KVPT
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| KVPT | |
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| Fresno, California | |
| Branding | Valley Public Television |
| Slogan | Irreplaceable |
| Channels | Analog: 18 (UHF) |
| Translators | K09VI 9 Springville K18HD-D 18 Bakersfield KVPT-LP 34 Bakersfield |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Valley Public Television, Inc. |
| First air date | April 10, 1977 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Valley Public Television |
| Former callsigns | KMTF (1977-1990) |
| Transmitter Power | 1410 kW (analog) 250 kW (digital) |
| Height | 677 m (analog) 698 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 69733 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kvpt.org |
KVPT channel 18, known on-air as Valley Public Television, is the sole source of public television broadcasting in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley. Based in Fresno, California, Valley Public Television is licensed to operate UHF Channel 18 and Digital Channel 40 (which appears on Channel 18.1). It also operates a low-powered repeater in Bakersfield, California, KVPT-LP channel 34, which is owned by Cocola Broadcasting, a local commercial broadcaster.
KVPT is also broadcast in Bakersfield digitally on K18HD-D, a low-power television station. K18HD-D was formerly affiliated with Multimedios Television. KVPT bought the station from Michael Mintz of Mintz Broadcasting in March 2007. The station flash-cut to digital on April 25, 2008.
The station debuted in 1977 as KMTF, a service of the Fresno County public schools. It became a community license in 1987. In 1990, it added a low-power translator in Bakersfield on channel 65, making Bakersfield one of the last markets to receive public television terrestrially. Later that year, the calls were changed to KVPT.
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[edit] Digital Programming
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Ch | Programming |
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| 18.1 | Main KVPT programming |
| 18.2 | PBS HD |
[edit] Old Logos
 Logo for Cocola-owned KVPT-LP, when it was KJOI-LP (since reassigned to Cocola-owned channel 12 in Caliente, California). |
[edit] See also
- The Fresno Channel (local access channel in which KVPT is a partner of)
[edit] External links
- Valley Public Television Web site
- www.cocolatv.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVPT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K09VI
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K18HD-D
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVPT-TV
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