Pioneer Public Television

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KWCM-TV / KSMN-TV
KWCM: Appleton, Minnesota KSMN: Worthington, Minnesota
Branding	Pioneer Public Television
Slogan	Proudly Serving (insert local town name here)
Channels	Analog: KWCM: 10 (VHF) KSMN: 20 (UHF) Digital: KWCM: 31 (UHF) KSMN: 15 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company
First air date	KWCM: January 21, 1966[1] KSMN: March 2, 1997
Call letters’ meaning	KWCM: West Central Minnesota KSMN: Southern MiNnesota
Former affiliations	NET (1966-1970)
Transmitter Power	KWCM: 316 kW (analog) 288 kW (digital) KSMN: 2400 kW (analog) 200 kW (digital)
Height	KWCM: 381 m (analog) 364.3 m (digital) KSMN: 332 m (analog) 290.1 m (digital)
Facility ID	KWCM: 71549 KSMN: 71558
Transmitter Coordinates	KWCM: 45°10′3.4″N, 96°0′3.3″W KSMN: 43°53′51.2″N, 95°56′50.5″W
Website	www.pioneer.org

Pioneer Public Television is a regional public television network in the U.S. state of Minnesota, primarily serving the southwest and west-central portions of the state. Signals from the stations can also be received in parts of Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.

The organization is based in Appleton, Minnesota. The primary stations are KWCM channel 10 (31 digital) in Appleton and KSMN channel 20 (15 digital) in Worthington. Several other broadcast translators carry the signal into other communities. Pioneer Public TV is a member of the PBS network. It is operated by the West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company.

Contents 1 Pioneer-produced shows 2 Broadcast Translators 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Pioneer-produced shows

Some locally-produced shows includePrairie Sportsman,Funtime Polka,Your Legislators,Country Spires and programs produced with the University of Minnesota Morris, Prairie Yard and Garden, Academic Challenge,Echoes of Cry of the Marsh and Minnesota Rivers and Fields. Some of these shows have also been shown on KTCI channel 17 in the Twin Cities as part of that station's "Minnesota Channel," which carries local shows on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

[edit] Broadcast Translators

In addition to its two primary transmitters, Pioneer Public TV also uses a network of broadcast translators to carry its signal:

• Alexandria K30AF
• Jackson K45EH
• Fergus Falls K49FA
• Windom K60AD
• Frost K65FW

[edit] External links

• Pioneer Public Television
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KWCM
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSMN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K30AF
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K45EH
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K49FA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K60AD
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K65FW
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWCM-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSMN-TV

[edit] References

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market (Nielsen DMA #15) Metro stations KTCA 2  (PBS) - WCCO 4 (CBS) - KSTP 5 (ABC, News/IND/Weather on DT2) - WTMS-CA 7 (TFU) - KMSP 9 (Fox) - KARE 11 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WUMN-CA 13 (UNI); KTCI 17  (PBS) - WUCW 23 (The CW) - WFTC 29 (MNTV) - KPXM 41 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - KSTC 45 (Ind) Outer Areas KCCO 7 / KCCW 12 (CBS) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (PBS) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (PBS) - KFTC 26 (MNTV) - WHWC 28 (PBS/WPT) - KSAX 42 / KRWF 43 (ABC) Defunct broadcast stations K45AR 45 (Ind, Eagle Bend) See also: Broadcast television in the Fargo/Grand Forks and Rochester/Austin markets

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Minnesota KTCA 2 / KTCI 17 (St. Paul) - WDSE 8 / WRPT-DT 31 (Duluth / Hibbing) - KAWE 9 / KAWB 22 (Bemidji / Brainerd) - KWCM 10 / KSMN 20 (Appleton / Worthington) - KSMQ 15 (Austin) - KCGE-DT 16 (Crookston) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Minnesota