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| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mid-South Public Communications Foundation |
| WKNO-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | June 25, 1956 |
Former call signs | WKNO-TV (1956–?) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 10 (VHF, 1956–2009) |
| NET (1956–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | Knowledge[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 42061 |
| ERP | 835 kW |
| HAAT | 320.2 m (1,050.5 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°9′16″N 89°49′20″W / 35.15444°N 89.82222°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WKNO (channel 10) is a PBS member television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Mid-South Public Communications Foundation, a non-profit organization governed by a board of trustees composed of volunteers, and is operated alongside NPR member WKNO-FM (91.1). The two stations share studios on Cherry Farms Road with the TV station's transmitter on Raleigh LaGrange Road, both in the Cordova section of unincorporated Shelby County.
WKNO began broadcasting in June 1956 as the first educational television station in Tennessee. It was owned by a community licensee from the beginning and was initially financed by the city's commercial TV stations and later by grants from local and state educational authorities. From 1961 to 2009, the station operated from several locations on the campus of Memphis State University, renamed in 1994 to the University of Memphis,[3] though the university never owned the station. In 2009, WKNO moved to its present facility in Cordova. WKNO airs national PBS programs and produces local programs covering issues relevant to the Memphis area.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Garlington, Lela (February 15, 1994). "MSU gets signed off with little ceremony". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. pp. B1, B2. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.