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| Branding | PBS Reno |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | April 19, 1982 |
First air date | September 29, 1983 (41 years ago) (1983-09-29) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 5 (VHF, 1983–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Nevada Public Broadcasting |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10228 |
| ERP | 32.3kW |
| HAAT | 149.4 m (490 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°35′1.6″N119°47′58.6″W / 39.583778°N 119.799611°W /39.583778; -119.799611 |
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| Website | www |
KNPB (channel 5), brandedPBS Reno, is aPBS membertelevision station inReno, 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 betweenUS 395 andSR 445 inSun Valley.
In 1964, following authorization of federal matching grants for the construction ofnon-commercial educational television facilities, there was a proposal for a state network of educational television stations offering television programming originating fromLas Vegas. The proposal was opposed by educators in other parts of the state of Nevada, and theClark 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 onKOLO-TV). Cable systems in northwestern Nevada (including Reno andCarson City) piped inKVIE inSacramento, California, which was available over-the-air in the extreme western portions of the market. Northeastern Nevada, includingElko, was served byKUED inSalt 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 beingSesame Street. The station's studios and offices were located in the College of Education building on the campus of theUniversity 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 inSun Valley. A low-power digital translator, licensed asKNPB-LD and also broadcasting on channel 15, serves the communities surroundingLake Tahoe and theTruckee, California region from a location on the flanks ofMt. Rose. A network of other community translators retransmit KNPB's signal across much of northern Nevada and bordering portions of California.
Programs presented by KNPB includeWild Nevada andBeauty of Oil Painting with Gary and Kathwren Jenkins.[2][3]
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNPB1 | Main KNPB programming /PBS |
| 5.2 | KNPB2 | Create | ||
| 5.3 | 480i | KNPB3 | PBS Kids |
KNPB was the first television station to offer digital broadcasts on September 29, 2000. The station shut down its analog signal, overVHF channel 5, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were totransition 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-transitionUHF channel 15,[4] usingvirtual channel 5.