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KIXE-TV (channel 9) is a PBS member television station licensed to Redding, California, United States, and also serving Chico. The station is owned by the Northern California Educational Television Association. KIXE's studios are located along North Market Street on the north side of Redding and its transmitter is located atop Shasta Bally.
KIXE went on the air in black and white in 1964. In 1967, the station moved from Chico to Redding. It began broadcasting in color in 1971.
The station was originally located on Industrial Street in Redding. It soon expanded to a bigger facility on North Market Street (State Route 273), north of downtown. The new building had space for television broadcasting courses at Shasta College. Over the years, KIXE has featured numerous local media personalities, including Cal Hunter, Mike Mangas, Ray Roberts, and Ken Murray.
Viewers in Chico, Paradise, Oroville, Magalia, Orland, and surrounding areas who had originally had trouble receiving KIXE's digital signal from Redding began to notice a substantial improvement with a new fill-in transmitter on Cohasset Ridge that went online on September 21.[when?] The 4,000-watt transmitter is located 200 feet up on a transmission tower and rebroadcasts KIXE's regular programming lineup as well as the CREATE channel. The transmitter is broadcast on their pre-transition UHF channel 18, but digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as channel 9.[citation needed]
Analog-to-digital conversionedit
KIXE-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on August 18, 2008. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 9.[4] Translators finally converted on September 1.
Early switchedit
KIXE is currently broadcasting in a digital format on VHF channel 9. The exclusive digital broadcast began August 22, 2008, well before the then planned transition date in 2009. The early switch was mainly due to the transmission location being covered with snow on the original switchover mandate of February 2009.[5] KIXE became the second all-digital PBS station in California, after KCSM-TV in San Mateo (which serves the San Francisco Bay Area).
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External linksedit
Official website
April 11, 2024
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources KIXE TV news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information October 2011 This article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message KIXE TV channel 9 is a PBS member television station licensed to Redding California United States and also serving Chico The station is owned by the Northern California Educational Television Association KIXE s studios are located along North Market Street on the north side of Redding and its transmitter is located atop Shasta Bally KIXE TVRedding Chico CaliforniaUnited StatesCityRedding CaliforniaChannelsDigital 9 VHF Virtual 9BrandingKIXE PBSProgrammingAffiliations9 1 PBSfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerNorthern California Educational Television Association Inc HistoryFirst air dateOctober 5 1964 59 years ago 1964 10 05 Former call signsKIXE CP 1963 1964 1 Former channel number s Analog 9 VHF 1964 2008 Digital 18 UHF 2004 2008 Former affiliationsNET 1964 1970 Call sign meaningIX Roman numeral 9 EducationalTechnical information 2 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID47285ERP15 kWHAAT1 091 m 3 579 ft Transmitter coordinates40 36 8 5 N 122 39 5 W 40 602361 N 122 65139 W 40 602361 122 65139Translator s see TranslatorsLinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewww wbr kixe wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Technical information 2 1 Subchannels 2 2 Chico fill in translator 2 3 Analog to digital conversion 2 4 Early switch 3 Translators 4 References 5 External linksHistory editKIXE went on the air in black and white in 1964 In 1967 the station moved from Chico to Redding It began broadcasting in color in 1971 The station was originally located on Industrial Street in Redding It soon expanded to a bigger facility on North Market Street State Route 273 north of downtown The new building had space for television broadcasting courses at Shasta College Over the years KIXE has featured numerous local media personalities including Cal Hunter Mike Mangas Ray Roberts and Ken Murray Technical information editSubchannels edit The station s signal is multiplexed Subchannels of KIXE TV 3 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming9 1 720p 16 9 KIXE DT Main KIXE TV programming PBS9 2 480i CREATE Create9 3 WORLD World 7 p m 9 a m First Nations Experience 9 a m 7 p m Chico fill in translator edit Viewers in Chico Paradise Oroville Magalia Orland and surrounding areas who had originally had trouble receiving KIXE s digital signal from Redding began to notice a substantial improvement with a new fill in transmitter on Cohasset Ridge that went online on September 21 when The 4 000 watt transmitter is located 200 feet up on a transmission tower and rebroadcasts KIXE s regular programming lineup as well as the CREATE channel The transmitter is broadcast on their pre transition UHF channel 18 but digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as channel 9 citation needed Analog to digital conversion edit KIXE TV shut down its analog signal over VHF channel 9 on August 18 2008 The station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 9 4 Translators finally converted on September 1 Early switch edit KIXE is currently broadcasting in a digital format on VHF channel 9 The exclusive digital broadcast began August 22 2008 well before the then planned transition date in 2009 The early switch was mainly due to the transmission location being covered with snow on the original switchover mandate of February 2009 5 KIXE became the second all digital PBS station in California after KCSM TV in San Mateo which serves the San Francisco Bay Area Translators editK20DE D Alturas Likely K18ND D Chico and Paradise K03HX D Etna K28DB D Fall River Mills K05CR D Hayfork K14HX D Lakehead K28CY D Lewiston K08OB D Newell K02EE D Weaverville K19GL D YrekaThe cities served by translators except Big Bend had cable headends nearby citation needed References edit FCC History Cards for KIXE TV Facility Technical Data for KIXE TV Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission RabbitEars TV Query for KIXE DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds PDF Archived from the original PDF on August 29 2013 Retrieved March 24 2012 KIXE has gone digital Trinity Journal August 27 2008External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https 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