KWSU-TV
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KWSU-TV (channel 10) is a 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's main signal serves a corner of the
KWSU-TV operates
Collectively branded as Northwest Public Broadcasting, the two stations cover southeastern Washington and north central Idaho as well as Wallowa County, Oregon.
History
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KWSU signed on the air on September 24, 1962, as KWSC-TV (standing for Washington State College, the name of Washington State University until 1959), and changed its callsign to KWSU-TV in March 1969, a year before the launch of PBS.[2]
The station used the Washington State University cougar logo as its official logo until 1976.
KWSU signed on KTNW on channel 31 on October 18, 1987. The channel 31 allotment in the Tri-Cities was briefly used in the late 1950s by KTRX, based in Kennewick, Washington, and since that station signed off, channel 31 in the Tri-Cities has been vacant until KTNW signed on.
KWSU discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
From 2017 to 2018, KWSU and KTNW used the "nwptv" branding. Since 2018, both stations have switched to the "Northwest Public Broadcasting" branding, which was a modified version of the "Northwest Public Television" branding used from 2006 to 2017.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KWSU-DT | Main KWSU-TV programming / PBS |
| 10.2 | 480i | 4:3 |
KWSU-RC | Create |
KWSU offered ResearchChannel on subchannel 10.2 until that service was discontinued in August 2010.
Translators
- KWSU-TV (DRT) 33 Spokane
- K34QC-D 34 Lewiston, ID
See also
- KTNW
- Northwest Public Radio
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWSU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KWSU-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). hraunfoss.fcc.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KWSU". RabbitEars.info.