KBDI-TV

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KBDI-TV
Denver, Colorado
City of license	Broomfield, Colorado
Branding	Colorado Public Television
Slogan	World View, Community Voice
Channels	Analog: 12 (VHF) Digital: 38 (UHF)
Translators	K11QJ Boulder K32EO Colorado Springs
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Colorado Public Television, Inc.
First air date	February 22, 1980
Transmitter Power	226 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)
Height	742 m (analog) 730 m (digital)
Facility ID	22685
Transmitter Coordinates	39°40′55″N, 105°29′51″W
Website	www.kbdi.org

KBDI-TV is a public television station in Denver, Colorado, broadcasting as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Colorado Public Television. The station is licensed to the suburb of Broomfield, with studios in the Five Points neighborhood just northeast of downtown. Its transmitter on Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County. At 11,434 feet (3485 meters), it is the highest transmitter site in the nation.

KBDI is Denver's "beta" or secondary PBS member station. It broadcasts only 25 percent of the national PBS schedule. The balance of the schedule is filled with community-oriented programming.

The station also operates low-powered translators in Boulder and Colorado Springs, and has gained increased cable penetration in the Western Slope. All told, KBDI claims to reach 80% of Colorado's population.

[edit] Digital channels

• KBDI-DT, Channel 12.1
• KBDI-DOC, Channel 12.2
• KBDI-MHZ, Channel 12.3 (MHz Worldview)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KBDI-TV
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K11QJ
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K32EO
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KBDI-TV

v • d • e Broadcast Television stations in the Denver market (Nielsen DMA #18) Local television stations KWGN 2 (The CW) - KCNC 4 (CBS) - KRMA 6 (PBS/RMPBS) - KMGH 7 (ABC) - KUSA 9 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KBDI 12 (PBS, MHz Worldview on DT3) - KTFD 14 / KDVT-LP 36 (TFU) - KTVD 20 / KUPN 3 (MNTV) - KDEN 25 (TMD) - KZCO-LP 27 (AZA) - KLPD-LP 28 (TVA) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Fox) - KDEV-LP 39 (RTN) - KRMT 41 (DS) - KCEC 50 (UNI) - KWHD 53 (LeSEA) - KPXC 59 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) Outlying Areas KTNE 13 / KRNE 12 (PBS/NET) - KRMZ 24 (PBS/RMPBS) - K36DB 36 (RSN) - K36HS 36 (Ind) - KCXP-LP 40 (A1) - K45IE 45 (RSN) Local Cable Television Channels Altitude - CET - FSN Rocky Mountain - 24/7 Weather Channel See also Broadcast television in the Cheyenne market

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Colorado Springs/Pueblo market (Nielsen DMA #93) KOAA 5 / K30AA 30 (NBC) - KTSC 8 (PBS/RMPBS) - KKTV 11 (CBS, MNTV on DT2) - KRDO 13 (ABC) - KXRM 21 (Fox, RTN on DT2) - KZCS-LP 23 (AZA) - KGHB 27 (UNI) - KSPK-LP 28 (A1/FN) - K32EO 32 (PBS) - K34FB 34 (TEL) - KJCS 38 (TBN/DS) - K48CU 48 (TBN) - K49CJ 49 (TEL) - KWHS 51 (LeSEA) - KXTU 57 (The CW)