KAET
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Phoenix, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | Arizona PBS |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 () |
| Translators | See below |
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| Owner |
Arizona State University (Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University) |
| First air date | January 30, 1961 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Arizona Educational Television (AET also resembles the pronunciation of eight) |
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| Former affiliations | NET (1961–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 25.1 kW |
| Height | 549 m |
| Facility ID | 2728 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°19′59.2″N 112°3′51.2″W / 33.333111°N 112.064222°WCoordinates: 33°19′59.2″N 112°3′51.2″W / 33.333111°N 112.064222°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.azpbs.org |
KAET, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, known as Arizona PBS on air, is the PBS member television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on South Mountain in Phoenix. Its signal is relayed across Arizona on a network of 13 translator stations. Owned by the Arizona Board of Regents and operated by Arizona State University, KAET maintains studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on the campus of ASU Downtown Phoenix.
KAET was launched on January 30, 1961, as an affiliate for National Educational Television. Its programming originally consisted of educational programming directed at students attending ASU but its focus eventually widened along with that of PBS. In the mid-1990s, when the Phoenix market was undergoing a significant realignment of network affiliations, KAET was one of two major English-language stations (the other being KPNX) that did not change. In June 1999, KAET was issued a permit to construct digital television facilities on UHF channel 29. KAET-DT went on the air in April 2001 and was licensed on June 12, 2001, becoming the fifth licensed digital television station in Arizona.
Known for years as "Channel 8," the station began using "Arizona PBS" as a secondary brand in 2005. In 2006, the station relaunched as "Eight, Arizona PBS" (stylized as "ei8ht" in logos). When spoken, the moniker was similar to Five in the United Kingdom. This brand was dropped in 2015 in favor of simply "Arizona PBS."
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