KNPB

KNPB (channel 5), branded on-air as PBS Reno, is a PBS member television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, owned by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. The station's studios are located on North Virginia Street in Reno, and its transmitter is located on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley.

This article is about the PBS station in Reno, Nevada. For the independence movement in West Papua, see National Committee for West Papua.
Not to be confused with WNPB-TV.
KNPB
Channels
BrandingPBS Reno
Programming
Affiliations5.1: PBS
5.2: Create
5.3: PBS Kids
Ownership
OwnerChannel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
History
FoundedApril 19, 1982
First air date
September 29, 1983 (1983-09-29)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
5 (VHF, 1983–2009)
Call sign meaning
Nevada Public Broadcasting
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10228
ERP32.3 kW
HAAT149.4 m (490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°35′1.6″N 119°47′58.6″W
Translator(s)33 (UHF) Tahoe City, CA
22 (UHF) Truckee, CA
For others, see below
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.pbsreno.org

History

In 1964, following authorization of federal matching grants for the construction of non-commercial educational television facilities, there was a proposal for a state network of educational television stations offering television programming originating from Las Vegas. The proposal was opposed by educators in other parts of the state of Nevada, and the Clark County School District's trustees gave up the proposal of a statewide service in 1966. KLVX signed on the air in March 1968 to serve Southern Nevada; Reno would not receive a public television station of its own until 1983. During that time, PBS programming was made available to Northern Nevada from the city's commercial stations on a per-program basis (i.e. Sesame Street was on KOLO). Cable systems in northwestern Nevada (Reno, Carson City) and northeastern California piped in KVIE in Sacramento, which was available over-the-air in the extreme western portions of the market. Northeastern Nevada, including Elko, was served by KUED in Salt Lake City, which also operated several over-the-air translators in the region; northeastern Nevada is part of the Salt Lake City market.

KNPB began broadcasting on September 29, 1983, with the first program being Sesame Street. The station's studios and offices were located in the College of Education building on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

In 1995, KNPB moved into its current facility on Virginia Street, also on the university campus. The station's main transmitter is located on Red Peak in Sun Valley. A low-power digital translator, licensed as KNPB-LD and also broadcasting on channel 15, serves the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe and the Truckee, California region from a location on the flanks of Mt. Rose. A network of other community translators retransmit KNPB's signal across much of northern Nevada and bordering portions of California.

KNPB Online went active on September 29, 1997.

Programming

Programs presented by KNPB include Wild Nevada and Beauty of Oil Painting with Gary and Kathwren Jenkins.[2][3]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming & Description of subchannel
5.11080i16:9KNPB1Main KNPB programming / PBS (The main schedule with programming from PBS, American Public Television, and other distributors.)
5.2KNPB2Create TV (How-to and lifestyle programming sourced from the PBS, American Public Television, and National Educational Telecommunications Association libraries.)
5.3480iKNPB3PBS Kids Channel (24/7 PBS Kids children's programming.)

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNPB was the first television station to offer digital broadcasts on September 29, 2000. The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.[4] 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 Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
AustinK35OS-D 350.04 kW194 m (636 ft)335339°20′47.7″N 117°24′3.3″WAustin Television Association
Battle MountainK19IU-D 190.24 kW653 m (2,142 ft)18783240°37′4.4″N 116°41′24.3″WLander County General Improvement District #1
K32CA-D 320.1 kW3649340°37′4.4″N 116°41′24.3″W
BeowaweK18JG-D 330.3 kW20 m (66 ft)18544540°37′14.04″N 116°41′20.78″WEureka County Television District
Carson CityK29ES-D 291.43 kW48 m (157 ft)1023239°12′49.8″N 119°46′13.6″WChannel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
DuckwaterK19IM-D 190.3 kW30.5 m (100 ft)18387339°26′59.47″N 115°59′55.75″WEureka County Television District
ElkoK15EE-D 151 kW308 m (1,010 ft)1938340°49′15.7″N 115°42′7.2″WElko Television District
K23FC-D 230.205 kW599 m (1,965 ft)1937940°41′59.7″N 115°54′12.2″W
EurekaK31LO-D 310.1 kW24.38 m (80 ft)18534739°26′59.47″N 115°59′55.75″WEureka County Television District
EurekaK33PI-D 330.3 kW765 m (2,510 ft)1984839°26′58.7″N 115°59′55.2″WEureka County Television District
GolcondaK24NQ-D 240.16 kW448 m (1,470 ft)18350641°9′17.7″N 117°28′17.1″WHumboldt County
K25IW-D 250.19 kW444 m (1,457 ft)16743641°9′18.6″N 117°28′19.4″W
HawthorneK15LG-D 150.661 kW981 m (3,219 ft)4269138°27′25.6″N 118°45′52.3″WMineral Television District #1
LovelockK18DP-D 181.2 kW651 m (2,136 ft)5233440°7′4.6″N 118°43′41.5″WPershing County TV Tax District
Mina
Luning		K25PU-D 250.493 kW33 m (108 ft)4270438°23′42″N 118°3′8″WMineral Television District #1
OrovadaK27MF-D 270.2 kW242 m (794 ft)19056541°28′27.6″N 118°3′30.5″WQuinn River Television Maintenance District
RyndonK16FV-D 160.154 kW−127 m (−417 ft)12703440°57′53.7″N 115°36′50.2″WElko Television District
SchurzK30PB-D 300.2 kW355 m (1,165 ft)7072938°58′0.7″N 118°53′25.5″WWalker River Paiute Tribe
Silver SpringsK31BM-D 310.276 kW588 m (1,929 ft)3936339°29′11.6″N 119°19′7.6″WChannel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
VerdiK36OB-D 361.2 kW813 m (2,667 ft)16810839°35′13.7″N 119°55′56.7″W
Walker LakeK19LS-D 190.661 kW−174 m (−571 ft)4269638°35′34.3″N 118°33′33.1″WMineral Television District #1
WellsK20JQ-D 201 kW398 m (1,306 ft)1938941°11′39.7″N 114°56′39.1″WElko Television District
WinnemuccaK15AL-D 150.11 kW693 m (2,274 ft)2808041°0′38.5″N 117°46′4.2″WHumboldt County
Cedarville, CAK22LE-D 220.104 kW−17 m (−56 ft)19035341°38′12.8″N 120°5′30.8″WOpen Sky Radio Corp.
Litchfield, CAK34KK-D 340.275 kW571 m (1,873 ft)2758840°7′0.6″N 120°19′9.7″WHoney Lake Community Television
Susanville, etc., CAK36HH-D 360.36 kW695 m (2,280 ft)2758440°26′47.9″N 120°21′28.5″W
Tahoe City, CAKNPB (DRT) 310.343 kW876.2 m (2,875 ft)1022839°2′34.6″N 119°52′52.6″WChannel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Truckee, CA220.24 kW903.6 m (2,965 ft)1022839°19′23″N 119°56′41″W

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for KNPB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Wild Nevada | Local Shows". KNPB. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  3. "Beauty of Oil Painting with Gary and Kathwren Jenkins | Create TV". Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. "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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