KACV-TV
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KACV-TV is a public television station in Amarillo, Texas
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 8 as a PBS
member station. Founded in 1988, the station is owned by the city's community college, Amarillo College
. KACV-TV is operated on Amarillo College's Washington Street campus, along with sister-station KACV-FM
.
Amarillo was one of the last major cities to get its own PBS station; prior to then, viewers in the Texas Panhandle watched PBS either on Amarillo's commercial stations (on a per-program basis), or via cable on Dallas
' KERA-TV
, OETA
from Oklahoma, or New Mexico's KENW.
The station also produces local programming such as the weekly talk show
, Face to Face.
Digital channels>
Channel
Programming
2.1
KACV PBS-HD
2.2
V-Me
The HD service is also carried on the Suddenlink
Amarillo cable system.
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 8 as a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
member station. Founded in 1988, the station is owned by the city's community college, Amarillo College
Amarillo College
Amarillo College is a two-year fully accredited community college in Amarillo, Texas with over 10,000 students that was established in 1929 as Amarillo Junior College...
. KACV-TV is operated on Amarillo College's Washington Street campus, along with sister-station KACV-FM
KACV-FM
KACV-FM is a college radio station in Amarillo, Texas, USA. The station is owned and operated by the city's community college, Amarillo College, from its Washington Street campus by the radio / TV students of Amarillo College....
.
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
' KERA-TV
KERA-TV
KERA-TV, virtual channel 13 , is the PBS member station in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Licensed to Dallas, it broadcasts from a transmitter located in Cedar Hill. However, it also serves as the default PBS station for the Abilene, San Angelo and Tyler/Longview/Lufkin/Nacogdoches markets, as...
, OETA
Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
OETA , is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service member Non-commercial educational Public television stations covering the entire state of Oklahoma....
from Oklahoma, or New Mexico's KENW.
The station also produces local programming such as the weekly talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
, Face to Face.
Digital Programming
The station's digital channel, VHF 8, is multiplexed:V-me
V-me is a public television service in the United States, broadcasting only in Spanish. The 24-hour digital broadcast service was launched on March 5, 2007, and is currently available in over 75% of all U.S...
The HD service is also carried on the Suddenlink
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is a top-10 cable broadband services provider in the United States with approximately 1.4 million subscribers. Suddenlink operates in 18 states in primarily medium-sized communities. With its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, MO,...
Amarillo cable system.
