KPBS (TV)
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FCC | |
Facility ID | 6124 |
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ERP | 285 kW |
HAAT | 572.7 m (1,879 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°41′52.7″N 116°56′6.3″W / 32.697972°N 116.935083°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
KPBS (channel 15) is a
History
In 1960, San Diego State College (now San Diego State University) applied for a
KPBS started broadcasting digital television on November 21, 2001.
On January 1, 2011, when Los Angeles' longtime PBS station
By the middle of the 2010s, KPBS experienced budgetary constraints and erosion of viewership. The locally produced current affairs show Full Focus attracted less than one percent of the potential audience. One of the ways to increase viewership was to increase the number of subchannels as other public TV stations had done.[8]
On March 26, 2019, the digital signal has been moved to UHF channel 19 as a result of
News programming
KPBS produces a nightly half-hour news program on weeknights titled KPBS Evening Edition, a self-contained television newscast that is an extension of the Midday Edition newscast aired by its radio sister. KPBS' news department is editorially independent from the station's management, San Diego State University and corporate underwriters and donors. The station's investigative reports are conducted in collaboration with the nonprofit newsgathering organization Investigative Newsource, which shares a newsroom with KPBS television and radio at the Campanile Drive studios.
The station collaborates on breaking news coverage and shares news video with the local ABC affiliate KGTV (channel 10).
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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15.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KPBSHD | PBS |
15.2 | KPBS2H | World / local programming | ||
15.3 | 480i | Create | Create | |
15.4 | Kids | PBS Kids |
The initial lineup consisted of two multiplexed channels: the main high definition channel in 720p and the standard definition channel in 480i, the latter used for DTV simulcast of analog channel 15.[5][11] In 2006, an SD sub-channel was added, carrying content from Create.[12] That same year, the main HD channel was switched from 720p to 1080i.[11] Later that year, KPBS dropped the simulcast of analog channel 15 and implemented statistical multiplexing.[13]
In 2007, KPBS replaced Create with V-me, a 24/7 Spanish-language public television channel.[14]
In January 2017, V-me ended its multicast service for public television, transitioning to commercial cable. KPBS, along with many other PBS affiliates, replaced V-me with the PBS Kids multicast channel.[15] KPBS relaunched Create subchannel and added one more subchannel, KPBS2. John Decker, director of programming at KPBS in San Diego, explained that multicasts such as PBS Kids, Create, World, and locally developed programming "give public TV an opportunity to increase value and thus loyalty among viewers" as well as "allow KPBS to expand its universe".[16]
Simultaneously with the 2017 lineup change, KPBS switched its HD format from 1080i to 720p and changed aspect ratio of SD channels from 4:3 to 16:9. Image quality degradation, caused by sharing of available bandwidth over four multiplexed channels, was noticed by viewers.[17]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPBS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KPBS Honors the Late Conrad Prebys with New Building Name". KPBS.org. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "KAAR/39, San Diego CA". uhfhistory.com. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KPBS. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "KPBS-DT (San Diego) live November 21st". avsforum.com. November 21, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print
- ^ Dotinga, Randy (January 4, 2009). "Station Identification: KPBS Faces 'Time of Tremendous Change'". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Rescan Day for San Diego County is March 26". February 9, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KPBS
- ^ a b "KPBS 15.1, 15.2 quality?". January 27, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "KPBS "Create"". January 7, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Your opinion about KPBS-HD picture quality". March 6, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "KPBS 15.2 CREATE Carriage". January 11, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Sefton, Dru (December 14, 2016). "Spanish-language multicaster Vme will soon drop public TV service". current.org. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ Sefton, Dru (January 15, 2017). "Launch of PBS Kids streaming channel reshapes multicast lineups". current.org. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "KPBS Sub Channels". sandiegohdtv.org. December 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2017.