WKAR-TV
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East Lansing, Michigan United States |
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| Channels |
Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 23 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 23.1 PBS 23.2 World 23.3 Create 23.4 PBS Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner |
Michigan State University (Board of Trustees, Michigan State University) |
| First air date | January 15, 1954 |
| Sister station(s) | WKAR (AM), WKAR-FM |
| Former callsigns | WMSB (1959–1972, shared with WILX-TV) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 60 (UHF, 1954–1959) 10 (VHF, 1959–1972, shared with WILX-TV) 23 (UHF, 1972–2009) Digital: 55 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1954–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 425 kW |
| Height | 295.5 m (969 ft) |
| Facility ID | 6104 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°42′7″N 84°24′48″W / 42.70194°N 84.41333°W |
| Website | tv.wkar.org |
WKAR-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for the Central Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is licensed to East Lansing. Owned by Michigan State University and operated as part of its Broadcasting Services Division, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40, which redirects to its former analog channel 23 via PSIP).
WKAR-TV's studios and offices are located in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, at the southeast corner of Wilson and Red Cedar Roads on the MSU campus in East Lansing. Its transmitter is located on Kinawa Road in Meridian Township, Michigan between East Lansing and Williamston. WKAR transmits its signal from an antenna with a height of 969 feet (295 m).
WKAR's SD channel is available on Comcast's Flint system on channel 21 and on Charter's Durand system on channel 10, but for unknown reasons, none of its digital subchannels are available.
WKAR-TV went on the air in January 1954, broadcasting on channel 60. It took its call letters from WKAR radio (which first went on the air in 1922 with the call letters being assigned randomly, and do not reflect the university's early agricultural roots). It is the second-oldest educational television station in the United States, and the oldest east of the Mississippi River. It was the third station on the air, but the second, in Los Angeles, went dark not long after it went on. KUHT in Houston is the oldest.
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