KTNW

KTNW

Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington United States
City	Richland, Washington
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 31
Branding	Northwest Public Broadcasting
Programming
Affiliations	31.1: PBS (1987–present) 31.2: Create 31.3: World
Ownership
Owner	Washington State University
Sister stations	KWWS, KFAE-FM
History
First air date	October 18, 1987 (34 years ago) (1987-10-18)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 31 (UHF, 1987–2009) Digital: 38 (UHF, 2003–2018)
Call sign meaning	Television North West
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71023
ERP	55 kW
HAAT	369 m (1,211 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°6′12.8″N 119°7′44.6″W / 46.103556°N 119.129056°W / 46.103556; -119.129056 (KTNW)
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	www.nwpb.org

KTNW, virtual channel 31 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Richland, Washington, United States, serving the eastern portion of the Yakima/Tri-Cities market. The station is owned by Washington State University. KTNW's studios are located on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland, and its transmitter is located on Jump Off Joe Butte. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios of sister station KWSU-TV (channel 10) in the Murrow Communications Center on WSU's main campus in Pullman.

History[]

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KTNW made its debut on October 18, 1987. Prior to 1987, channel 31 was KTRX-TV, based in Kennewick, Washington, which was on the air briefly in the late-1950s.

KTNW has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

See also[]

• KWSU-TV
• Northwest Public Radio

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on KTNW-TV

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