KAET

KAET
Channels
BrandingArizona PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBAQ
History
First air date
January 30, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-01-30)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009)
  • Digital: 29 (UHF, 2001–2009)
NET (1961–1970)
Call sign meaning
Arizona Educational Television[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2728
ERP40 kW
HAAT548 m (1,798 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°19′59.2″N 112°3′51.2″W / 33.333111°N 112.064222°W / 33.333111; -112.064222
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.azpbs.org

KAET (channel 8), branded Arizona PBS, is a PBS member television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, owned by Arizona State University and operated by ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. KAET's studios are located at the Cronkite School's facility at ASU Downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is located on South Mountain on the south side of Phoenix. Its signal is relayed across Arizona on a network of 13 translator stations.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fifty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.