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KCTS-TV

KCTS-TV
Kcts9.svg
Seattle - Tacoma, Washington
United States
City Seattle, Washington
Branding KCTS 9
Slogan InquisiTV
Channels Digital: 9 (VHF)
Virtual: 9 ()
Translators 18 K18AD-D Wenatchee
Affiliations
Owner Cascade Public Media
First air date December 7, 1954; 62 years ago (1954-12-07)
Call letters' meaning King County Community Television Service
Sister station(s) KYVE
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 9 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 41 (UHF, 1999-2009)
Former affiliations NET (1954–1970)
Transmitter power 21.7 kW
Height 249 m (817 ft)
Facility ID 33749
Transmitter coordinates 47°36′58″N 122°18′28″W / 47.61611°N 122.30778°W / 47.61611; -122.30778Coordinates: 47°36′58″N 122°18′28″W / 47.61611°N 122.30778°W / 47.61611; -122.30778
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kcts9.org
KYVE
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Yakima, Washington
United States
Branding KYVE 47
Channels Digital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 47 ()
Subchannels 47.1 PBS
47.2 PBS Kids
47.3 Create
Translators 17 K17IL-D Ellensburg
Affiliations PBS (1970-present)
Owner Cascade Public Media
First air date November 1, 1962; 54 years ago (1962-11-01)
Call letters' meaning Yakima Valley Educational
Sister station(s) KCTS-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
47 (UHF, 1962–2009)
Former affiliations NET (1962–1970)
Transmitter power 50 kW
Height 280 m (919 ft)
Facility ID 33752
Transmitter coordinates 46°31′58″N 120°30′33″W / 46.53278°N 120.50917°W / 46.53278; -120.50917
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kcts9.org/about/kyve47

KCTS-TV, channel 9, is a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, USA. KCTS-TV is the primary member station of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for the Seattle-Tacoma television market. The station's offices and studios are located at the northeast corner of Seattle Center, and its transmitter is on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

KCTS-TV also operates KYVE (channel 47) in Yakima, Washington, which serves as the PBS member station for the western portion of the Yakima/Tri-Cities market. KYVE has its own studio on Second Street in Yakima, though some support operations are based at KCTS' studios in Seattle.

KCTS first went on the air on December 7, 1954, broadcasting from the campus of the University of Washington, the station's original licensee, and using equipment donated by KING-TV owner Dorothy Bullitt.

During the 1950s and 1960s, KCTS primarily supplied classroom instructional programs used in Washington State's K–12 schools, plus National Educational Television programs. Outside of schoolrooms, KCTS' audience among the general public was somewhat limited, and most programming was in black-and-white until the mid-1970s.

In 1970, National Educational Television was absorbed into the newly created Public Broadcasting Service. As a PBS member station, KCTS began offering a vastly enhanced scope of programming for the general public, including British programming. KCTS is perhaps best known for producing/distributing the popular PBS Kids show Bill Nye the Science Guy, as well as other programs such as Students by Nature (not a PBS-distributed program), The Miracle Planet, and the annual televised high school academic competition KYVE Apple Bowl, among other shows.


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