KTWU

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KTWU

Topeka, Kansas United States
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	KTWU PBS
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: PBS 11.2: World 11.3: KTWU Enhance
Ownership
Owner	Washburn University (Washburn University of Topeka)
History
First air date	October 21, 1965 (58 years ago) (1965-10-21)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1965–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1965–1970)
Call sign meaning	Kansas Topeka Washburn University
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70938
ERP	38 kW
HAAT	302 m (991 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′50″N 95°45′50″W / 39.06389°N 95.76389°W / 39.06389; -95.76389
Translator(s)	On-air: K30AL-D Iola Construction permits: 36 (UHF) Emporia 36 (UHF) Lawrence 47 (UHF) Manhattan
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.ktwu.org

KTWU (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, owned by Washburn University. The station's studios are located on the western edge of the Washburn University campus at 19th Street and Jewell Avenue (with a College Avenue mailing address) in central Topeka, and its transmitter is located on Wanamaker Road (south of the Kansas River) on the city's northwest side.

KTWU is carried on many cable and satellite providers throughout eastern Kansas, including on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, giving viewers west of the Missouri River a second choice for PBS programming alongside KCPT.