KNPB

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Television station in Reno, Nevada

title: "KNPB" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1983-establishments-in-nevada", "pbs-member-stations", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1983", "television-stations-in-reno,-nevada"] description: "Television station in Reno, Nevada" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNPB" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Reno, Nevada ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

FieldValue
callsignKNPB
logoPBS Reno logo (2019).png
imageKNPB (Reno, Nevada).jpg
brandingPBS Reno
digital15 (UHF)
virtual5
translators
affiliations
foundedApril 19, 1982
airdate
locationReno, Nevada
countryUnited States
callsign_meaningNevada Public Broadcasting
former_channel_numbersAnalog: 5 (VHF, 1983–2009)
ownerChannel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
erp32.3 kW
haat149.4 m
facility_id10228
coordinates
licensing_authorityFCC
website
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::callout[type=note] the PBS station in Reno, Nevada ::

| callsign = KNPB | city = | logo = PBS Reno logo (2019).png | image = KNPB (Reno, Nevada).jpg | branding = PBS Reno | analog = | digital = 15 (UHF) | virtual = 5 | subchannels = | translators = | affiliations = | network = | founded = April 19, 1982 | airdate = | location = Reno, Nevada | country = United States | callsign_meaning = Nevada Public Broadcasting | former_callsigns = | former_channel_numbers = Analog: 5 (VHF, 1983–2009) | owner = Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. | licensee = | sister_stations = | former_affiliations = | erp = 32.3 kW | haat = 149.4 m | class = | facility_id = 10228 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website = KNPB (channel 5), branded PBS Reno, is a PBS member television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, owned by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. The station's studios are located at the E. L. Cord Public Telecommunications Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno on North Virginia Street in Reno, and its transmitter is located on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley.

History

In 1964, following authorization of federal matching grants for the construction of non-commercial educational television facilities, there was a proposal for a state network of educational television stations offering television programming originating from Las Vegas. The proposal was opposed by educators in other parts of the state of Nevada, and the Clark 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 on KOLO-TV). Cable systems in northwestern Nevada (including Reno and Carson City) piped in KVIE in Sacramento, California, which was available over-the-air in the extreme western portions of the market. Northeastern Nevada, including Elko, was served by KUED in Salt 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 being Sesame Street. The station's studios and offices were located in the College of Education building on the campus of the University 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 in Sun Valley. A low-power digital translator, licensed as KNPB-LD and also broadcasting on channel 15, serves the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe and the Truckee, California region from a location on the flanks of Mt. Rose. A network of other community translators retransmit KNPB's signal across much of northern Nevada and bordering portions of California.

Programming

Programs presented by KNPB include Wild Nevada and Beauty of Oil Painting with Gary and Kathwren Jenkins.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of KNPB"]

ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming5.15.25.3
1080i16:9KNPB1Main KNPB programming / PBS
KNPB2Create
480iKNPB3PBS Kids
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Analog-to-digital conversion

KNPB was the first television station to offer digital broadcasts on September 29, 2000. The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition 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-transition UHF channel 15, using virtual channel 5.

Translators

References

References

  1. "Wild Nevada {{!}} Local Shows". KNPB.
  2. "Beauty of Oil Painting with Gary and Kathwren Jenkins {{!}} Create TV".
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds".

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