KSPS-TV
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| Spokane, Washington | |
| Channels | 7 (VHF) analog, 8 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Spokane Public Schools (Spokane School District No. 81) |
| Founded | April 19, 1967 |
| Call letters meaning | Spokane Public Schools |
| Website | http://www.ksps.org/ |
KSPS-TV, channel 7, is the PBS station in Spokane, Washington. It also has a significant presence in the cities of Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta. The station broadcasts its main signal from its site at Krell Hill, a.k.a. "Tower Mountain".
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[edit] History
The station first signed on the air on April 26, 1967 from the basement of Spokane Public Schools' Adams Elementary. A series of school levy failures in the early 1970s forced the station to secure alternate funding through other sources, and in 1972, Friends of Seven was founded to provide financial support to KSPS.
[edit] Programming
KSPS provides a mix of diverse programing from PBS and local sources, as well as instructional programming. The station's signal coverage can be seen in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and in parts of British Columbia and Alberta. It is available on both cable and satellite systems in Western Canada. The majority of the station's private donations from telethons come from Calgary and Edmonton, despite the fact that the station is based in Spokane. Also, it is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider.
[edit] Translators
Idaho
- Bonners Ferry - Channel 56
- Couer D' Alene - Channel 44
- Lewiston/Clarkston - Channel 68
- Priest Lake - Channel 5/31
- Sandpoint - Channel 24
Montana
- Kalispell/Big Horn/Lakeside, MT - Channel 67
- Kalispell/Whitefish/Columbia Falls, Mt - Channel 29
- Libby and surrounding area, MT - Channel 11 and 68
- Missoula, MT - K32EU Channel 32
- Troy, MT - Channel 13
Oregon
- Milton Freewater, OR - Channel 69
Washington
- Brewster/Pateros, WA - Channel 56
- Cashmere/Peshastin/Dryden, WA - Channel 40
- Ellesford/Tonaskat, WA - Channel 67
- Ephrata/Soap Lake, WA - Channel 60
- Goat Mtn., WA - Channel 44
- Lake Wenatchee, WA - Channel 13
- Leavenworth, WA - Channel 57
- Malot, WA - Channel 67
- Manson/Chelan, WA - Channel 69
- Moses Lake, WA - Channel 52
- Odessa, WA - Channel 64
- Omak/Okanagan, WA - Channel 13
- Prescott, WA - Channel 30
- Quincy, WA - Channel 50
- Wenatchee, WA - Channel 61 and 67
[edit] Tower Collapse
On November 29, 2006, at approximately 2:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, the top 200 feet of the station's antenna at the Krell Hill transmission site collapsed, disrupting its off-air signal. The circumstances regarding the tower collapse are unknown. An engineering crew is surveying the site and the structure to determine the cause of the collapse, and if there is any way to save the tower. Other area television broadcasters, as well as Comcast cable, have promised to lend short-term support, in the event the tower is unsalvageable.
Cable and satellite feeds in the US and Canada were not affected, as fiber is used to transmit its signal to the headends. It is unclear if service via low-power repeaters has been affected. [1]
[edit] External links
- KSPS - Public Television
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KSPS-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K32EU
| Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market (Nielsen DMA #77) |
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Spokane / Coeur d'Alene: (Inland Empire) |
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Lewiston / Clarkston / Pullman / Moscow: (Quad Cities) |
| Broadcast television in the Missoula market (Nielsen DMA #168) | ||
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KPAX 8 / K18AJ 18 (CBS/MTN) - KUFM 11 (PBS) - KECI 13 / KCFW 9 (NBC) - KMMF 17 / 34 (Fox) - KTMF 23 / 42 (ABC) - K32EU 32 (PBS) - K42EO 42 (TBN) - K50CP 50 (COR) - KMTM-LP 61 (Ind.) |
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| Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location |
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Spokane: KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC) |
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| See also: Broadcast Television in Great Falls, Helena, and Spokane | ||
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KSPS 7 (Spokane) - KCTS 9 / KYVE 47 (Seattle / Yakima) - KWSU 10 / KTNW 31 (Pullman / Richland) - KBTC 28 / KCKA 15 (Tacoma / Centralia) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Washington | |
Categories: Incomplete film, television, or video lists | Television stations in Spokane | Television stations in Missoula | Television stations in Washington | PBS member stations | Television stations in Montana | Channel 7 TV stations in the United States | Television channels and stations established in 1967
