Pioneer Public Television

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KWCM / KSMN

KWCM: Appleton, Minnesota KSMN: Worthington, Minnesota
Slogan	Proudly Serving (insert local town name here)
Channels	KWCM: 10 (VHF) KSMN: 20 (UHF) analog, KWCM: 31 (UHF) KSMN: 15 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company
Founded	1981
Call letters meaning	KWCM: West Central Minnesota KSMN: Southern Minnesota
Former affiliations	none
Website	www.pioneer.org

Pioneer Public Television is a regional public television network in the U.S. state of Minnesota, primarily serving the southwest and west-central portions of the state. Signals from the stations can also be received in parts of Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.

The organization is based in Appleton, Minnesota. The primary stations are KWCM channel 10 (31 digital) in Appleton and KSMN channel 20 (15 digital) in Worthington. Several other broadcast translators carry the signal into other communities. Pioneer Public TV is a member of the PBS network. It is operated by the West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company.

[edit] Pioneer-produced shows

Some locally-produced shows include Country Spires and two programs produced with the University of Minnesota Morris, Prairie Yard and Garden and Minnesota Rivers and Fields. These shows have also been shown on KTCI channel 17 in the Twin Cities as part of that station's "Minnesota Channel," which carries local shows on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

[edit] Broadcast Translators

In addition to its two primary transmitters, Pioneer Public TV also uses a network of broadcast translators to carry its signal:

Alexandria K30AF
Jackson K45EH
Fergus Falls K49FA
Windom K60AD
Frost K65FW

[edit] External links

KWCM Logo (1998)

Broadcast television in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market (Nielsen DMA #15)

Metro stations
KTCA 2 / KTCI 17 (PBS) - WCCO 4 (CBS) - KSTP 5 (ABC) - WTMS-CA 7 (TFU) - KMSP 9 (Fox) - KARE 11 (NBC) - WUMN-CA 13 (UNI) - WUCW 23 (The CW) - WFTC 29 (MNTV) - KPXM 41 (ION) - KSTC 45 (Ind)
Outer Areas
KCCO 7 / KCCW 12 (CBS) - WDAZ 8 (ABC) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (PBS) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (PBS) - KVLY 11 (NBC) - KVRR 15 (Fox) - KFTC 26 (MNTV) - WHWC 28 (PBS / WPT) - KSAX 42 / KRWF 43 (ABC)
Local cable television channels
FSN North - UHF-TV Inc. (K17FA / K34HO) (Willmar) See also: Broadcast television in the Fargo / Grand Forks amd Rochester/Austin markets

Broadcast television in the Mankato market (Nielsen DMA #200)

KEYC 12 (CBS)
Out-of-market stations available in Mankato:
KTCA 2 (PBS) - WCCO 4 (CBS) - KSTP 5 (ABC) - KAAL 6 (ABC) - KMSP 9 (Fox) - KARE 11 (NBC) - KSMQ 15 (PBS) - WFTC 29 (MNTV) See also: Broadcast television in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Rochester-Mason City-Austin markets

PBS Member Stations in the state of Minnesota

KTCA 2 / KTCI 17 (St. Paul) - WDSE 8 / WRPT-DT 31 (Duluth / Hibbing) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (Bemidji / Brainerd) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (Appleton / Worthington) - KSMQ 15 (Austin) - KCGE-DT 16 (Crookston)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Minnesota