KLRN

KLRN
Channels
BrandingKLRN
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerAlamo Public Telecommunications Council
History
First air date
September 10, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-09-10)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1962–2009)
  • Digital: 8 (VHF, until 2009)
NET (1962–1970)
Call sign meaning
"Learn"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID749
ERP28 kW
HAAT286 m (938 ft)
Transmitter coordinates29°19′38″N 98°21′17″W / 29.32722°N 98.35472°W / 29.32722; -98.35472
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.klrn.org

KLRN (channel 9) is a PBS member television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is owned by the Alamo Public Telecommunications Council, with studios on Broadway Street in downtown San Antonio and a transmitter on Foster Road (near Calaveras Lake) in the southeast part of the city.

KLRN is the default PBS member station for the Laredo and Victoria markets (it shares Victoria with KUHT in Houston), which do not have their own. It is on cable and satellite television in all three markets.

Established in 1962 as an educational television station designed to serve San Antonio and Austin, the opening of a new transmitter in Austin led to the establishment of local governance and ultimately a separation of operations during the 1980s, leaving KLRN open to focus on serving San Antonio viewers.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLRN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.