KVIE
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| KVIE | |
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| Sacramento, California | |
| Branding | KVIE-TV |
| Channels | 6 (VHF) analog, 53 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | KVIE, Inc. |
| Founded | February 23, 1959 |
| Call letters meaning | K VI = Roman numeral 6 Education |
| Website | www.kvie.org |
KVIE is the local PBS station in Sacramento, California, USA. It operates on VHF channel 6. Its transmitter is located near Walnut Grove, California. The station broadcasts from a 2000 foot tall tower owned by KTXL. The VI in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the E stands for education.
KVIE signed on the air on February 23, 1959. During its early years, it operated daily only in the afternoons and evenings (during the school year) and nearly all day on the weekends. By the end of the 1970s it was on all day throughout, and in the mid-1980s moved to 24-hour-a-day programming.
In addition to PBS programming, KVIE produces in-house programs for distribution locally, regionally and nationwide, such as America's Heartland, ViewFinder, Central Valley Chronicles, and California Heartland.
Like other PBS stations, KVIE has held many fund-raising events. For over three decades until the early 1990s, it held an annual auction during the early summer months from many different venues, and emceed by numerous personalities from Sacramento broadcasting. The station also has (and continues to hold) occasional pledge drives.
Among KVIE's personalities have been former news anchors George Reading and Pat McConahay, former weather anchor Bette Vasquez, and Christina Dillon (the only key personality from the annual auction who still appears on KVIE today).
The station is independently owned and operated, governed by a volunteer board of directors.
[edit] Digital Television
KVIE-DT is an ATSC digital television signal broadcast over channel 53 from Walnut Grove. Effective October 1, 2005, two sub-channels are available:
HDTV:
- KVIEHD - PBS National High-Definition
- KVIE2 - Cable 7 simulcast on DT6.2 / 53.2
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| Broadcast television in the Sacramento / Stockton / Modesto market (Nielsen DMA #20) | |
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KCRA 3 (NBC) (WX Plus) on DT2 - KVIE 6 (PBS) - KBTV-CA 8 (Ind.) - KXTV 10 (ABC) (AccuWX TV) on DT2 - KOVR 13 (CBS) - KMMK-LP 14/KMUM-CA 15/KMMW-LP 47 (MMA/MTV3) - KAZV-LP 14 (AmericanLife, A1) - KUVS 19 (UNI) - KBSV 23 (Ind.) - K27EU 27 (3ABN) - KSPX 29 (ION) - KMAX 31 (The CW) - KCSO 33 (TMD) - KTXL 40 (FOX) - KTNC 42 (AZA) - KRJR-CA 47/KDTS-CA 52/KACA-LP 61 (DS) - KSAO-LP 49/KSTV-LP 60 (Jewelry TV) - KQCA 58 (MNTV) - KTFK 64 (TFU) |
| PBS Member Stations in the state of California | |
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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) |
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1-- KCSM is a digital-only station. |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California | |
