KUHT

KUHT

Houston, Texas United States
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	Houston Public Media PBS
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	University of Houston (University of Houston System)
Sister stations	Radio: KUHF
History
First air date	May 25, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-05-25)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 9 (VHF, 2001–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1953–1970)
Call sign meaning	University of Houston Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69269
ERP	64.6 kW
HAAT	566 m (1,857 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	29°34′29″N 95°29′38″W / 29.57472°N 95.49389°W / 29.57472; -95.49389
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.houstonpublicmedia.org

KUHT (channel 8) is a PBS member television station in Houston, Texas, United States. Owned by the University of Houston System, it is sister to NPR member station KUHF (88.7 FM). The two stations share studios and offices in the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting on the campus of the University of Houston. KUHT's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County. In addition, the station leased some of its studio operations to Tegna-owned CBS affiliate KHOU (channel 11) from August 2017 to February 2019 when the latter's original studios were inundated by Hurricane Harvey.

KUHT also serves as the default PBS member station to the neighboring Beaumont–Port Arthur and Victoria markets (the latter along with KLRN in San Antonio) as they do not have their own PBS station. It is available on cable and satellite providers in both markets, although Lake Charles member station and Louisiana Public Broadcasting outlet KLTL-TV is carried by some cable providers in the extreme eastern areas of the Beaumont–Port Arthur market.

KUHT is notable as the first public television station in the United States.