KTWU

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KTWU
Topeka, Kansas
Branding KTWU
Channels Analog: 11 (VHF)

Digital: 23 (UHF)
Translators K30AL Iola
Affiliations PBS
Owner Washburn University
(Washburn University of Topeka)
First air date October 21, 1965
Call letters’ meaning Kansas
Topeka
Washburn
University
Former affiliations NET (1965-1970)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
960 kW (digital)
Height 302 m (analog)
281 m (digital)
Facility ID 70938
Transmitter Coordinates 39°3′50.2″N, 95°45′49.6″W
Website ktwu.washburn.edu

KTWU, on analog channel 11 and digital channel 23, is a PBS television station in Topeka, Kansas. The station is operated by Washburn University and provides public television service to eastern Kansas. The station also is carried by some cable systems in the Kansas City metro area.

In its on-the-hour ID, KTWU actively promotes its repeater, K30AL channel 30, licensed to Iola, Kansas, with its transmitter located near Moran. K30AL serves the Iola, Fort Scott, and Chanute areas in southeast Kansas.

On October 21, 1965, KTWU signed on as the first public television station in the state.

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Broadcast television in the Topeka market  (Nielsen DMA #139)
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Broadcast television in the Joplin / Pittsburg market  (Nielsen DMA #145)

KOAM 7 (CBS) - KODE 12 (ABC) - KFJX 14 (Fox) - KSNF 16 (NBC) - KOZJ 26 (PBS) - K30AL 30 (PBS) - KCLJ-CA 30 (TBN) - KCLG-CA 32 (ION) - K33HZ 33 (TBN) - KJPX-LP 47 (ION) - KELF-LP 48 (Ind) - KGCS-LP 57 (A1) - KSPJ-LP 59 (Ind) - K64FW 64 (CTN/FamilyNet)

Local cable television channels
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Kansas
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