Twin Cities Public Television
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St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota United States |
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| Branding | tpt |
| Channels |
Digital: KTCA: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 () Digital: KTCI: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 2.3 () |
| Subchannels | 2.1 tpt-2HD/PBS (KTCA) 2.2 tpt-MN (KTCA) 2.3 tpt-Life (KTCI) 2.4 PBS Kids (KTCA) 2.5 tpt-WX (KTCA) 2.6 tpt-MN (KTCI) |
| Translators | see article |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner | Twin Cities PBS, Inc. |
| First air date |
KTCA: September 16, 1957 KTCI: May 4, 1965 |
| Call letters' meaning | KTCA: Twin Cities Area |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: KTCA: 2 (VHF, 1957–2009) KTCI: 17 (UHF, 1965–2009) Digital: KTCI: 16 (UHF, 1999–2010) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1957–1970) |
| Transmitter power |
KTCA: 662 kW KTCI: 375 kW |
| Height |
KTCA: 411.1 m KTCI: 412.9 m |
| Facility ID |
KTCA: 68594 KTCI: 68597 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
Both stations: 45°3′30″N 93°7′27″W / 45.05833°N 93.12417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
/ KTCI-TV Profile / KTCI-TV CDBS |
| Website | www.tpt.org |
Twin Cities PBS (abbreviated TPT, from the name Twin Cities Public Television used until 2015) is a non-profit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities' two Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television stations, KTCA-TV (digital channel 34, PSIP channel 2.1) and KTCI-TV (digital channel 23, PSIP channel 2.3). It produces programs for regional and national television broadcast, operates numerous Web sites, and produces rich media content for Web distribution.
Twin Cities Public Television was incorporated in 1955 as Twin City Area Educational Television.
KTCA (channel 2) began broadcasting as the first non-commercial Public television station in the state on September 16, 1957 from shabby, WWII wooden barracks-type structure on the University of Minnesota Agricultural Campus. The studios and offices were moved in the '60 to what was known as the Minnesota Statehood Centennial Memorial Building for Education Television, at 1640 Como Avenue in Saint Paul. (Incidentally, that building now houses another Twin Cities commercial television station-WUCW, channel 23.) KTCA's first program was "Exploring Science". A second station, KTCI (channel 17), was launched on May 4, 1965. Channel 17 was originally assigned to the Tedesco Brothers in the early 1950s to be a Commercial broadcasting station, WCOW-TV (see KDWB) affiliated with the DuMont network, but this station never made it to air. In 1967, KTCA became the first educational television station in the United States to broadcast in color, then in 1977, it changed its corporate name to the current Twin Cities Public Television.
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