiprockK18LG-D 180.495 kW694 m (2,277 ft)19196336°27′30″N 109°5′39.3″W
K22NP-D 222.71 kW−9 m (−30 ft)6614936°48′16.7″N 108°41′41.6″W
SocorroK33PG-D 330.419 kW574.1 m (1,884 ft)12793234°4′18.2″N 106°57′46.9″W
TaosK15HD-D 150.289 kW−175.6 m (−576 ft)16767436°23′51″N 105°32′36″W
TecoloteK18LC-D 180.31 kW228.6 m (750 ft)18771735°24′15.1″N 105°11′25″W
ThoreauK31JR-D 310.39 kW388.7 m (1,275 ft)5552435°28′6″N 108°14′28.2″W
TohatchiK25QD-D 250.62 kW585.3 m (1,920 ft)6614435°54′36.8″N 108°46′30.8″W
Tres PiedrasK28GV-D 280.37 kW756.6 m (2,482 ft)5553936°51′34″N 106°1′9″W
Wagon MoundK36FQ-D 360.067 kW10.6 m (35 ft)5552536°0′19.1″N 104°42′13.9″W
White Oaks, etc.K22FN-D 220.64 kW262 m (860 ft)5552933°49′34.2″N 106°14′56″W
Zuni PuebloK33QD-D 331.05 kW86.6 m (284 ft)19835035°6′50.1″N 108°44′14.2″W
Window Rock, AZK33QC-D 2.52 kW−39.9 m (−131 ft)18900535°40′51″N 109°3′10.6″W

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for KNME-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Regents Approve TV Agreement With Schools". Albuquerque Journal. March 12, 1957. p. 2. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. FCC History Cards for KNME-TV
  4. "Valley To Get Classroom TV". Espanola Valley News. August 21, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  5. "Predict TV College Here Next February". Espanola Valley News. December 24, 1957. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. "Educational TV Station Begins Four-Day Schedule". Albuquerque Journal. May 3, 1958. p. 15. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. "Channel 5 Schedules Extended Instructional TV Programming". Albuquerque Journal. August 14, 1960. p. A-13. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  8. Gomez, Adrian (January 11, 2019). "New Mexico PBS station KNME marks 60 years on the air". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  9. RabbitEars TV Query for KNME
  10. Marszalek, Diana (January 6, 2017). "New Mexico PBS Turns Off Spanish-Language Network". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  11. "LMS #137830 Modification of a License for DTV Application, KNMD-TV". Federal Communications Commission. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  12. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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