KNME-TV

KNME-TV
CityAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Channels
BrandingNM PBS
Programming
Affiliations5.1: PBS
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KNMD-TV
History
First air date
May 1, 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-05-01)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
5 (VHF, 1958–2009)
NET (1958–1970)
Call sign meaning
New Mexico Education
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55528
ERP250 kW
HAAT1,287 m (4,222 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′49.8″N 106°27′3.3″W / 35.213833°N 106.450917°W / 35.213833; -106.450917
Translator(s)See below
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.newmexicopbs.org

KNME-TV (channel 5), branded on-air as NM PBS, is a PBS member television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Jointly owned by the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools, it is a sister station to Santa Fe–licensed KNMD-TV (channel 5). Both stations share studios on UNM's North Campus on University Boulevard Northeast in Albuquerque, while KNME-TV's transmitter is located atop Sandia Crest.

History

In 1957, the University of New Mexico Board of Regents and Albuquerque Public Schools reached a deal to jointly file for the channel 5 educational allocation in Albuquerque. The application was filed with the Federal Communications Commission on July 19 and granted on October 23. Plans were drawn up to use the new station to beam junior college classes to outlying areas, while a studio was set up in a converted sorority house on the UNM campus.

Edith Buchanan's English class was the first program broadcast over KNME-TV on May 1, 1958. By 1960, the station had expanded from college courses to provide programs for Albuquerque public school students in science and Spanish. That same year, a Ford Foundation grant enabled the station to purchase its first video tape equipment. In 1969, KNME began live coverage of the New Mexico state legislature.

Television programs produced by New Mexico PBS

New Mexico PBS produces several television programs, including:

  • ¡Colores! – a weekly art series with stories devoted to the creative spirit.
  • New Mexico in Focus – a weekly, prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest.
  • Public Square – community engagement through meaningful dialogue.

Local programs have also included reports leading up to and after the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot and the Peabody Award-winning series Surviving Columbus on the Pueblo Indians (1992).

Other initiatives

KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink, which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients. Satellite interviews from New Mexico on news networks like CNN often originate at New Mexico PBS. Shows distributed on WestLink include Democracy Now! and Creative Living with Sheryl Borden.

From 1995 to 2010, KNME operated TALNET (an acronym for "Teach and Learn Network"), an educational cable channel for Albuquerque. It broadcast a mix of PBS and Annenberg Media programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KNME-TV
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
5.1 1080i 16:9 NMPBS Main KNME-TV programming / PBS
5.2 480i PBSKids PBS Kids
5.3 FNX FNX
5.4 1080i World World
5.5 480i Create Create

KNME-TV was first in New Mexico to broadcast a digital signal, signing on KNME-DT in 2001. On January 18, 2017, PBS Kids replaced the Spanish-language V-me network, which had aired on channel 5.2 for about ten years, with V-me planning to transition to a commercial cable channel in 2017. The channel, however, had never caught on with Spanish-speaking audiences. Since Fall 2016, KNME carries First Nations Experience (FNX), a channel devoted to Native American programming.

On February 15, 2021, World Channel began airing on channel 5.4 and Create debuted on 5.5. These channels, simulcasts of KNMD-TV 9.1 and 9.2, were added in preparation for KNMD-TV's planned June 30 conversion to ATSC 3.0 format; KNMD-TV simulcasts the entire KNME multiplex.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNME-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5.

Translators

City of license Call sign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Angel Fire K33FK-D 33 0.36 kW 661.1 m (2,169 ft) 55559 36°33′36.1″N 105°11′42″W / 36.560028°N 105.19500°W / 36.560028; -105.19500 (K33FK-D)
Aztec K10CG-D 10 0.3 kW 145 m (476 ft) 53881 36°40′17″N 108°13′55.2″W / 36.67139°N 108.232000°W / 36.67139; -108.232000 (K10CG-D)
K22NT-D 22 0.395 kW 248.9 m (817 ft) 55541 36°48′53″N 107°53′33.2″W / 36.81472°N 107.892556°W / 36.81472; -107.892556 (K22NT-D)
Capulin, etc. K33GC-D 33 0.34 kW 624.8 m (2,050 ft) 55533 36°42′19″N 103°52′36.8″W / 36.70528°N 103.876889°W / 36.70528; -103.876889 (K33GC-D)
Chama K15JO-D 15 0.208 kW 96.2 m (316 ft) 55538 36°53′59″N 106°36′12.1″W / 36.89972°N 106.603361°W / 36.89972; -106.603361 (K15JO-D)
Cimarron K28GF-D 28 3.82 kW 661.1 m (2,169 ft) 55527 36°33′36.1″N 105°11′42″W / 36.560028°N 105.19500°W / 36.560028; -105.19500 (K28GF-D)
Conchas Dam K18HR-D 18 0.115 kW 233.1 m (765 ft) 13544 35°16′11.1″N 104°13′20.9″W / 35.269750°N 104.222472°W / 35.269750; -104.222472 (K18HR-D)
Cuba K34HF-D 34 0.647 kW 336.7 m (1,105 ft) 127961 36°0′48″N 106°50′40.1″W / 36.01333°N 106.844472°W / 36.01333; -106.844472 (K34HF-D)
Farmington K31PM-D 31 3.17 kW 167.1 m (548 ft) 55565 36°40′17″N 108°13′56.8″W / 36.67139°N 108.232444°W / 36.67139; -108.232444 (K31PM-D)
K36PP-D 36 0.403 kW 239.8 m (787 ft) 55540 36°24′53.8″N 107°50′42.5″W / 36.414944°N 107.845139°W / 36.414944; -107.845139 (K36PP-D)
Gallina K31HB-D 31 0.373 kW 330.1 m (1,083 ft) 23048 36°13′15″N 106°45′43.1″W / 36.22083°N 106.761972°W / 36.22083; -106.761972 (K31HB-D)
Gallup K23FE-D 23 0.356 kW 363.3 m (1,192 ft) 55545 35°36′16″N 108°40′51.2″W / 35.60444°N 108.680889°W / 35.60444; -108.680889 (K23FE-D)
Grants
Milan
K33GA-D 33 0.373 kW 48.5 m (159 ft) 55558 35°7′9.1″N 107°54′4.2″W / 35.119194°N 107.901167°W / 35.119194; -107.901167 (K33GA-D)
Las Vegas K33FL-D 0.345 kW 131 m (430 ft) 55550 35°36′12.8″N 105°15′32.2″W / 35.603556°N 105.258944°W / 35.603556; -105.258944 (K33FL-D)
Moon Ranch K23OO-D 23 0.56 kW 539 m (1,768 ft) 183463 35°3′4.1″N 104°56′35.4″W / 35.051139°N 104.943167°W / 35.051139; -104.943167 (K23OO-D)
Mora K31EO-D 31 0.39 kW 131.2 m (430 ft) 22275 35°57′36.1″N 105°21′14″W / 35.960028°N 105.35389°W / 35.960028; -105.35389 (K31EO-D)
Mountainair KNME-TV (DRT) 0.2 kW 697.3 m (2,288 ft) 55528 34°41′49″N 106°24′17.3″W / 34.69694°N 106.404806°W / 34.69694; -106.404806 (KNME-TV (DRT))
Penasco K33OE-D 33 0.62 kW 351.5 m (1,153 ft) 55561 36°14′6″N 105°43′35″W / 36.23500°N 105.72639°W / 36.23500; -105.72639 (K33OE-D)
Quemado
Pie Town
K15HC-D 15 0.947 kW 420.6 m (1,380 ft) 167673 34°17′0.2″N 107°54′46.1″W / 34.283389°N 107.912806°W / 34.283389; -107.912806 (K15HC-D)
Ramah K31OX-D 31 0.339 kW 87.5 m (287 ft) 184651 34°53′32.3″N 108°24′59.7″W / 34.892306°N 108.416583°W / 34.892306; -108.416583 (K31OX-D)
Raton K20CV-D 20 0.398 kW 437.9 m (1,437 ft) 55579 36°40′59.1″N 104°24′52.9″W / 36.683083°N 104.414694°W / 36.683083; -104.414694 (K20CV-D)
Red River K15FV-D 15 0.042 kW 2.6 m (9 ft) 13451 36°41′0.1″N 105°22′23″W / 36.683361°N 105.37306°W / 36.683361; -105.37306 (K15FV-D)
Rowe KNME-TV (DRT) 31 0.2 kW 183.4 m (602 ft) 55528 35°27′46.1″N 105°39′16″W / 35.462806°N 105.65444°W / 35.462806; -105.65444 (KNME-TV (DRT))
Roy K34FQ-D 34 0.361 kW 117.2 m (385 ft) 55546 35°58′4.1″N 104°13′52.9″W / 35.967806°N 104.231361°W / 35.967806; -104.231361 (K34FQ-D)
Santa Rosa K30FP-D 30 0.34 kW 29.7 m (97 ft) 59345 34°57′20.2″N 104°40′55″W / 34.955611°N 104.68194°W / 34.955611; -104.68194 (K30FP-D)
Shiprock K18LG-D 18 0.495 kW 694 m (2,277 ft) 191963 36°27′30″N 109°5′39.3″W / 36.45833°N 109.094250°W / 36.45833; -109.094250 (K18LG-D)
K22NP-D 22 2.71 kW −9 m (−30 ft) 66149 36°48′16.7″N 108°41′41.6″W / 36.804639°N 108.694889°W / 36.804639; -108.694889 (K22NP-D)
Socorro K33PG-D 33 0.419 kW 574.1 m (1,884 ft) 127932 34°4′18.2″N 106°57′46.9″W / 34.071722°N 106.963028°W / 34.071722; -106.963028 (K33PG-D)
Taos K15HD-D 15 0.289 kW −175.6 m (−576 ft) 167674 36°23′51″N 105°32′36″W / 36.39750°N 105.54333°W / 36.39750; -105.54333 (K15HD-D)
Tecolote K18LC-D 18 0.31 kW 228.6 m (750 ft) 187717 35°24′15.1″N 105°11′25″W / 35.404194°N 105.19028°W / 35.404194; -105.19028 (K18LC-D)
Thoreau K31JR-D 31 0.39 kW 388.7 m (1,275 ft) 55524 35°28′6″N 108°14′28.2″W / 35.46833°N 108.241167°W / 35.46833; -108.241167 (K31JR-D)
Tohatchi K25QD-D 25 0.62 kW 585.3 m (1,920 ft) 66144 35°54′36.8″N 108°46′30.8″W / 35.910222°N 108.775222°W / 35.910222; -108.775222 (K25QD-D)
Tres Piedras K28GV-D 28 0.37 kW 756.6 m (2,482 ft) 55539 36°51′34″N 106°1′9″W / 36.85944°N 106.01917°W / 36.85944; -106.01917 (K28GV-D)
Wagon Mound K36FQ-D 36 0.067 kW 10.6 m (35 ft) 55525 36°0′19.1″N 104°42′13.9″W / 36.005306°N 104.703861°W / 36.005306; -104.703861 (K36FQ-D)
White Oaks, etc. K22FN-D 22 0.64 kW 262 m (860 ft) 55529 33°49′34.2″N 106°14′56″W / 33.826167°N 106.24889°W / 33.826167; -106.24889 (K22FN-D)
Zuni Pueblo K33QD-D 33 1.05 kW 86.6 m (284 ft) 198350 35°6′50.1″N 108°44′14.2″W / 35.113917°N 108.737278°W / 35.113917; -108.737278 (K33QD-D)
Window Rock, AZ K33QC-D 2.52 kW −39.9 m (−131 ft) 189005 35°40′51″N 109°3′10.6″W / 35.68083°N 109.052944°W / 35.68083; -109.052944 (K33QC-D)

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