KUAT-TV

KUAT-TV
Channels
BrandingPBS 6; AZPM
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 8, 1959
(65 years ago) (1959-03-08)
Former call signs
KUAT (1959–1967)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1959–2009)
Call sign meaning
University of Arizona Television[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2731
ERP667.5 kW
HAAT1,092.1 m (3,583 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°24′55.4″N 110°42′54.2″W / 32.415389°N 110.715056°W / 32.415389; -110.715056
Translator(s)K20GG-D Duncan
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.azpm.org
Satellite station
KUAS-TV
  • Tucson, Arizona (Tumamoc Hill)
  • United States
Channels
Ownership
Owner
  • University of Arizona
  • (Arizona Board of Regents for the benefit of the University of Arizona)
History
First air date
July 22, 1988
(36 years ago) (1988-07-22)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 27 (UHF, 1988–2009)
  • V-me (DT2, 2007–2011)
  • Create (DT3, until 2011)[1]
Technical information[4]
Facility ID2722
ERP50 kW
HAAT177.9 m (584 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°12′53.2″N 111°0′23.3″W / 32.214778°N 111.006472°W / 32.214778; -111.006472 (KUAS-TV)
Links
Public license information

KUAT-TV (channel 6) is a PBS member television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is the television station of the University of Arizona (UA) and broadcasts from studios in the Modern Languages Building on the UA campus. Two high-power transmitters broadcast its programming: KUAT-TV itself on Mount Bigelow and KUAS-TV (channel 27) on Tumamoc Hill, west of downtown Tucson, which provides coverage to northwest Tucson and communities west of Mount Lemmon that are shielded from the Mount Bigelow transmitter. There is also a translator in Duncan. KUAT-TV and the UA's radio stations, KUAT-FM and KUAZ, are grouped under the unified brand of Arizona Public Media (AZPM).

KUAT-TV is the oldest public television station in the state, beginning broadcasts in 1959. In addition to airing national PBS and public television programming, it produces several local shows focusing on southern Arizona life and issues.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference crt0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "KUAT—That's UA TV Signal". Tucson Daily Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. August 30, 1958. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUAT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUAS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.