KAMU-TV
Encyclopedia
KAMU-TV is a full-service, Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) member public television station in College Station, Texas
broadcasting on digital channel 12 from its transmitter near the university campus, and is owned and operated by Texas A&M University. KAMU-TV began broadcasting on February 15, 1970.
On April 1, 2003, KAMU was the first station in the region to begin broadcasting in HDTV. KAMU made the first live
HDTV broadcast in the region on April 22, 2004, with the program "Meet the Candidates 2004".
KAMU offered ResearchChannel
on subchannel 12.3, until that service folded in August 2010.
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....
(PBS) member public television station in College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
broadcasting on digital channel 12 from its transmitter near the university campus, and is owned and operated by Texas A&M University. KAMU-TV began broadcasting on February 15, 1970.
Live television
Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
HDTV broadcast in the region on April 22, 2004, with the program "Meet the Candidates 2004".
Digital television
| Sub-channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 12.1 | main KAMU/PBS programming in HD |
| 12.2 | Local weather information |
| 12.3 | PBS Kids PBS Kids PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10... |
KAMU offered ResearchChannel
ResearchChannel
The Research Channel was an educational television network based at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and operated by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions who contribute science-related programming to viewers in the United States and in other countries via...
on subchannel 12.3, until that service folded in August 2010.