KNPB
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Reno, Nevada United States |
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| City | Reno |
| Branding | KNPB |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | 5.1 PBS 5.2 Create 5.3 PBS Kids |
| Translators | see list below |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| First air date | September 29, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | Nevada Public Broadcasting |
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Analog: 5 (VHF, 1983–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 32.3 kW |
| Height | 149.4 m |
| Facility ID | 10228 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°35′2″N 119°47′55″W / 39.58389°N 119.79861°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KNPB, virtual channel, 5, is the PBS television station for Western Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 (virtual channel 5.1 via ) from a transmitter facility shared with KAME-TV on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 785. Founded on April 19, 1982, the station is owned and operated by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc, a community licensee.
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. Prior to 1983, PBS programming was made available to Reno either from the city's commercial stations on a per-program basis, (i.e. Sesame Street was on KOLO) or via cable from KVIE in Sacramento, the nearest PBS station available.
In the early 1990s, 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.
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