KVCR-TV

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KVCR-TV

San Bernardino, California
Slogan	Widen Your Horizons
Channels	24 (UHF) analog, 26 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	San Bernardino Community College District
Founded	September 11, 1962
Call letters meaning	Valley College Radio
Transmitter Power	1320 kW/509 m (analog) 475 kW/509.5 m (digital)
Website	www.kvcr.org

KVCR-TV Channel 24 is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. The District also operates sister station KVCR-FM. KVCR-TV programs also reach Palm Springs viewers on translator channel 9, K09XW. KVCR-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1962, making it the first successful UHF television channel for the Los Angeles TV market. The station originally had its transmitter on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980's, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to Box Springs Mountain overlooking Moreno Valley. The higher location along with increased effective radiated power greatly increased the grade A and grade B signal coverage area of the station.

KVCR-TV is also the first non-commercial, public television station in Southern California and the third in the State of California. Channel 24 was preceded only by KQED, San Francisco and KVIE, Sacramento. KVCR predated KCET, Channel 28 by more than two years, KPBS, San Diego, by five years, and KOCE, Channel 50, by a decade. KVCR is available on both Dish Network and Directv satellite services.

In the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate transmitter failures knocked both the TV and radio stations off the air for extended periods.

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Broadcast television in the Los Angeles market (Nielsen DMA #2)

KCBS 2 (CBS) - KNBC 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KTLA 5 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - KSFV-LP 6 (Ind/Spanish/Religious) - KABC 7 (ABC, News on DT2, AccuWX TV on DT3) - KCAL 9 (Ind/CBS) - KTTV 11 (Fox) - KCOP 13 (MNTV) - KSCI 18 (Ind) - KWHY 22 (Ind/Spanish) - KVCR 24 (PBS) - KBLM-LP 25 (Ind/Spanish) - KNET-LP 25 (Ind/Infomercials) - KNLA-LP 27 (Ind/Spanish) - KZSW-LP 27 (Ind/IELN) - KCET 28 (PBS, Kids on DT2) - KPXN 30 (ION) - KMEX 34 (UNI) - KPAL-LP 38 (Ind) - KSKJ-CA 38 / KSKP-CA 25 (Ind) - KTBN 40 (TBN) - KXLA 44 (Ind) - KLAU-LP 45 (Ind/Infomercials) - KFTR 46 (TFU) - KOCE 50 (PBS, Kids on DT2, Orange Cty. on DT3) - KVEA 52 (TEL) - KAZA 54 (AZA) - KDOC 56 (Ind) - K57KF 57 (Almavision) - KJLA 57 / KSMV-LP 33 / KSGA-LP 64 (Ind) - KLCS 58 (PBS, Kids on DT2, Create! on DT3, Annenberg/CPB on DT4) - KRCA 62 (Ind) - KBEH 63 (MTV3) - KHIZ 64 (A1) - KHTV-LP 67 (HSN)
Local digital television channels KVMD 23 (Ind/A1)
Local cable television channels FSN West - FSN Prime Ticket
Past broadcast stations KKOG 16 (IND) - KVST / KEEF 68 (non-commercial)
See also Broadcast television in the San Diego / Tijuana, Imperial Valley / Yuma / El Centro, and Central Coast markets

Broadcast television in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs / Indio / Twentynine Palms) market (Nielsen DMA #149)
KCWQ-LP 2 (The CW) - KVER-CA 4 / KVES-LP 28 (UNI) - KEVC-CA 5 (TFU) - K06MB 6 (GALA) - KVPS-LP 8 (MTV3) - K09XW 9 (PBS) - KYAV-LP 12 (AZA) - KUNA-LP 15 (TEL) - KODG-LP 17 (Ind) - K19DH 19 (FN) - K21DO 21 (3ABN) - KDFX-CA 33 (Fox) - KMIR 36 (NBC) - KPSP-LP 38 (CBS) - K40ID 40 (TBN) - KESQ 42 (ABC) - KDPX-LP 45 (ION) - KPSE-LP 50 (MNTV)
Local digital television channels
KVMD 23 (Ind/A1)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of California
KVIE 6 (Sacramento) - KIXE 9 (Redding) - KQED 9 (San Francisco) - KEET 13 (Eureka) - KPBS 15 (San Diego) - KVPT 18 / KVPT-LP 34 (Fresno / Bakersfield) - KRCB 22 (Cotati) - KVCR 24 (San Bernardino) - KCET 28 (Los Angeles) - KCSM 43¹ (San Mateo) - KOCE 50 (Huntington Beach) - KTEH 54 / KCAH 25 (San Jose / Watsonville) - KLCS 58 (Los Angeles)
¹-- KCSM is a digital-only station.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California